New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved revamping of "Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)" and "Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS)" to address the existing challenges in implementation of Crop Insurance Schemes. It is proposed to modify certain parameters/provisions of ongoing schemes of PMFBY and RWBCIS as under: Allocation of business to Insurance Companies to be done for three years (Both PMFBY/RWB...Read More

Gandhinagar: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) which functions under Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Government of India has opened its office in Ahmedabad. APEDA helps farmers for export of their produce. In accordance with the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985, (2 of 1986) the following functions have been assigned to APEDA. Development of industries relating to the...Read More

Palanpur: Chief Minister Rupani will on February 16 perform ground breaking for Banas Dairy's daily 30 lakh litre milk processing plant at Sanadar in Diyodar taluka of Banaskantha district in North Gujarat. Union Dairy minister Sanjivkumar Baliyan will also remain present in this function. The Chief Minister during his visit will dedicate a 100 hectare Krushi Mahavidyalay and hostel at Tharad set up by Dantiwada based Agriculture University at a cost of Rs. 32.5 crore. The function will ...Read More

Ahmedabad:India has full potential to become the food factory of the world like China has become the global manufacturing factory,' Agricultural Counsellor of the Embassy of the Netherlands in India, Siebe Schuur today said. Talking to newsmen here Schuur, who is leading the official delegation of his country for the three day Global Potato Conclave 2020 to be held at Mahatma Mandir in Gujarat capital Gandhinagar from tomorrow, said that the key to making India a food factory for the wo...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi shall be addressing the 3rd Global Potato Conclave at Gandhinagar, Gujarat through remote video conferencing tomorrow i.e 28th of January 2020. Prime Minister is expected to take an overall view of the achievements and opportunities in the area of potato research, trade and industry, and value chain management and set a roadmap for the decade. The present conclave is the third in the series. In a gap of every ten years it is necessary to work ...Read More

Palanpur: The innumerous locusts that had entered at least 3 villages of Vav Taluka in Banaskantha district of Gujarat have now completely returned to Rajasthan due to wind pattern, District Agriculture Officer (DAO) P K Patel today said. He said that the locusts swarmed towards Rajasthan, in the noon yesterday from where they had made repeat entry in Gujarat 3-4 days back. 'Now they have gone out of the boundries of Gujarat. They have now entered Rajasthan and might fu...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation (GAIC) launched various grades of imported water-soluble fertilizers at an event in Ahmedabad on Thursday. GAIC Chairman Shri Madhubhai Shrivastav launched the water-soluble fertilizers in the presence of GAIC Managing Director Shri KS Randhawa, senior GAIC officers Shri Abhay Jain and Smt Hetal Desai, and a large number of prominent dealers of GAIC from all across the state. Addressing the audience at the launch event, GAIC Chairman Shr...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government today announced the monetary assistance for the farmers in the wake of recent locust attacks in North Gujarat. Agriculture Minister R C Faldu today said that during the survey to estimate the damage it has come to fore that in a total of 285 villages in 15 talukas of the two districts Banaskantha and Patan the crops, mainly of castor seed and cumin seed were damaged. Of these 280 villages were in 13 talukas of Banaskantha and remaining 5 in ...Read More