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Plantation agriculture involves a large farm or estate usually in a tropical or sub-tropical country where crops are grown for sale in distant markets rather than local consumption. [ 6 ] Commercial grain farming is a response to farm mechanization and it is the major type of activity in the areas of low rainfall and low density of population ...
The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) is an attached office under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, that recommends Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for select crops. It was established in 1965 [2] as the Agricultural Prices Commission, and was given its present name in 1985. [3]
India is highly skewed in the distribution of its agricultural resources, and accordingly, select regions have benefitted from a MSP. [24] As per 2013 Ministry of Statistics data only 23% of farmers in the rural agricultural households in India are aware of MSP of crops. [8] Awareness varies from 0 to 50% according to state. [8]
Revamped version of 1995 Midday Meal Scheme to provide free lunch to school children. Financial outlay in 2022 was ₹ 10,233 crore (equivalent to ₹ 110 billion or US$1.3 billion in 2023). [7] Grouped under the umbrella scheme "Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0", it aims to reducing stunting, under-nutrition, anemia, and low birth weight. [22 ...
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 ...
The WTO Agreement on Agriculture negotiated in the Uruguay Round (1986–1994) includes the classification of subsidies by "boxes" depending on consequences of production and trade: amber (most directly linked to production levels), blue (production-limiting programmes that still distort trade), and green (minimal distortion). [3]
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, formerly known as Rajendra Agricultural University, is a public central agriculture university under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and is recognised as Institute of National Importance by government of India.
Foundation stone of an APMC laid down in 1965 by K. S. Puttaswamy, erstwhile Minister of Mysore State. An Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) is a marketing board established by state governments in India to ensure farmers are safeguarded from exploitation by large retailers, as well as ensuring the farm to retail price spread does not reach excessively high levels.