Govt stocks dip to 5 year low amid high food inflation Subject: Agriculture Context :Stocks of wheat and rice with government agencies have plunged to a five-year low, even as retail cereal price inflation soared to a 105-month high in September. Concept: According to data from the Food Corporation of India (FCI), wheat […]
India’s Digital Ecosystem for Agriculture Subject :Agriculture/Technology Context: The agriculture ministry has constituted an expert task force in charge of consolidating the ‘India Digital Ecosystem of Agriculture (IDEA)’ report. Concept: In 2021, the Union Minister for agriculture announced the initiation of the ‘Digital Agriculture Mission 2021–2025’. The initiative aims to leverage a wide […]
Agriculture in India Subject : Agriculture Context– India’s agricultural production statistics sometimes present dissonances with consumption data. The household consumer expenditure data are more than a decade old, and an update is urgently needed. NSO data– According to the National Statistical Office’s (NSO) household consumer expenditure (HCE) survey for 2011-12, the monthly per […]
Agri Drones getting a boost Subject :Agriculture Context :The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to start giving loans to farmers who want to buy Kisan Drones. This can help farming become more tech-based. Concept : The RBI’s instructions to banks are in line with the Union Budget 2022–23, which said […]
Allow HT Bt cotton to keep tabs on spurious seeds, save farmers: Seed firms Subject : Agriculture Context: Members of the National Seed Association of India (NSAI) have said that there is a need to bring in a uniform system of seed licencing in the country by adopting a one-country-one-seed licence policy. NSSAI […]
Tur Subject : Agriculture Section: Crops Context: Known to be rich in proteins, the red gram’s seed coat offers six times more calcium than milk. Details: Tur, also called arhar, redgram or pigeonpea is a staple source of protein and rich in calcium too. A sample of 100-gram tur seed coat has 652 […]
Millets Subject:Agriculture Section: Crops Context: Union Finance and Agriculture Ministers and Karnataka CM address the Millets Conclave at Raichur Concept: Millets are often referred to as Superfood and its production can be seen as an approach for sustainable agriculture and a healthy world. These are essential climate resilient staple food crops grown in dryland […]
Scientists track cause of mystery paddy dwarfing in Punjab and Haryana Subject :Agriculture Context : Agriculture scientists have narrowed down the cause of a mystery disease causing “dwarfing” of rice plants in Punjab and Haryana to either grassy stunt virus or phytoplasma bacteria. The vector responsible for their transmission is the brown plant […]
The evergreen revolution: Making hunger history Subject :Agriculture The green revolution in the 1960s and 1970s was based on the development and spread of new genetic strains of wheat, rice, maize and other crops characterised by their ability to utilise water, sunlight and plant nutrients effectively and convert them into grains. According to […]
India’s organic certification procedures under cloud as APEDA penalises 3 more agencies Subject: Agriculture Section Context :All is not well with the certification process of Indian organic products with the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) penalising three certifying agencies, including termination, for irregularities they committed in violation of the […]