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National Seeds Corporation Limited, [4] abbreviated as NSC, is a Government of India undertaking for development of the seed industry in India. It produces 1.5 lakh tons of seed per year with net worth 633.62 Crores. Founded in March 1963, its headquarters is in New Delhi. [5]
The Government of India launched the policy in February 2014 during the World Congress on Agroforestry, held in Delhi. [1] India became the first country in the world to adopt an agroforestry policy. [1] The policy aims to improve productivity and environmental sustainability by integrating trees, crops, and livestock into the same plot of land ...
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture [2] (also known as ITPGRFA, International Seed Treaty or Plant Treaty [3]) is a comprehensive international agreement in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity, which aims at guaranteeing food security through the conservation, exchange and sustainable use of the world's plant genetic resources for food ...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मन्त्रालय Kr̥ṣi ēvaṁ Kisāna Kalyāṇa Mantrālaya), formerly the Ministry of Agriculture, is a branch of the Government of India and the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws related to agriculture in India.
Krishnaji, N. (1990). "Agricultural Price Policy: A Survey with Reference to Indian Foodgrain Economy". Economic and Political Weekly. 25 (26): A54 – A63. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4396433. "March of Agriculture since Independence and Growth Trends" - Historical Analysis and Examination of India's Agricultural Production and Farmers' Income (PDF).
Worldwide employment In agriculture, forestry and fishing in 2021. India has one of the highest number of people employed in these sectors. As per the 2014 FAO world agriculture statistics India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits like banana, mango, guava, papaya, lemon and vegetables like chickpea, okra and milk, major spices like chili pepper, ginger, fibrous crops such as ...
Germplasm bank of the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria.. Germplasm refers to genetic resources such as seeds, tissues, and DNA sequences that are maintained for the purpose of animal and plant breeding, conservation efforts, agriculture, and other research uses.
The Indian Seed Vault is a secure seed bank located in a high-altitude mountain pass on the Chang La in Ladakh, India. It was built in 2010 jointly by the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research and the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, and is the second largest seed bank in the world.