Minimum Support Prices (MSP) Subject – Agriculture Context – There is no guarantee farmers’ income will rise as the methodology for estimating cost of production is outdated, defective Concept – The Centre has been announcing MSP for crops every year for two seasons — kharif and rabi — since 1965, based on the […]
Soya Cultivation Subject – Agriculture Context – The Centre brought soyameal under the ambit of the Essential Commodities Act Concept – The Centre brought soyameal — a key raw material to manufacture compound feed — under the ambit of the Essential Commodities Act and imposed stock limits on processors and traders with a […]
Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) Subject – Agriculture Context – Just 1-5 per cent of FPOs have received funding under central government schemes introduced to promote them in the last seven years, the State of India’s Livelihood (SOIL) Report 2021 stated. Concept – FPO is an organization, where the members are farmers itself. Farmers […]
Indigenous breeds of Cattle Subject – Agriculture Context – Artificial Insemination Concept – Indigenous dairy breeds of cattle Name Origin Gir Originated in Gir forests of South Kathiawar in Gujarat. Red Sindhi This breed mostly found in Karachi and Hyderabad district of Pakistan. Sahiwal Originated in Montgomery district in present Pakistan Deoni Originated […]
Climate-smart Agriculture (CSA) Subject – Agriculture Context – As technologies and practices for better water management and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) improve in India, solar-based irrigation systems and direct-seeded rice are gaining momentum. Concept – Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach for transforming and reorienting agricultural production systems and food value chains so that […]
Intercropping Subject – Agriculture Context – Solution to stagnant prices, rising costs: Intercropping Concept – Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in proximity. The most common goal of intercropping is to produce a greater yield on a given piece of land by making use of resources that would otherwise […]
Asafoetida Subject – Agriculture Context – As Himalayan farmers grow the country’s first asafoetida plants, changing weather threatens to play spoilsport Concept – It is a herbaceous plant of the umbelliferae family. It is a perennial plant whose oleo gum resin is extracted from its thick roots and rhizome. The plant stores most […]
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Subject – Agriculture Context – Disbursal of funds to strengthen agricultural infrastructure through setting up of warehouses and other projects under the ₹1-lakh crore Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) has been slow Concept – National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) is providing re-finance facility under AIF to co-operative […]
Green-Ag project Subject – Agriculture Context – The switch to chemical-based farming and other faulty agricultural practices have imperilled Odisha’s Similipal biosphere reserve. Concept – The continuous exposure to faulty agricultural practices has garnered policymakers’ attention, and Similipal is among the five landscapes chosen for the Food and Agricultural Organisation’s Green-Ag project which […]
Millets Subject – Agriculture Context – To address multi-pronged health issues such as obesity and under-nutrition, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution sponsored by India and supported by more than 70 countries, declaring 2023 as the International Year of Millets. Concept – To address multi-pronged health issues such as obesity and […]