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Jan 13, 2025 News Image Centre to promote natural farming to mitigate climate change impact.
Natural farming is one of the key strategies to reduce input costs and the Government is promoting this method to encourage farmers to move towards chemical-free farming as part of its efforts to mitigate adverse effects of climate change.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Jan 13, 2025 News Image Crop diversification could lead to growth of FPOs in Punjab, Haryana.
Crop diversification will fuel the farmer producer organisation (FPO) movement in States such as Punjab and Haryana, former additional secretary PK Swain said on Friday. Participating in a panel discussion on ‘Challenges in Price Risk Management’, Swain said there was no scope for FPOs in Punjab and Haryana, where 96 per cent of the paddy grown by farmers is procured, while 80 per cent of the wheat is procured by the government. Basmati, another major crop grown by farmers in these States, is larely procured by the exporters.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Jan 13, 2025 News Image Litchi, Ajwain & Mangrove honey being branded & sold by NDDB’s 26 Honey FPOs.
'Vindhya', 'Chittar', 'Makaranda', 'Moupalak' and 'Sundarini Naturals' are some of the new 'monofloral honey' brands belonging to 26 Honey FPOs or Farmer Producer Organisations, through which over 6000 farmers market and sell their produce. Litchi, Ajwain, Jeera, Musard and Mangrove are some naturally flavoured honey sold by these brands. 'We have started 26 FPOs that are dedicated to honey production.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Jan 13, 2025 News Image Piyush Goyal assures garlic traders to look into alleged illegal imports issue.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has assured garlic traders to look into their concerns over illegal imports of the agri commodity, an official said on Saturday. A delegation of garlic traders met the minister on January 10 and highlighted difficulties faced by farmers and traders due to imports of Chinese garlic, the commerce ministry official said.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jan 13, 2025 News Image Record volume of cargo shipped along the Northern Sea Route in 2024.
Russian nuclear major Rosatom has announced the figures for cargo shipments along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) for 2024. The total volume of cargo transported was 37,893.5319 tons, which is almost 37.9 million tons. This represents an increase of more than 1.6 million tons compared to the previous record.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jan 13, 2025 News Image Govt sets wheat procurement target at 30 MT for 2025-26 season.
The government has set a conservative wheat procurement target of 30 million tonnes for the 2025-26 rabi marketing season, sources said. The lower procurement target comes despite the Agriculture Ministry aiming for a record wheat production of 115 million tonnes in the 2024-25 crop year (July-June).
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jan 10, 2025 News Image Ties frosty but Bangladesh to buy 50,000 tonnes of rice from India.
The Bangladesh interim government has approved import of 50,000 tonnes of non-basmati parboiled rice from India to meet the domestic demand, a decision which demonstrates that the trade relationship between the two neighbours remains uninterrupted despite the recent chill in diplomatic ties. The proposal on rice import was approved by the committee on govt purchase on Tuesday and a private Indian company will supply it to Bangladesh as the lowest bidder, according to sources. Importing 50,000 tonnes of rice at a price of $ 458.84 per tonne will cost $ 22,942,000 (around Rs 197 crore or Tk 280 crore).
 Source:  timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 10, 2025 News Image 2nd shipment of 27,000 tons of rice from India to reach Bangladesh.
Amid harvest season, the rice prices have continued to rise, contrary to the expectations of the interim government. To control the prices, the authorities have decided to import 50,000 tonnes of non-basmati parboiled rice from India. The first shipment, which included 24,690 tonnes of parboiled rice from India, arrived at Chattogram Port on December 26. Earlier, the cabinet committee on economic affairs of Bangladesh approved a policy proposal to import 600,000 tonnes of rice from foreign sources in fiscal year 2024-25, on national emergencies and public interest.
 Source:  theindianawaaz.com
Jan 10, 2025 News Image Huge opportunities to increase share in global agri trade: APEDA chairman.
Indian exporters have huge opportunities to increase their share in the global agriculture trade from the current 2.4 per cent, a government official said on Wednesday. The global agriculture trade is about $2 trillion. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) Chairman Abhishek Dev said that given these numbers, 'huge opportunities' are there to increase exports from the country.
 Source:  business-standard.com
Jan 10, 2025 News Image India and USA Discuss Strengthening Agricultural Collaboration: Climate-Smart Practices, Innovation, and Investment Take Center Stage.
Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW), hosted a high-level meeting with a delegation from the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), USA, at Krishi Bhawan. The dialogue aimed to deepen collaboration between the two nations in advancing agricultural innovation, sustainability, and productivity.
 Source:  devdiscourse.com