The cabinet finally approves the National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) with an outlay of ₹2,481 crore (which incluses states share of Rs. 897 Cr) to cover over one crore farmers and 7.5 lakh ha. 15,000 clusters (each covering 50 ha). Earlier
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Global carbon project paper on nitrogen budget shows India is second to China with respect to N2O emissions from agriculture particularly chemical fertilizers we need work on this with targeted approach to reduce Nitrogenous fertiliser use To have any realistic chance to
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“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.”— Mahatma Gandhi ahatma Gandhi is one of the great sons of India who changed the way world can be understood and the way change can happen for greater good. While
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భారతదేశ వ్యవసాయ రంగాన్ని తలుచుకోగానే స్ఫురించే మొదటిపేరు డాక్టర్‌ ఎం.ఎస్‌. స్వామినాథన్‌. వ్యవసాయంలో ఆధునిక విధానాలను ప్రవేశ పెట్టడం ద్వారా ఆహార భద్రతను పెంచి దేశానికి ఆయన హరిత విప్లవ పితామహులయ్యారు. ‘ఓడ నుంచి నోటికి’ అన్నట్టుగా ఉన్న కరువు పరిస్థితుల నుంచి, దేశాన్ని అన్నపూర్ణగా తీర్చిదిద్దడంలో ఆయన కృషి వెలగట్టలేనిది. అందుకు అనుగుణంగా ఎన్నో సంస్థల ఏర్పాటులో
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A tireless advocate for empowerment of rural communities through local biodiversity, P V Satheesh will remain an inspiration A couple of decades ago, Pastapur village near Zaheerabad, Telangana, was the place for many of us looking for alternative models to alleviate
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B-86-72, 1986 batch BSc (Ag), 1990 Msc (Ag) batch రెండు తరాలుగా వ్యవసాయం చేయని కుటుంబం నుంచి వచ్చి వ్యవసాయ విద్య నేర్చుకోవటం కోసం బాపట్ల వ్యవసాయ కళాశాల లో 1986 లో B.Sc (Ag) లో అడ్మిషన్ తీసుకున్నాను. మా నాన్నగారు, తాత గారు కూడా రైల్వే లలో పనిచేసారు. మా అమ్మగారు వ్యవసాయ
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What is fertiliser subsidy? Farmers buy fertilisers at MRPs (maximum retail price) below their normal supply-and-demand-based market rates or what it costs to produce/import them. The MRP of neem-coated urea, for instance, is fixed by the government at Rs 5,922.22 per tonne,
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All MSP procurements are not through APMCs. In major wheat and paddy procuring States like Punjab, Haryana & some parts Rajasthan procurement from farmers is undertaken by the FCI/State Agencies through Arhatiyas as per APMC Acts of the concerned State for which
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The Crisis in Indian Agriculture is real and continuing. In last 25 years more than 3,63,964 farmer suicides recorded by National Crime Records Bureau. The average Indian farming household earned `8,931/month (`1,07, 172/year) in the agriculture year 2015-16 as per the National
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Suicide: Personal or Societywhere does the problem lie? My interest in the issue came in mid 90s reading about suicides as part of sociology and psychology. later in 1997 I was part of a study to understand why there are more suicides
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