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State of Food and Agriculture 2024

For Prelims: Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Non-communicable diseases, Greenhouse gas emissions, Sustainable Development Goals,...

12 Nov 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

First Advance Estimates for Kharif Crop Production

For Prelims: Kharif crop, Digital Crop Survey, Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM), Girdawari method, Gross Domestic Product, Digital Public...

07 Nov 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Advancing Indian Farms with Digital Solutions

This editorial is based on “Farm to fork goes digital: Indian agri on the cusp of a tech revolution” which was published in Business...

01 Nov 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

SATHI Portal

Source: PIB Recently, the Department of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare (DA&FW) organised a National Workshop on the SATHI (Seed...

25 Oct 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Haber-Bosch Process and Production of Fertilizers

For Prelims: Haber-Bosch process, Nitrogen, Ammonia, Lightning, Azotobacter and Rhizobia, Volcanic eruptions, Acid rain, organic farming,...

17 Oct 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Middlemen Gain as Farmers Earn Less in Agri Produce: RBI

For Prelims: Reserve Bank of India (RBI), high inflation, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Wholesale Price Index (WPI), National Agriculture Market...

11 Oct 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Weed-Induced Crop Losses

For Prelims: kharif crops, rabi crops, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, herbicides, mechanization, weed management, organic and sustainable farming...

11 Oct 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Sansad TV Vishesh: Digital Agriculture Mission

For Prelims: Digital Agriculture Mission, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), Digital General Crop Estimation Survey (DGCES), AgriStack, Krishi...

11 Sep 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

AgriSURE Scheme

Source: PIB Recently, the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare unveiled the AgriSURE (Agri Fund for Start-ups & Rural...

05 Sep 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

7 New Schemes to Boost Farmer Income

For Prelims: Agriculture and allied sectors, livestock and horticulture, the Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM), Agri Stack, Krishi Decision Support...

03 Sep 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Revamping Crop Data Collection by E-technology

For Prelims: Digital Crop Survey and Digital General Crop Estimation Survey (DGCES), Remote Sensing, Crop Maps, Crop Surveys, Agricultural Regions,...

26 Aug 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Climate Resilient Agriculture

For Prelims: Climate-resilient agriculture, FAO, climate change, National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA), Indian Council of...

15 Jul 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Role of Nuclear Technology in Global Food Safety

For Prelims: Food irradiation, Nuclear energy, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) , nuclear...

07 Jun 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Reimagining India’s Agriculture Landscape

This editorial is based on “Challenge for farm sector: How to share growth gains” which was published in The Indian Express on...

04 Jun 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

CSIR-CMERI's Innovative Electric Tiller

Source: PIB In a move to empower small and marginal farmers, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Department of...

27 May 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

AI Krish and AI Bhoomi

Source: TH Recently, Doordarshan Kisan (DD KISAN) has become the first government TV channel in the country to launch two AI anchors named AI Krish...

27 May 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Fixing India’s Food Systems

This editorial is based on “Food for Reform” which was published in Indian Express on 15/04/2024. The article highlights the importance...

15 Apr 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Krishi Integrated Command and Control Centre

Source: IE Why in News? The Union Agriculture Minister recently launched the Krishi Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) at Krishi Bhavan...

28 Mar 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Initiatives to Promote Sustainable Agriculture

For Prelims: Krishi Sakhi Convergence Programme, School Soil Health Programme, Geographic Information System, Soil Health Card, NABARD, National...

13 Mar 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers

Climate Change and Wheat Blast

For Prelims: Wheat Blast, El Niño, Wheat Blast (WB), Climate Change, Food Security. For Mains: Linked Between Climate Change and Wheat...

14 Feb 2024 E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers