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The cooperative has asked bidders to supply 40 to 60 mm size of red onions from any country of origin at Rs 50 per kg by November 20. They can bid for a minimum quantity of 2,000 tonnes to be supplied in multiple lots of 500 tonnes, it said. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3jOgrw5

As part of the exercise, it may move apex export promotion bodies of these products – Agricultural and Processed Food products Export Development Authority (Apeda) and Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) – to their respective ministries. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/35MNYC5

India on Friday allowed the import of fresh and chilled potatoes from Bhutan without any license, up to January 31, 2021. Their imports were restricted till now. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3kK3Xa6

Goyal said onion prices had fallen in recent days because of stock limits that were imposed and the ban on exports. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/34F0Pqw

To start with, a guarantee will be provided for loans under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure (CGAHI) scheme announced as part of Animal Husbandry Infrastructure and Development Fund (AHIDF), under PM’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat programme’, and for financing Farmer producer organisation (FPOs) as part of central sector scheme for FPOs. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/31WumdL

“In order to keep a check on rising prices of onions, the government has imposed a stock limit of 25 tonnes for wholesalers and 2 tonnes for retailers. Any violation will attract strict punishment and penalty. The grace of three days will give them some time for disposing the produce before stock limit sets in,” said a senior in consumer affairs ministry. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2Tzy3Bx

The govt on Thursday banned exports of onion seeds with immediate effect. Earlier, the export of onion seeds was in the restricted category, which means an exporter was required to obtain a licence or permission from the government for shipments. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3oF5vob

A decision to extend the norms for mandatory packaging in jute materials was taken by the Union Cabinet, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said while briefing reporters about the meeting. The decision, he said, will benefit about 4 lakh workers engaged in the jute sector along with thousands of farmers. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/34DsdoT

"The government has already taken cognisance of the issue of rising prices of onions and its one lakh tonnes of buffer stock is being released through NAFED. We had imposed a ban on the export of onion from the country well in time and opened routes for its import," Tomar said. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2HG54ZV

Out of the total purchase, Punjab alone has contributed 114.97 lakh tonne, which is around 67 per cent of the total procurement. "About 14.37 lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing KMS procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs 32,195.69 crore," an official statement said. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/35BYADK

The amendment Bill was passed with an overwhelming majority after a day-long special session which saw fiery speeches by chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and former chief minister and senior BJP leader Raman Singh. The two-day special Assembly session was truncated as the legislative business was completed with the passing of the Amendment Bill. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3jFtLTO

The technology is patented and developed by Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait, Head, Centre for the Environment, and Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati along with his M Tech student Mr V L Dhadge. The low-cost technology doesn’t use any organic solvents. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3mtaMgM

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said the floor prices will provide relief as well as support for the vegetable growers. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3otV6vz

Earlier this year, the government had disbursed about Rs 75,000 crore to 4.2 million wheat farmers during the lockdown period, procuring record 38.2 million tonnes of wheat. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3kzDYCa

Cotton seed (kapas) procurement operations under MSP are going on smoothly in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3momhWV

"Traders from Nashik district will not be able to purchase onions from farmers until they are able to sell onions being held by them. If we continue to buy from farmers, then we would be violating the stock limit restrictions. Traders from other states are also refusing to buy fearing violation of stock limit," said Sohanlal Bhandari, chairman, Nashik District Onion Traders Association. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3oqNw51

A quarter of the onion buffer stock of 100,000 tonnes is likely to have been damaged due to loss of moisture during storage. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3otdYL4

S K Chadha, managing director of Nafed, the state owned cooperative marketing federation which maintains stocks for central government, said onions have a shelf life of three and a half months, after which they dehydrate. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3kwpiEa

Data of first six months (April-September) of current and previous financial years show that dairy cooperatives did not stop procurement despite selling less during the six months in 2020 compared to the corresponding months last year. Ideally, the procurement of cooperatives and sale could have been higher. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2HD2pQw

The price of onions and other vegetables has increased because the supply chain from the farms was severely affected due to rains. Many customers are buying a smaller quantity of onions than earlier. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2TzrXBb

Modi was speaking after inaugurating three projects in Gujarat- one each related to agriculture, healthcare and tourism development- via video conference from New Delhi. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/35yfB1L

This buffer stock of onion is created and maintained by Nafed on behalf of the government to be used for interventions in times of onion crisis. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2HqEVya

Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted: "To control rising onion prices and curb hoarding, PM @NarendraModi government has taken the third step. Imposed stock limit of 2 tonne on retailers and 25 tonne on wholesalers". from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3olkQtV

As per data maintained by the Consumer Affairs Ministry, retail onion prices in Mumbai were ruling at Rs 86/kg, Chennai at Rs 83/kg, Kolkata at Rs 70/kg and Delhi at Rs 55/kg on October 22. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/35nHuti

Despite being the Navaratra season, onion prices have gone up to Rs 70 per kg in the retail market. The price of potato is also increasing. It is being sold at Rs 50-60 per kg in retail. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3olvEIz

Traders in the domestic market said prices will remain firm but they can rise if rain damages more crops. However, importers said prices will calm in some time because of steps taken by the government. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3kmJF6y

India has been giving incentives for sugar exports as the country has been consistently producing excess sugar for several years. In October 2019, millers had signed contracts for export of about 800,000 tonnes of sugar as the government had announced the continuation of export. Of the 6 million tonnes of quota given for export by the government, the industry exported 5.9 million tonnes of sugar in 2019-20. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3knyhXY

According to the ministry, a sharp spike in onion prices in the past 10 days by Rs 11.56/kg has taken the all-India retail price of the commodity to Rs 51.95/kg, which was 12.13% higher than the last year. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/31teU8J

Official agencies have increased purchases from farmers in various states including Haryana, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/31r3HVY

Till October 20, a total of 2,36,748 cotton bales valued at Rs 668.42 crore have been procured, benefitting 46,706 farmers, as against 2,335 bales procured during the corresponding period of last year, the statement said. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3on7r4S

The sanctions for procurement of 1.23 lakh tonnes of copra for the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala were also given. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2Taxwpd

Maharashtra State Cooperative Sugar Factories Federation chairman Jayprakash Dandegaonkar told PTI rains had not damaged the cane crop much but had hit roads and other infrastructure around factories heavily which would cause the delay. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/35fEe2P

The survey, "The Indian Farmer's Perception of the New Agri Laws", found that out of the 52 per cent who opposed them 36 per cent did not know the details of the legislations. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3dHl5KW

A perception survey of over 5,000 farmers across regions shows that while 52% were opposed to the three new farm laws, chiefly due to fears that MSP will be done away with, there is more support for the changes among marginal and small farmers. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3m1gUwC

Heeng is one of the top condiments and is a high value spice crop in India which last year imported about 1500 tonnes of raw asafoetida from Afghanistan, Iran and Uzbekistan and spent Rs 942 crore. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2IFynw8

As per the notified rules, sub-divisional magistrate would resolve the dispute by forming a conciliation board having equal representation from both sides. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/35aYgLX

Ayushman Sahakar specifically covers establishment, modernization, expansion, repairs, renovation of hospital and healthcare and education infrastructure encompassing hospitals, medical and nursing colleges, yoga centres, diagnostic centres, health insurance services and other medical and health related services authorised by the government. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3dE2gII

As per initial estimates, there have been crop damages across 80,000 hectares in Telangana and 71,000 hectares in Andhra. “The governments of both states are doing the assessment. Major damages have been observed in paddy and cotton, while crops of ragi and pulses have also suffered significant damages,” said an agriculture ministry official. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3lTuyle

Moreover, it said the rural household incomes have stayed resilient in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and have been supported by healthy farm cash flows across regions, aided by high levels of rabi procurement under various government schemes after a season of bumper harvest. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/31fYIaJ

The average wholesale prices are expected to rise further from the current level of Rs 50 a kg. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/37c3tWl

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a record increase in area sown to kharif crops by 4.51 per cent to 1,121.75 lakh hectares this year, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/342C9YL

Analysts and industry experts say the new policy has the potential to change the face of Indian agriculture, which has been hampered by low yields and inefficient smallholdings, by encouraging more contract farming. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/33ZCFqy

Heavy rainfall from a withdrawing monsoon in Maharashtra and adjoining states is expected to delay the 2020-21 sugarcane crushing season of Maharashtra and Karnataka by a month as wet fields make it difficult to harvest the cane. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2SUeiEg

"In a way these three farm bills will usher a new era of reforms in the agriculture sector and will give farmers' independence from the clutches of the middle men and help in getting them better prices for their produce," Gambhir told reporters after the meeting. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2SO7nwa

Addressing a digital conference, Minister of State for Agriculture Parshottam Rupala said: "The crop protection industry should share propositions to make crop protection products which are newer, safer and more effective, for the benefit of the farmers". from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2GW7zam

Terming the farm reforms as historic, the prime minister said, "Today opportunities are being created to take farming and farmers from the role of annadata (food provider) to entrepreneurship." from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/310syQ6

Welcoming the legislation that claim to enhance production and farmers' income, the economists at SBI Research on Monday said, "These measures are sine qua non as the country is no more just a cereal granary, and other states are producing diversified crops." from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/33ONoDW

​While states are yet to carry out field surveys to assess the actual losses, they say that the highest loss in Maharashtra will be of the soybean crop, followed by paddy and cotton. September rainfall has hit the soybean and cotton crops in more than 7 lakh hectares in Maharashtra. Mantralaya has said that it will compensate farmers affected by excess rains. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/30XRp7k

According to the proposal, till September 30, a total amount of Rs 68 crore were outstanding dues, including mandi and allocation fees and other arrears from the various agricultural committees of the state. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3lEc0p7

The government has promised to double the income of farmers and it has also promised that irrespective of the reforms in farm laws, the government will not abdicate MSP procurement. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2Fk4zUu