Stepping up efforts to help the country attain self-sufficiency in pulses, the government has identified 35 new districts for increasing cultivation of tur and 13 districts for urad for bringing more area under coverage of the two kharif (summer) pulses where it will distribute high-yielding varieties of seeds.
Indo-Australian trade is on a great trajectory owing to the recently floated free trade agreement — the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) — and exports from India to Australia have gone up substantially, said Australian High Commissioner Philip Green. He said that Australia is actively exploring the possibilities in building Amaravati capital city in Andhra Pradesh.
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) with focus on viticulture area expansion in Tamil Nadu has introduced high-yielding, export potential, coloured grape varieties under open and protected cultivation to boost grape growers.
The coloured grape varieties are: Jyoti seedless, Krishna seedless, Saritha seedless, A-18, Manjari Medika, Red Globe and Sharad seedless. The university is collaborating with Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Indian Council of Agricultural Research-All India Coordinated Research Products (ICAR – AICRP) (Fruits), Bengaluru and National Research Centre for Grapes (NRCG), Pune, to strengthen research. Seven technologies have been developed and transferred to farmers to enhance production, according to a press release.
h Institute, Periyakulam, organised a training-cum-demonstration programme at Cumbum valley recently.
The Horticultural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam, recently, organised a training-cum-demonstration programme at Cumbum valley in Theni district. Former Director and Principal Scientist of NRCG Grapes, R. G .Somkuwar highlighted the Indian viticulture status on commercial production, export and value addition for generating income.
The state-wise list of agriculture start-ups in the country supported under 'Innovation and Agri-Entrepreneurship Development' programme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).
The government will procure the entire production of tur, urad, and masur dal from farmers, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday. Through e-Samridhi platform, on which farmers have to get themselves registered, the government will make the procurement, he said.
It is observed that the Food Processing Industries have emerged as an important part of the Indian economy in terms of its contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment, exports etc.
