Why in NEWS ? The paper, ‘Modern Technologies for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security’, appears in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed journal Current Science. It is authored by P.C. Continue Reading
Why in News ? World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme,‘Nature for Water’, explores nature-based solutions (NBS) Continue Reading
Food Corporation of India, a nodal agency in Food Management, under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. This 50 year old organisation was set up under Food Corporation Continue Reading
National Food Security Mission was launched in 2007 with the objective of Increasing the production of rice, wheat and pulses. With the aim of sustainable development in agriculture production and to Continue Reading
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Just like farming being inevitable for sustenance of hungry (human) beings, after the green revolution, urea has become inevitable for the very sustenance of our hungry soils. Such inevitable ‘urea’, Continue Reading
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana was launched as a Central Sector Scheme in 2007 to provide support to various kinds of interventions in agricultural sector to achieve 4% annual growth in Continue Reading
Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme is a scheme under Government of India promoted by the Department of Agriculture & Co-operation under the Ministry of Agriculture. It will be implemented through Continue Reading
Minimum Support Price is a form of market intervention by the Government of India to safeguard farmers from any sharp fall in farm prices. This serves the purpose of protecting Continue Reading
Agrarian distress is an ever continuing challenge for any Government in Centre or states of India. From land reforms to crop insurance, APMC act to eNAM, Green revolution to transgenic Continue Reading
