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The Dollar Business Bureau There has been a record output of food grains in the country in 2016-17 and all the earlier records were broken, said Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Friday. “As per the 3rd Advance Estimates, food grain production India has increased to 273 MT, sugarcane to 306 MT oil seeds to 32.5 MT, in 2016-17,” said Singh, while addressing the National Agriculture Marketing Summit organised jointly by FICCI with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. “As per the 2nd Advance Estimate, fruits and vegetable production has increased to 287 MT, he added. On the goal of doubling income of farmers by 2022, the Minister said that only through cross-pollination of innovations and expertise, and thereafter collaboration during the implementation ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The Niti Aayog has released a three-year draft action agenda suggesting reforms in taxation, agriculture and energy sectors. The agenda, released by Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagriya, moots these pointers with an intention of growth-acceleration, infusing employment opportunities, besides calling for limiting the government’s role in activities that do not serve a public purpose. A major reform was announced by the Aayog in the agriculture sector. It sought to double the income of farmers by 2022 by way of increasing productivity through irrigation, faster seed replacement and precise farming. Also suggested were reforms in the APMC (Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee) to enable farmers to get competitive rates. Farmers, however, should also shift to high-value commodities and businesses such as animal husbandry ...

The Dollar Business Bureau In order to rank states and union territories on their performance in implementing agricultural marketing reforms, Niti Aayog has launched the “Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index.” “NITI Aayog has launched an index named “Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index” to rank States and UTs that is based on implementation of seven provisions proposed under model APMC Act,” said an official release on Monday. The state of Maharashtra has got first rank in implementing various reforms on the Index, followed by Gujarat and Rajasthan. This is the first-ever index on the agriculture sector reforms issued by Niti Aayog. It ranked states on three key parameters including agricultural marketing reforms, land lease reforms and forestry on private land ...

At a national conference on cumin seeds, exporters of the cash crop accentuated the need of more protection for farmers in the country Source: PTI A large number of farmers, traders, exporters and heads of the spice board gathered at the conference which was held with a view to promote the practice of organic farming of the cumin crop and prevent the malpractices in the trade   In order to maintain Indias ranking as the top jeera or cumin seeds exporting nation, exporters of the cash crop have accentuated the need of more protection for farmers in the country. The first-ever national conference on cumin seeds, the largest exporting spice from India, was held in Jodhpur on Monday. Its export currently constitutes 62% share ...