Monday, 14 December 2015

India Agriculture, Food & Nutrition updates - 14Dec'15 !

1. Attempts for a breakthrough on a special safeguard mechanism to protect poor farmers against an indiscriminate rise in imports spearheaded by India and other developing countries of the G-33 alliance have failed to yield results.
2. India's vegetable oil imports in November rose 13 per cent from a year ago to 1.34 million tonnes.
3. Maharashtra CM calls on farmers to adopt new agriculture technologies in order to improve and increase their farm yield.
4. Blow to Monsanto as agriculture ministry set to control cotton seed prices.
5. Aimed at boosting farm productivity, Indian Prime Minister has allocated Rs 100 crore to states to prepare soil health cards.

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