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SAO PAULO: Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, has declared a nationwide "animal health emergency" after confirming eight cases of avian flu in wild birds, authorities said.The 180-day measure was announced Monday night by the …

Wheat crop is in good condition and the government's procurement would be normal at 300-400 lakh tonne in the 2023-24 marketing year starting March, FCI Chairman and Managing Director Ashok K Meena said on Thursday. "Area sown to wheat is…

Farmers have been paid claims worth Rs 1,25,662 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana since its inception in 2016, the government said on Thursday. Crop insurance premium totalling Rs 25,186 crore have been paid by the farmers…

File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The number of farmers who received the 11th instalment of funds from the Prime Minister’s Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) has fallen by 67%, according to the Agriculture Ministry’s response to a Right to…

The Ministry of Agriculture has designated National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) as the implementing agency for setting up 100 fodder-centric Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) during this fiscal to address the fodder deficit situation…

NEW DELHI: India’s wheat production is projected to have declined nearly 3% to 106.8 million tonnes (MT) while the overall foodgrain production is estimated at record 315.7 MT in the 2021-22 crop year, higher by around 5 MT than the 2020-21…

Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the record production of so many crops is the result of the farmer-friendly policies of the Centre and the hard work of the farmers and the diligence of the…

Rice sowing in the current kharif season has dropped 13% till August 5 due to rainfall deficiency in main paddy-producing states, causing concern in a year when wheat output has fallen and the government's own procurement of the cereal has…

NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday claimed that India has optimum stock of all edible oils. Quoting industry sources, it said the present stock of all edible oils in the country is approximately 21 lakh tonnes and another 12 lakh tonnes is…

India's 2021 monsoon season officially came to an end on Thursday, marking a third consecutive year of normal summer rains and setting the stage for another year of record-high kharif crop production. Strong precipitation in September…