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Why in News Farmers in West Bengal are experimenting with the pokkali variety of rice to tide over a crisis-like situation created by severe...
06 Aug 2020 Agriculture
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This article is based on ‘‘PM-KISAN is not reaching all farmer households as intended” which was published in The Indian Express...
03 Aug 2020 Agriculture
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Why in News According to a recent study, Delhi’s meteorology and the quantity of chaff (crop residue or stubble) burnt in Punjab and Haryana...
23 Jul 2020 Agriculture
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MP’s Claims for Basmati GI Tag
Why in News Recently, the All India Rice Exporters’ Association (AIREA) has appealed to the government to preserve and protect the integrity...
18 Jul 2020 Agriculture
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App to Monitor Rice Fields: Paddy Watch
Why in News Researchers from University of Sydney in collaboration with other partners have been developing an app i.e. Paddy watch, which will act...
14 Jul 2020 Agriculture
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Why in News Recently, farmers from Golaghat district in Assam have cultivated new flood resistant paddy varieties to shift from the traditional...
13 Jul 2020 Agriculture
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Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
Why in News Recently, the Union Cabinet has given approval to a pan India central sector scheme i.e. Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, to inject...
09 Jul 2020 Agriculture
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Axone: Ethnic Cuisine of Northeast India
Why in News Recently, Axone or fermented soya bean has become popular, which is eaten by many tribal communities in different parts of Northeast...
18 Jun 2020 Agriculture
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This article is based on “Loan waivers are a double-edged sword” which was published in The Hindu Business line on 09/06/2020. It...
11 Jun 2020 Agriculture
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Why in News Recently, Shetkari Sanghatana, a Maharashtra based farmers’ union body has announced agitation for use of unapproved genetically...
11 Jun 2020 Agriculture
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Production of Saffron and Heeng in India
Why in News The Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT) and the Government of Himachal Pradesh, have jointly decided to increase...
10 Jun 2020 Agriculture
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Banana Covid: A Novel Fungal Strain
Why in News Recently, a novel fungus strain Fusarium wilt TR4 has started infecting the Banana plantations in India. It has been described as the...
29 May 2020 Agriculture
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Why in News Over the last few days, swarms of locusts have been sighted unusually even in urban areas of Rajasthan. Swarms have also been...
27 May 2020 Agriculture
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Restriction on Paddy Cultivation
Why in News Recently, the farmers from Haryana are protesting against the State Government’s order under which farmers have to diversify at...
26 May 2020 Agriculture
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Alternative Dwarfing Genes in Wheat
Why in News Recently, scientists at Pune based Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), have mapped two alternative dwarfing genes Rht14 and Rht18 in...
22 May 2020 Agriculture
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Odisha Promotes Contract Farming
Why in News Recently, the Odisha government has promulgated an ordinance allowing investors and farmers to enter into an agreement for contract...
22 May 2020 Agriculture
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Agricultural Marketing Reforms
This article is based on “A 1991 moment for agriculture” which was published in The Indian Express on 18/05/2020. It talks about three...
19 May 2020 Agriculture
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Why in News Due to labour shortage in two granary states of Punjab and Haryana, farmers are now being encouraged to adopt ‘Direct Seeding of...
14 May 2020 Agriculture
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Locusts Appeared Early in Rajasthan
Why in News Recently, scientists at the Locust Warning Organisation (LWO) observed groups of desert locusts at Sri Ganganagar and Jaisalmer...
09 May 2020 Agriculture
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Centre Cuts Non-urea Fertiliser Subsidy
Why in News Recently, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has cut the subsidy for non-urea fertilizers. That is about 3% lower than...
23 Apr 2020 Agriculture
