The Maharashtra government has launched a website and an application for collectively analysing the rainfall, crop situation and underground water level using modern technology.
Speaking after the inauguration of the website, Maha madat here on Friday, Rehabilitation and Relief Minister...
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2018.10.12
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The union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved a proposal to increase minimum support price (MSP) of rabi crops for 2018-19 season.
MSP is the price at which the government purchases crops from the farmers.
The decision will help farmers earn an additional...
2018.10.12
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The Executive Yuan of Taiwan passed an amendment Sept. 13 proposing stricter regulations for fishing that will see violators given fines of up to NT$2.5 million (US$80,475) for importing illegal fishery products.
The amendment for the Act for Distant Water Fisheries (遠洋漁業條例), pending...
2018.09.21
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The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture, through the Agricultural Human Resources Counseling and Development Agency (BPPSDMP), is ready to produce graduates, with entrepreneurial orientation in agriculture.
Ministry`s Head for Agricultural Human Resources Momon Rusmono remarked here on Monday that...
2018.09.21
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The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) director Budi Waseso said the rice stock is sufficient until July 2019 and no import is needed.
“Based on calculations done by the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), police, and experts last night at 11 p.m, we don’t need to import rice...
2018.09.21
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Australia and Indonesia concluded negotiations for the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement or IA-CEPA on Friday, which will allow Australian farmers to export 500,000 mt/year of tariff-free feed grains to Indonesia.
Under the new agreement, Australia will gain access...
2018.09.21
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The Government and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos have issued a dispatch on suspending the import of pork, piglets and all pork products from China due to concerns about the spread of African hog cholera into the Southeast Asia country.
The Lao Minister of Agriculture and...
2018.09.21
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Japan’s Agriculture Minister Ken Saito has stressed the government will double its efforts to help farmers enable to keep growing products that people want to eat in order to improve the country’s food self-sufficiency.
The calorie-based rate of self-sufficiency remained flat at 37.78...