Alka Upadhyaya, secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, on Tuesday assured the poultry farmers and egg exporters in the region that the Union govt would not oppose Tamil Nadu’s status as the disease-free export zone. After visiting poultry farms in the district and holding discussions with the animal husbandry officials, poultry farmers and egg exporters on the day, she said the Centre was committed to facilitate egg export.
The Food Processing Industries & Horticulture (FPI&H) department has identified 7000 bighas of land in Bankura, Purulia, West Midnapore, Jhargram, East Burdwan and Birbhum for onion cultivation in a bid to cut down on imports from Nashik, parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Bihar.
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to market under distinct trademark the agricultural products grown through natural farming. The branding will fetch better prices to farmers, according to Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
India has agreed to New Zealand’s request to lower the 30 per cent import duty on kiwi fruit. Additionally, New Zealand has granted market access for Indian mangoes, bananas, and fresh pomegranate seeds.
India and Russia are exploring the idea of a dynamic reference rate to start a rupee-rouble market, along with allowing greater deployment of the rupee balance that has accumulated in course of trade between the two countries since outbreak of the Ukraine war.
Today, India’s Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan met Mr. Todd Mcclay, New Zealand’s Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Trade, and Associate Minister for Foreign Affairs, along with his delegation for a high-level bilateral meeting held today at the Krishi Bhavan in New Delhi.
In order to boost continuous improvement in food processing sector, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), is currently implementing Research and Development Scheme, which is a part of Human Resource & Institutions Scheme under the umbrella scheme of the Ministry i.e. Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY).
India has sought early market access for grape exports to New Zealand and approval for its vapour heat treatment (VHT) facilities—used to kill pests— in Delhi and Lucknow.
