1. Indian soybean production is likely to jump just over 10% in 2015 from a year ago to more than 10 mn tonnes due to timely monsoon rains.
2. India will ask the US for 15 months time to implement the World Trade Organisation (WTO) decision against its ban on poultry products from that country.
3. The National Food security Mission helped rice production to rise from 2060 kg per hectare in 2011-12 to 2240 kg per hectare in 2014-15.
4. Under Centre's Vision-2030, there is a proposal to set up mandis/auction centers in various zones to benefit the farmers.Cold storages, collection centers, refrigerated vans are proposed along with construction of market sheds, way-side marketing amenities.
5. A pioneering Solar Farming project in Gujarat has led to farmers harvesting what could become the country’s most climate-smart cash crop yet — sunshine.
6. IWMI (International Water Management Institute) estimates that around 11 million farmers across India currently connected to the electricity grid could install solar-powered water pumps and sell the extra energy produced.
7. Amid a supply crunch, retail prices of many pulses have crossed Rs 100 per kg mark in major cities across the country, but the government agencies are yet to float the tender for their import to check the price.
8. The Coalition for GM Free India warned the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), under the Environment Ministry, against the commercialisation of a genetically-modified (GM) mustard strain named DMH-11 (Dhara Mustard Hybrid 11), stating that it won't raise yields.
2. India will ask the US for 15 months time to implement the World Trade Organisation (WTO) decision against its ban on poultry products from that country.
3. The National Food security Mission helped rice production to rise from 2060 kg per hectare in 2011-12 to 2240 kg per hectare in 2014-15.
4. Under Centre's Vision-2030, there is a proposal to set up mandis/auction centers in various zones to benefit the farmers.Cold storages, collection centers, refrigerated vans are proposed along with construction of market sheds, way-side marketing amenities.
5. A pioneering Solar Farming project in Gujarat has led to farmers harvesting what could become the country’s most climate-smart cash crop yet — sunshine.
6. IWMI (International Water Management Institute) estimates that around 11 million farmers across India currently connected to the electricity grid could install solar-powered water pumps and sell the extra energy produced.
7. Amid a supply crunch, retail prices of many pulses have crossed Rs 100 per kg mark in major cities across the country, but the government agencies are yet to float the tender for their import to check the price.
8. The Coalition for GM Free India warned the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), under the Environment Ministry, against the commercialisation of a genetically-modified (GM) mustard strain named DMH-11 (Dhara Mustard Hybrid 11), stating that it won't raise yields.
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