A national conference of experts in agricultural extension has called for convergence of the rural job guarantee scheme (NREGA) with agriculture where extension can play a key role in identifying the skills on various activities of farming.

One of the major challenges that confronts agriculture in India today is that the children of farmers, by and large, are not interested in their familial occupation.

The government has set the foodgrain production target for 2017-18 crop year (July-June) at a record 273 mt, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has said.

The Agriculture Ministry has come up with a new model Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act proposing single-point levy of market fee across a State and a united single trading licence for cost-effectiveness of transactions.

Tamil Nadu agricultural department is encouraging farmers to shift from rice to less water-intensive crops such as millets and pulses in arid areas as the state is facing a severe drought.

Tax on agriculture has generally been discouraged in India, and this was mostly factored into while framing the broad parameters of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) law.

While the short-term problems of farmers need to be addressed through immediate help, long-term policy to make agriculture economically viable and stable is far more important. Swaminathan further said: “The National Commission on Farmers, which I chaired, recommended pricing and procurement based on total cost of production plus 50 per cent principle.

The direct impact of the widening of the ambit of agriculture and allied sector for purposes of taxation may, therefore, result in marginally higher Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation of food products in the short term. An increase in the cost of agricultural consumer products is anticipated due to the rise in inflation, even if only for a brief period. Inflation will also be inevitable when VAT is replaced with a higher GST rate on many food items, including cereals, grains, and milk.

KRISHNA BYRE GOWDA, Karnataka Agriculture Minister Karnataka, the first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, has stepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers’ interest in millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over the minimum support price.

The Union Agriculture Ministry has written to the States, prodding them to extend insurance cover offered under the Prime Minister’s Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) to a larger number of crops this year.

The Union Agriculture Ministry has written to the States, prodding them to extend insurance cover offered under the Prime Minister’s Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) to a larger number of crops this year. “We have sent letters to all the State agriculture departments proposing that they increase the

This phenomenon was acknowledged by Telangana Agriculture Minister Pocharam Srinivas Reddy. “About 90 per cent of farmers went for paddy,” he told a recent review meeting. Those who grew the crop in areas with assured water sources, particularly in the recently rejuvenated tanks, are better off. Others are now ruing that they should have gone for the traditional rabi crops that could have faced the situation better.

The Agriculture Ministry will now work with exporting countries to zero in on alternative pest control measure that will not harm the environment and work effectively. (This article was published on March 30, 2017) Post Comment. Related. TOPICS. economy, business and finance | agriculture | Get more of your favourite news delivered to your inbox. SEND MY NEWS. Please enter your email. Thank You. Newsletter has been successfully subscribed.

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