1. The 51st Asia Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) meeting will be held at Crowne Plaza in Koch (Kerala) from February 2 to 5.
2. Hit by oversupply of oranges from Maharashtra, growers on kinnow, a citrus mandarin fruit, in Punjab have seen almost 50 per cent plunge in their returns this season from potential markets.Growers expect transport subsidy from Govt.
3. Baba Ramdev extends his empire from Yoga and Ayurveda to FMCG sector under the umbrella name of Patanjali, with a range of products from soaps to corn flakes.
4. The Central Govt of India has said that 2.26 million tonnes of urea has been supplied till Jan'26.
5. While Govt of Maharashtra has approved GM trials, farmers oppose the same.
6. Sugarcane Breeding Institute has urged Industry to experiment new cane varieties.
7. The world’s biggest trade fair on coir and natural fibres began on 1st Feb in Alapuzzha, with participation of around 170 buyers from 53 countries, including the US, Russia, Africa and many European countries.
8. SourceTrace Agri Business solution mobile app tracks the flow of goods from the farmer’s field (source) to the central processing facilities in the world’s remotest pockets. This US-headquartered company with offices in India, Costa Rica and Bangladesh aids digitisation of field-level transaction data of small and marginal farmers.
9. Fiji is keen on signing a MoU with India for technology transfer between the two countries, especially in market development activities in the coconut sector.
10. The Gubba group, which has a network of 12 cold storage facilities, has set up the country’s first Germplasm Bank in the private sector. Set up with an investment of Rs 4 crore at Medchal Hyderabd, the bank can withstand earthquakes, power outages and fire accidents.
11. India has challenged a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling against a ban on US poultry imports as scientifically invalid. India had banned these imports on fears that they could result in spread of the bird flu.
2. Hit by oversupply of oranges from Maharashtra, growers on kinnow, a citrus mandarin fruit, in Punjab have seen almost 50 per cent plunge in their returns this season from potential markets.Growers expect transport subsidy from Govt.
3. Baba Ramdev extends his empire from Yoga and Ayurveda to FMCG sector under the umbrella name of Patanjali, with a range of products from soaps to corn flakes.
4. The Central Govt of India has said that 2.26 million tonnes of urea has been supplied till Jan'26.
5. While Govt of Maharashtra has approved GM trials, farmers oppose the same.
6. Sugarcane Breeding Institute has urged Industry to experiment new cane varieties.
7. The world’s biggest trade fair on coir and natural fibres began on 1st Feb in Alapuzzha, with participation of around 170 buyers from 53 countries, including the US, Russia, Africa and many European countries.
8. SourceTrace Agri Business solution mobile app tracks the flow of goods from the farmer’s field (source) to the central processing facilities in the world’s remotest pockets. This US-headquartered company with offices in India, Costa Rica and Bangladesh aids digitisation of field-level transaction data of small and marginal farmers.
9. Fiji is keen on signing a MoU with India for technology transfer between the two countries, especially in market development activities in the coconut sector.
10. The Gubba group, which has a network of 12 cold storage facilities, has set up the country’s first Germplasm Bank in the private sector. Set up with an investment of Rs 4 crore at Medchal Hyderabd, the bank can withstand earthquakes, power outages and fire accidents.
11. India has challenged a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling against a ban on US poultry imports as scientifically invalid. India had banned these imports on fears that they could result in spread of the bird flu.
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