Agriculture Current Affairs

Agriculture Current Affairs March 2019 1. ICAR, CSIR to work together in field of food, agriculture The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have agreed to collaborate in the area of food and agriculture Its Relevance (Agriculture Current Affairs March 2019) …

Download JANUARY PDF =>CLICK TO DOWNLOAD Introduction Today population of India is more than 130 crore and 62% of it is below the age of 59 years making India the youngest company in the world. The country’s economy should be able to handle this increased labour force.  The January 2019 …

AGRICULTURE CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER 2018 The 13th Confederation of Indian industries Agro tech India-2018 was inaugurated in Chandigadh on 1st December 2018 by President Ram Nath Kovind. The theme was Technology in Agriculture: Increasing farmer’s income. (AGRICULTURE CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER) World Meteorological Department has declared 2018 as the Fourth hottest …

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)  The primary objectives of PMKSY are to attract investments in irrigation system at field level, develop and expand cultivable land in the country, minimize wastage of water, enhance crop per drop by implementing water￾saving technologies and precision irrigation. (Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana)  The …

List of awardees in agriculture sector 2015-16  Dr. Amrita patel– Mahindra samriddi India agri life time achievement award (Krishi Siromani Samman) for implementation of NDDB operation flood programme  Sir Fazle Hasan Abed of Bangladesh – 2015 winner of the World Food Prize. He is the founder of Bangladesh Rural …

Recent advances/Schemes/ in agriculture  Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops (RISPC):(Recent Schemes in agriculture) a new Digital Green App  started by Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry for protecting the growers from the  risks such as pest attacks, yield loss and income decline caused by fall in prices.  Rubber Soil …