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NEW DELHI: Foodgrain productivity rose by 8 per cent to 1,921 kg per hectare in 2010-11 crop year, Parliament was informed today. India’s foodgrain productivity stood at 1,798 kg per hectare in the 2009-10 crop year (July-June), Minister of State for Agriculture Harish Rawat told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply. “The . . . → Read More: Foodgrain productivity up 8% at 1,921 kg/hectare in 2010-11 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated recently, significantly higher investment is needed in agricultural research and development to improve yields from farm crops to cash crops to horticulture to animal husbandry to fisheries. The higher value-added components are horticulture, animal husbandry, and fisheries.These three components already account for more than 50% of the value of the . . . → Read More: Agriculture Journal: What Needs to be Done The PMO also directed the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to fast-track enhancement of its storage capacity by more than 150 lakh tonne in 19 states, 40 lakh tonne of which is to be added by March next year, sources said. It was noted at the meeting that the National Food Security Mission has achieved . . . → Read More: Use cluster farming to raise output of pulses: PMO India will need 345 million tonne of foodgrains, including 95-100 million tonne wheat, by 2030, Minister of State for Agriculture Harish Rawat said today. “India would require to produce about 95-100 million tonnes of wheat to reach the target of 345 million tonnes of foodgrains by 2030,” Rawat said in his inaugural speech at an . . . → Read More: India will require 345 mn tonne foodgrains by 2030: Rawat NEW DELHI: India is losing a whopping Rs 18,000 crore annually due to the dreaded foot and mouth disease (FMD) in cattle and livestock, a senior official of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) said on Tuesday. “According to the latest research conducted by ICAR on FMD in livestock, the country is loosing directly . . . → Read More: India losing Rs 18,000 cr annually due to FMD in cattle: ICAR Very often, targets for agricultural growth are noted every five years and buried in Plan documents, forgotten until the next Plan is ready to be launched. On Wednesday, the growth target for agriculture for the 12th Five- year Plan (2012-17) was announced by Abhijit Sen, a member of the Planning Commission. Agriculture is expected to . . . → Read More: Ourview | India’s forgotten farm sector |
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