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The National Agroforestry Policy of India is a comprehensive policy framework designed to improve agricultural livelihoods by maximizing agricultural productivity for mitigating climate change. The Government of India launched the policy in February 2014 during the World Congress on Agroforestry, held in Delhi . [ 1 ]
The Indian agriculture acts of 2020, often termed the Farm Bills, [1] [2] were three acts initiated by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The Lok Sabha approved the bills on 17 September 2020 and the Rajya Sabha on 20 September 2020. [3] The then President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, gave his assent on 27 September 2020. [4]
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 ...
In the 1960s, India saw food shortages such as the Bihar famine of 1966–1967, resulting from droughts and war. [18] During the prime years of the green revolution in India in that decade, a number of agriculture policy strategies were mooted including a government price policy for food grains.
The key recommendations from the Commission incorporated in Revised Draft National Policy for Farmers include asset reforms covering land, water, livestock, and bioresources farmer-friendly support services; and curriculum reforms in the agriculture universities [5]
Agricultural policies take into consideration the primary , secondary (such as food processing, and distribution) and tertiary processes (such as consumption and supply in agricultural products and supplies). Outcomes can involve, for example, a guaranteed supply level, price stability, product quality, product selection, land use or employment.
(PMKSY, PM Agriculture Irrigation Scheme) CSS Multiple 2015 Agriculture Multi-pronged scheme focusing on improving agricultural productivity through irrigation support and better practices. In 2022 financial outlay is ₹ 10,954 crore (equivalent to ₹ 120 billion or US$1.5 billion in 2023). [7] Part of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna. PM Mudra ...
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.