1. Faced with fodder shortage in the country which is about 35.6 per cent of green fodder and about 10.9 per cent of dried fodder, Indian Agriculture Minister said the government will bring out a national fodder policy to boost domestic production.
2. Indian farmers have grown winter-sown crops on 24.22 million hectares so far this year, down 12.6 percent from a year earlier.
3. According to latest estimates, Agriculture accounts for about 15 percent of India's $2 trillion economy, with three-fifths of its 1.25 billion people depending on it for their livelihood.
4. India's sugar production rose by 33 per cent to 7.61 lakh tonnes till November 15th in the current marketing year on higher output.
5. The Government proposes to merge all existing schemes in the fisheries sector with an outlay of Rs 3,000 crore.
6. With less than a month to go for the 10th WTO ministerial meet in Nairobi, a substantial package acceptable to all members looks increasingly elusive. The informal session on agriculture negotiations failed to narrow the differences between members on a range of issues viz. Elimination of subsidies by end of 2018 for developed & by 2021 for developing countries, Objections raised by Australia on Sugar subsidy credits issued by USA to India. Also a consensus on special safeguard measures for poor farmers made by the G-33 group needs to be arrived at.
2. Indian farmers have grown winter-sown crops on 24.22 million hectares so far this year, down 12.6 percent from a year earlier.
3. According to latest estimates, Agriculture accounts for about 15 percent of India's $2 trillion economy, with three-fifths of its 1.25 billion people depending on it for their livelihood.
4. India's sugar production rose by 33 per cent to 7.61 lakh tonnes till November 15th in the current marketing year on higher output.
5. The Government proposes to merge all existing schemes in the fisheries sector with an outlay of Rs 3,000 crore.
6. With less than a month to go for the 10th WTO ministerial meet in Nairobi, a substantial package acceptable to all members looks increasingly elusive. The informal session on agriculture negotiations failed to narrow the differences between members on a range of issues viz. Elimination of subsidies by end of 2018 for developed & by 2021 for developing countries, Objections raised by Australia on Sugar subsidy credits issued by USA to India. Also a consensus on special safeguard measures for poor farmers made by the G-33 group needs to be arrived at.
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