Basmati Rice Subject – Agriculture Context – India may get exclusive rights to sell Basmati in EU Concept – It is one of the best known varieties of rice all across the globe. It is long grain rice which has its origin from India and some parts of Pakistan. Basmati rice has a unique […]
Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) scheme Subject – Agriculture Context – Govt enhances scope of MTA scheme for agri exports Concept – Department of Commerce of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry has notified a scheme for Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for Specified Agriculture Products. In 2019, the government announced the scheme […]
Agri Workforce Subject – Agriculture Context – Women dominate agri workforce, but take home 22% less as wages. Concept – In rural areas, in 1987-88, about 74.5 per cent of the men workforce were doing agri-related work, while 84.7 per cent of women were working on farms. There was a drastic decline in […]
Minimum Support Price (MSP) Subject – Agriculture Context – RSS wing seeks guaranteed crop prices. Concept – MSP is the minimum price paid to the farmer for procuring food crops. It offers an assurance to farmers that their realisation for the agricultural produce will not fall below the stated price. The government uses the […]
Crop Rotation Subject – Agriculture Context – Implement crop rotation. This can to a large extent ease Punjab’s agrarian crisis. Concept – Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons. It reduces reliance on one set of […]
Indian Royal Jelly Subject – Agriculture Context – For the first time, Indian Royal Jelly has been found to surpass top-quality sellers. Concept – For the first time, Indian Royal Jelly has been found to surpass top-quality sellers, including those produced in Thailand and Taiwan. Known for being a good antioxidant, and helping […]
Organic Farming Subject – Agriculture Concept – Organic farming is a type of agriculture or farming which avoids the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators, & livestock feed additives. Organic farming in India India ranks 1st in number of organic farmers and 9th in terms of area under organic farming. Sikkim became the first State […]
Fair and Remunerative Prices for Sugarcane Subject – Agriculture Context – The Union government has increased the minimum price that sugar mills must pay to sugar cane farmers by ₹5 a quintal, setting the fair and remunerative price (FRP) at ₹290 a quintal for the 2021-22 sugar season, which runs from October to […]
Potash Subject – Agriculture Context – EID Parry (India) Ltd., one of the largest sugar manufacturers in the South, has undertaken a pilot study to establish the extraction of potash from ash produced in distilleries. Concept – Potash includes various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form. The name derives from pot ash, which refers to […]
Sugarcane Subject – Agriculture Context – sugarcane prices static for 4 years in Punjab Concept – In India, Sugarcane is grown as a Kharif Crop. It needs hot and humid climate with an average temperature of 21°C to 27°C. 75-150 cm rainfall is favorable for sugar cane cultivation. Irrigation needed for areas with […]