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agro bing hindubusinessline - Tue, 21/05/2013 - 19:55
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today unveiled Odisha’s Agriculture Policy-2013 on the auspicious occasion of ‘Akshaya Tritiya’, ...
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‘Agri-market revolution needed to improve the lot of farmers ...

agro bing hindubusinessline - Sat, 18/05/2013 - 21:03
There is a need for a market revolution on the lines of the green revolution to improve the economic conditions of the farmers, said L.B. Hugar, Dean of Agriculture ...
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$85 m from ADB for Maharashtra agri-infra project - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Fri, 17/05/2013 - 05:33
The Maharashtra government has decided to launch a project with $85 million funding from the Asian Development Bank, which will augment the agriculture infrastructure ...
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Agri-scientists hard to come by - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Thu, 16/05/2013 - 18:42
The agriculture sector in the country is facing an acute shortage of graduates and scientists in the field, impacting both research and development and business ...
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FAO to help train AP farmers in raising productivity - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Sun, 12/05/2013 - 14:22
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has come forward to help in improving productivity of certain crops in three regions of Andhra ...
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A decade of agricultural revolution - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Sun, 12/05/2013 - 10:18
President Pranab Mukherjee and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar present the Krishi Karman Commendation Award for higher production of food grains.
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Pawar for greater private sector role in farming - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Fri, 10/05/2013 - 03:40
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has called for a greater role for private sector in agriculture during the 12th Plan (2012-17) period to sustain the high growth in ...
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Allocations to agri sector inadequate, says NGO body - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Wed, 08/05/2013 - 03:21
Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA), a network of non-governmental organisations and intellectuals, termed poor allocations to agriculture sector ...
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Fewer and better - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Sun, 05/05/2013 - 21:04
The danger today lies in a slowing non-farm economy, leading to distress migration back to the farms. For a country where agriculture is seen as a ‘way of life ...
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Neglect of agriculture - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Sun, 05/05/2013 - 07:06
On a citizen's scale of priorities as also expectations from the Government, security of life figures at the top followed by assurance of nourishment, right to ...
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Agriculture, power are key growth constraints - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Fri, 03/05/2013 - 22:39
Agriculture and power are the two important sectoral constraints of growth. Even a small shortfall in agricultural production can cause serious distortion in the ...
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Agriculture, power are key growth constraints - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Fri, 03/05/2013 - 22:11
Agriculture and power are the two important sectoral constraints of growth. Even a small shortfall in agricultural production can cause serious distortion in the ...
Categories: Agricultural

Initiate dialogue with civil society, agricultural scientists told ...

agro bing hindubusinessline - Thu, 02/05/2013 - 19:13
They said technology innovations to the seed would play an important role in bringing about an evergreen revolution in agriculture. Focussed approach
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Indian agri can go places - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Wed, 01/05/2013 - 19:35
Although agriculture is the largest source of livelihood for Indian workers, yet a farmer earns only 30-40 per cent of the nation’s overall average per capita income.
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Get ready for farming, metro style - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Mon, 29/04/2013 - 16:10
Forget about urban agriculture that seeks to grow crops over rooftops. India will get a taste of Metropolitan agriculture when a 10-member delegation from Michigan ...
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Agriculture, mining drive GDP to 8.2% - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Mon, 29/04/2013 - 13:33
Aided by strong growth in agriculture, mining and financial services, the Indian economy grew 8.2 per cent in the third quarter of the current fiscal, up from 7.2 per ...
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India could show the way in organic farming in 30 years - Business ...

agro bing hindubusinessline - Fri, 26/04/2013 - 16:28
He said that India could show the way in organic products in 30 years, especially in sustainable agriculture and food safety. Mr Andrew Leu, President of UN's IFOAM, said ...
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Unshackling the farm sector - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Thu, 25/04/2013 - 21:30
Freer trade in agriculture and a higher proportion of public expenditure on investment as opposed to subsidy can stimulate productive forces in farming.
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To raise output, AP will focus on farm mechanisation - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Thu, 25/04/2013 - 21:30
State Minister for Agriculture Kanna Laxmi Narayana, said the State Government had taken up an action plan involving an investment of Rs 2,500 crore for farm ...
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45% of farmers want to quit farming: Swaminathan - Business Line

agro bing hindubusinessline - Thu, 25/04/2013 - 16:58
Prof M.S. Swaminathan, the father of Green Revolution and Chairman of National Commission on Farmers (NCF) that called for revamp of policies to revitalise agriculture ...
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