All India Cashew Association (AICA), a national association of nine State-level cashew associations, will organise its inaugural edition of the ‘AICA Cashew Convention’ between August 8 and 10 in Bengaluru.

North Eastern Council (NEC) under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) in collaboration with North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi) has recently introduced a digital initiative called North Eastern Region Agri-Commodity E-Connect (NE-RACE) to provide market linkage for agricultural and horticultural products from the North Eastern Region (NER) in both fresh and processed forms.

Purandar Highlands Farmers Producer Company Ltd has achieved a significant milestone by exporting India’s first GI-tagged fig juice to Poland. This follows the successful export of India’s first commercial consignment of GI-tagged Purandar figs to Hong Kong in February 2023.

An organic basmati rice consignment sent from Pakistan to Germany has been found to contain genetically modified (GM) rice by the European Union (EU) authorities. 

There is no such target in the 100 day agenda as establishment of cold storage units is demand driven. However, Government is implementing various schemes for setting up of cold storage for perishable horticultural produce and godowns/ warehouses for foodgrains throughout the country to reduce the post-harvest losses.

Farmers, farmer producer organisations (FPOs), and exporters belonging to Coimbatore, Tiruppur and the Nilgiris districts were oriented on the opportunities for scaling up revenue generation through value addition of agriculture products at a seminar conducted on Tuesday by the Department of Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU).

Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Government of India is implementing the following schemes to complement and supplement the efforts of the State Government for Dairy based Industry

The Government of India is encouraging the Balanced use of fertilizer in conjunction with the Organic and Biofertiliser on soil test based recommendation. Government is implementing the scheme titled  'PM Programme for Restoration, Awareness, Nourishment and Amelioration of Mother Earth (PM-PRANAM)' to incentivize States and Union Territories to promote the use of alternative fertilizers such as organic and bio-fertilizers for improving soil health and fertility and sustainable productivity, Under the programme, state Governments will be incentivized to the tune of 50% of fertilizer subsidy saved for promotion of organic and natural farming and organic fertilizers.