1. Eastern Group, the leading spice business conglomerate, has recently partnered with the ₹125-crore CapAleph Indian Millennium Fund to support entrepreneurship in the food and agriculture space.
2. Potato farmers in Gujarat are a worried lot. With harvest being bumper and unseasonal rains affecting the quality, potato prices have come down to one-third of what it was last year i.e. ₹300-425 a quintal.
3. UP, Maharashtra, Haryana seek over ₹10,100 cr from the National Disaster Response Fund for farmers hit by unseasonal rains & hailstorms.
4. After unseasonal showers and hailstorms through most of March and early April, consumers are likely to feel the pinch when buying mangoes this summer, with prices of the fruit up by as much as 65 per cent after losses of up to 50 per cent were recorded in key growing States.
5. With the bird flu threat causing heavy losses in the last few days, the poultry industry in Telangana has begun a fire-fighting exercise, saying the virus has been curtailed in the State, downplaying the impact.
6. The Centre for Plant Protection Studies at the Farm Varsity in Tamil Nadu has cautioned rice farmers about the possible outbreak of pests and diseases due to abnormal weather and rains in different parts of the state.
7. Rajasthan government to bear cost of damaged foodgrains. The state government would pay Rs 7.25 per quintal for partial damaged or half-cut pieces of wheat grains assessed.
2. Potato farmers in Gujarat are a worried lot. With harvest being bumper and unseasonal rains affecting the quality, potato prices have come down to one-third of what it was last year i.e. ₹300-425 a quintal.
3. UP, Maharashtra, Haryana seek over ₹10,100 cr from the National Disaster Response Fund for farmers hit by unseasonal rains & hailstorms.
4. After unseasonal showers and hailstorms through most of March and early April, consumers are likely to feel the pinch when buying mangoes this summer, with prices of the fruit up by as much as 65 per cent after losses of up to 50 per cent were recorded in key growing States.
5. With the bird flu threat causing heavy losses in the last few days, the poultry industry in Telangana has begun a fire-fighting exercise, saying the virus has been curtailed in the State, downplaying the impact.
6. The Centre for Plant Protection Studies at the Farm Varsity in Tamil Nadu has cautioned rice farmers about the possible outbreak of pests and diseases due to abnormal weather and rains in different parts of the state.
7. Rajasthan government to bear cost of damaged foodgrains. The state government would pay Rs 7.25 per quintal for partial damaged or half-cut pieces of wheat grains assessed.
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