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07 Feb, 2025 News Image Anantapur to become Fruit Bowl of India.
The Andhra Pradesh government will provide policy sup-port to make Anantapur district the country’s horticulture hub with 25 per cent of the State’s GVA by 2027, said Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav at Anantapur on Wednesday. Inaugurating the first Anantapur Horticulture Conclave, Keshav said that the district had exported more than one lakh tonnes of bananas recently to Iran through Container Corporation of India train rakes.
 Source:  thehansindia.com
07 Feb, 2025 News Image UAE and India in talks to expand annual trade beyond $100bn.
The UAE and India plan to extend their 10-year trade deal to eight new sectors to expand their annual bilateral trade beyond $100 billion, a senior Indian business council official has said. These sectors include artificial intelligence, financial services, digital technologies and logistics.
 Source:  agbi.com
07 Feb, 2025 News Image India: Growing success through strawberries.
In the heart of Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, Baiju Hembrom, a young farmer from Churugoda village in Maudasholi Panchayat, has transformed his life and livelihood by embracing modern horticulture. Moving beyond traditional farming, Baiju's journey into organic and high-value crop cultivation has not only increased his earnings but has also turned him into an inspiration for fellow farmers in the region.
 Source:  hortidaily.com
07 Feb, 2025 News Image e-NAM Platform expanded to boost agricultural trade with addition of 10 New commodities and their tradable parameters.
In response to the continuous demand from farmers, traders and other stakeholders for inclusion of more agricultural commodities, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India has decided to further expand the scope of trade under e-NAM. This initiative aims to increase the coverage of agricultural commodities and offer more opportunities for farmers and traders to benefit from the digital trading platform, Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) has formulated tradable parameters for 10 additional agricultural commodities. These new commodities parameters are a result of extensive consultation with key stakeholders, including state agencies, traders, subject matter specialists and SFAC and with approval from the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
07 Feb, 2025 News Image Exporters encouraged to trade new rice varieties.
Aimed at promoting export opportunities for non-basmati rice varieties, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute (ADAC&RI) here on Wednesday conducted a workshop for farmers, entrepreneurs, and exporters. Participants visited the sample paddy fields where the advantages of cultivating TRY3 and TRY5 rice varieties were explained.
 Source:  timesofindia.indiatimes.com
07 Feb, 2025 News Image Indian rice offered at lowest price in Bangladesh tender for 50,000 tons.
The lowest price offered in the tender from Bangladesh's state grains buyer to purchase 50,000 metric tons of rice which closed on Thursday was assessed at $434.77 a metric ton CIF liner out, traders said. The offer was made for Indian origin rice by trading house Agrocorp, they said.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
07 Feb, 2025 News Image India mulling imposition of Customs duty on masur as imported produce sells cheaper.
The Indian government is actively considering ending the duty-free import of masur (lentil) even before March 31, which is the deadline of the sop provided to importers to bolster domestic stock. The notification on the duty is likely to be issued next week after an inter-ministerial panel approves the proposal, sources said. However, it is not immediately known if import duty will be levied on chana (gram).
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
06 Feb, 2025 News Image Rabi crop sowing exceeds 661.03 lakh hectares.
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under Rabi crops as on 4th February 2025.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
06 Feb, 2025 News Image Cargo Volume handled by Indian Ports.
The cargo volumes handled by Indian Ports in FY 2024 and trend over the last three years.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
06 Feb, 2025 News Image Projects under agriculture infrastructure fund.
With an objective to address the existing gaps in post-harvest management infrastructure in the country, the flagship scheme of Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) was launched in 2020-21 to strengthen the infrastructure in the country through creation of farm gate storage and logistics infrastructure to enable farmers to store and preserve their farm produce properly and sell them in the market at better price with reduced post-harvest losses and lesser number of intermediaries.
 Source:  pib.gov.in