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April 9, 2019

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Manifestos: Both BJP and Congress silent on guaranteeing a minimum monthly income for farmers

Nirmesh Singh New Delhi. 09 April 2019 No party wants to address the core issue of farmers, that is guaranteeing them the minimum monthly income. Neither Congress […]

January 27, 2019

India needs a National Soil Protection Policy urgently: Dr Rattan Lal

Soil degradation causes severe reduction in crop yield 27 Jan 2019 Dr Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State University in […]

February 5, 2017

Need for a Separate Agri Budget

Feb 2017 The great R. K. Laxman, in one of his cartoons, communicated the plight of Indian farmers very strongly and showed where farmer was standing […]

July 5, 2019

Budget 2019: No outlay for agriculture, farmer leaders term it as zero budget

Government asks farmers go back to basics to cut down on input costs Nirmesh SinghNew Delhi. 05 July 2019 For the first time, there was no […]

July 4, 2019

Govt inks SoI with IBM for pilot study on using AI, weather tech in agriculture

AgriNation NewsNetwork New Delhi Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) for undertaking a pilot study in 3 districts of Bhopal, […]

June 25, 2019

Chinese Vice Minister for Agriculture & Rural Affairs , Qu Dongyu elected as new FAO head

India withdrew its candidature fearing stiff competition from China and certain defeat AgriNation News Network (ANN)Rome. 25.06.2019 Qu Dongyu, China’s vice minister of Agriculture and Rural […]

June 24, 2019

AIKSCC demands Centre and States to declare drought in affected districts

Many parts of country – southern, central and western states are facing water crisis due to bad monsoon AgriNation News NetworkNew Delhi. 24 June 2019 All […]