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Agriculture

UP hikes sugarcane prices

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday announced hiking state advisory price (SAP) of sugarcane by Rs 40 to Rs 205 per quintal for the current crushing season of 2010-2011. “In the interest of the cane farmers, the state cabinet today decided to increase the SAP by Rs 40, thus fixing the price of normal variety […]

Agriculture

Agriculture sector not immune from the knowledge-centric economy: Vice President

The Vice President Mr. Hamid Ansari has said that the Gandhigram Rural University represents the best example of Nai Talim’s ‘work-school’. Over the decades, it has served the needs of the villagers in its neighbourhood and has addressed their concerns. Addressing at the 28th Convocation of Rural University at Dindigul, Tamil Nadu he has said […]

Agriculture

India’s sugar production to be 25 mn tonnes in 2010-11: Pawar

Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar expressed confidence that sugar production in India would touch a record 25 million tonnes in the current sugar year, more than the country’s requirement. “On the sugar front too, the news this year is good with record plantation of sugarcane. I am confident of 250 lakh tonnes of sugar […]

Agriculture

ITGA: Global Farmer Petition against ‘Devastating’ World Health Organization Proposals Gains Momentum

United States : Key representatives of tobacco farmer organizations from around the world met in Lexington, Kentucky this week and accused the WHO of complete indifference towards millions of farmers’ and their families’ livelihoods in some of the poorest parts of the world. Eighty percent of the world’s traded tobacco production was represented at this […]

Agriculture

Govt announces MSP for rabi crops for 2010-11

The government announced a marginal hike of Rs 20 a quintal in the support price of wheat to Rs 1,120, but the prices of masoor and gram dals have been raised sharply by up to Rs 380 a quintal to encourage farmers to grow more. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved […]

Agriculture

UNITAB: European Farmers Call on the EU to Put a Stop to WHO’s Recommendation to Ban Ingredients

Paris : European tobacco farmers gathered at the 32nd UNITAB Congress in Poland, to call on European authorities to back their farmers and oppose the World Health Organization’s (WHO) proposal to ban ingredients in cigarettes, as well as a set of recommendations on crop diversification. In a Resolution adopted on October 15 by representatives of […]

Agriculture

Rice production may fall short of 100 mn tonne target:Official

India’s rice production is likely to fall short of the targetted 100 million tonnes in 2010-11 crop year, on account of drought and floods in some parts of the country, a top agriculture ministry official said on Thursday. “Production of 100 million tonnes of rice seems doubtful this year, as there has been damage to […]

Agriculture

Asian Farmers Rally to Protest WHO Proposal

Lisbon: A global movement of opposition to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest tobacco policy is growing by the day, spearheaded by Asian farmers. On Wednesday, September 29, thousands of tobacco farmers in several major Asian cities will gather to say no to a proposal that threatens to send millions of them straight to the […]

Agriculture

Apple production set to break record in HP

Apple crop is set to break all past records in Himachal Pradesh with production crossing 3.85 crore boxes during the current marketing season of June to October, officials said on Sunday. The production was about 90 lakh boxes more than the highest production of 2.67 crore standard boxes (each box comprising 20 kg) in 2007 […]

Agriculture

Foodgrain production looks comfortable in kharif 2010: Pawar

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the country’s foodgrains production, pegged at 114.63 million tonnes in the kharif season of 2010-11, looks “comfortable”, thanks to widespread rains across the country. “It (production of foodgrains) looks comfortable. Area under crops such as paddy, pulses, oilseeds, cotton and sugarcane is more than last year and the […]