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Tamil Nadu Boosts Water Resources, Agricultural Productivity
Since assuming office in 2021, the Tamil Nadu government has undertaken large-scale rejuvenation and infrastructure initiatives to strengthen the state's water resources and agricultural productivity.
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US Welcomes India's Move Of Reducing Tariffs On Agricultural Product
The United States has welcomed the recent Indian move to reduce tariffs on several American agricultural products.
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India-US Negotiating On Tariff Policies, Access To Farm Products: Report
India and the US are negotiating on a wide range of trade concerns, including greater access to the Indian market for American agricultural products, potentially in exchange for America restoring New Delhi's status under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), according to a Congressional report.
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Centre Sets Foodgrain Production Target At Record 298.3 Million Tons For 2020-21 Crop Year
The agriculture ministry aims to increase foodgrain production by 6.35 million tonnes to record 298.3 million tonnes in the 2020-21 crop year riding high on hopes of normal monsoon.
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How The Food We Eat Makes Climate Change Worse
The way we produce and eat food must change urgently both to cut the amount of planet-warming emissions produced by agriculture, and to help farmers adapt to climate change, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.
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'Wish There Was No Morning': Karnataka Farmers, in Debt and Despair
The harvest festival of Sankranti and Pongal, less than a month away, may turn out to be an irony for farmers in Karnataka. Delayed sowing due to a delayed monsoon this year has caused a dip in production for oil seeds like groundnuts and pulses such as green gram by nearly 23 percent.
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Russia Food Ban Hurts Moldova, Bad Omen for Others
Farmer Sergiu Calmac watches as row upon row of juicy red apples once destined for Russia ripen, fall to the ground and start to rot. Two weeks before Russia banned most food from the West, it placed a similar embargo on produce closer to home in Moldova, a small Eastern European country seeking deeper ties with the European Union.
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Vladimir Putin Orders Import Limits over Sanctions
President Vladimir Putin has ordered government agencies to restrict imports of food and agricultural products from the countries that have imposed sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine.
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'El Nino Likely To Impact Farm Production, Food Prices'
After three years of bumper crop harvest, India's agriculture production may be impacted this year if a likely El Nino torpedoes monsoon rainfall, putting pressure on food prices, the Economic Survey said today.
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Tamil Nadu Boosts Water Resources, Agricultural Productivity
Since assuming office in 2021, the Tamil Nadu government has undertaken large-scale rejuvenation and infrastructure initiatives to strengthen the state's water resources and agricultural productivity.
-
US Welcomes India's Move Of Reducing Tariffs On Agricultural Product
The United States has welcomed the recent Indian move to reduce tariffs on several American agricultural products.
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India-US Negotiating On Tariff Policies, Access To Farm Products: Report
India and the US are negotiating on a wide range of trade concerns, including greater access to the Indian market for American agricultural products, potentially in exchange for America restoring New Delhi's status under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), according to a Congressional report.
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Centre Sets Foodgrain Production Target At Record 298.3 Million Tons For 2020-21 Crop Year
The agriculture ministry aims to increase foodgrain production by 6.35 million tonnes to record 298.3 million tonnes in the 2020-21 crop year riding high on hopes of normal monsoon.
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How The Food We Eat Makes Climate Change Worse
The way we produce and eat food must change urgently both to cut the amount of planet-warming emissions produced by agriculture, and to help farmers adapt to climate change, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.
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'Wish There Was No Morning': Karnataka Farmers, in Debt and Despair
The harvest festival of Sankranti and Pongal, less than a month away, may turn out to be an irony for farmers in Karnataka. Delayed sowing due to a delayed monsoon this year has caused a dip in production for oil seeds like groundnuts and pulses such as green gram by nearly 23 percent.
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Russia Food Ban Hurts Moldova, Bad Omen for Others
Farmer Sergiu Calmac watches as row upon row of juicy red apples once destined for Russia ripen, fall to the ground and start to rot. Two weeks before Russia banned most food from the West, it placed a similar embargo on produce closer to home in Moldova, a small Eastern European country seeking deeper ties with the European Union.
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Vladimir Putin Orders Import Limits over Sanctions
President Vladimir Putin has ordered government agencies to restrict imports of food and agricultural products from the countries that have imposed sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine.
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'El Nino Likely To Impact Farm Production, Food Prices'
After three years of bumper crop harvest, India's agriculture production may be impacted this year if a likely El Nino torpedoes monsoon rainfall, putting pressure on food prices, the Economic Survey said today.
