50-year journey of enhancing food and nutrition security in the drylands , and officially inaugurated the IC50 MSME Expo 2023 .
ICAR releases two thousand crop varieties in eight years
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research ( ICAR ) has released a total of 2122 crop varieties of food crops , oil seeds , pulses , commercial crops , horticultural crops , potential crops and fodder crops during a short span of last eight years ( 2014-2022 ). Crop varieties released by ICAR have stabilized the production and increased the productivity and production of food grains in India . The council has also contributed through mechanization of farm sector resulting in enhanced value , safety , and income of the farmers . The new technologies significantly enhanced the production of food grains , fruits , vegetables , milk , meat , egg and fish ; and addressed the farmers ’
specific needs despite the limitation of land resources , weather uncertainties , and virulent pest and pathogen attacks . Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare , Narendra Singh Tomar has shared this information in parliament .
Agriculture Department engages IIM-Rohtak for evaluation & impact assessment of various paddy residue management
With the aim of addressing air pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region due to stubble burning in the adjoining States of Punjab , Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and to subsidize machinery required for in-situ management of crop residue , the Department of Agriculture , Cooperation & Farmers Welfare has implemented a Central Sector Scheme on ‘ Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization
for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab , Haryana , Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi ’ with effect from 2018-19 . During the period from 2018- 19 to 2022-23 , the funds amounting to Rs . 3138 Crores have been released under this scheme . During this period , the States have established more than 38000 Custom Hiring Centres ( CHCs ) of Crop Residue Management machines and more than 2.42 lakh machines have been supplied to these established CHCs and individual farmers of these 4 States .
Second Advance Estimates predict foodgrain production of 3235.54 lakh tonnes for 2022-23
Second Advance Estimates of production of major crops for agricultural year 2022-23 have been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare . The Union
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