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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 ...

There has been an increase of 1.3% in horticulture production and reduction of 4.9% in food grain production in 2014-15 as compared to 2013-14 The Dollar Business Bureau Government has announced two schemes- Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Organic Value Chain Development in North East Region, to promote organic farming Despite monsoon concerns, Indias horticulture production has outpaced food grain production over the last four-year period since 2012-13, said an official release on Friday. There has been an increase of 1.3% in horticulture production and reduction of 4.9% in food grain production in 2014-15 as compared to 2013-14, said the Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundaria, on Friday. According to Horticulture statistical data, while horticulture production went on ...