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04-December-2022: Agri Market, ACRE Unique Initiative, Millets-Smart Nutritive Food’ Conclave, HarvestPlus

4 December 2022

  • Govt Approves Regulations for Functioning of Agri Market in J&K

    The regulations for the functioning of agriculture markets across Jammu and Kashmir were approved by the Administrative Council (AC) under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday. According to a statement by the official spokesperson, the J&K Agriculture Produce and Market Committee (APMC) Act, 1997 was repealed upon the implementation of the J&K State Reorganisation Act, 2019. The conference was also attended by Chief Secretary Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta and Lieutenant Governor Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar's advisor. 

  • UN: CNRI Calls for Framework of Collaborative Governance to Address Global Crisis

    The Secretary General of CNRI, Binod Anand, stated at a UN conference that it is crucial to advance clean energy technologies and energy efficiency solutions during a Town Hall Meeting with the President of the General Assembly, Csaba Korosi, and Civil Society in this location. According to Anand, energy efficiency and net zero energy systems will help ensure that everyone has access to affordable, sustainable, and clean future. He stated at the UN Conference that "we need a framework that prevents harmful chemicals from entering the environment and moves countries and businesses towards effective, safe, and green alternatives." In an era of collaborative governance, cooperation, according to him, is essential to resolving critical global issues.

  • ACRE Unique Initiative for Cotton farmers of India

    'The Reclaim to Regenerate: Towards Regenerative Cotton Sector in India' event in Nagpur, Maharashtra, served as the official launch of the ACRE Alliance. According to the Alliance (ACRE), implementing a unique initiative will improve the livelihoods of over 500,000 smallholder cotton farmers and their communities in India while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 1 million tonnes by 2030. Through this Alliance, Solidaridad and CRB hope to foster a new, more systemic form of collaboration among stakeholders along the value chain, including farmer organisations, ginners, traders, buyers, brands, and agricultural and textile authorities.

  • Amul Plans to Double Farmers Income in Next 4 Years Through Genetically Superior Dairy Herd

    By creating a dairy herd that is genetically superior, tested, and able to produce twice as much milk at the same cost, Anand Milk Union Limited (AMUL) hopes to double the income of farmers in the next four years. According to Amit Vyas, managing director of Amul Dairy, they are enhancing the breeds of dairy cows and buffaloes by using technologies like embryo transplant, sorted sex semen, and digital bands. To ensure high breed future generations as well, he said, "We are focusing on the genetics of our dairy herd and the high breed has proven bulls which will be used for fertilisation of embryo." He continued, "In the future, cattle will have high genetic quality, which will help them produce more milk and directly improve the standard of living for farmers."

  • Govt to Organize ‘Millets-Smart Nutritive Food’ Conclave Tomorrow at New Delhi

    Millets have higher nutritional values than commonly consumed cereals like rice and wheat. This Conclave will be a precursor to the "International Year of Millets - 2023" event (IYoM-2023). Anupriya Patel, minister of state for commerce and industry, will be the Millets Conclave's special guest. Supply chain participants at the Conclave include Farmer Producer Organizations, start-ups, exporters, and manufacturers of millet-based value-added products. A B2B meeting and exhibition will also be held at the Conclave to highlight Indian millets and millet-based products.

  • Ensuring Timely Availability of FYM in Required Quantity for Sustainable Organic Farming

    Natural FYM bio-digestion in a farmer's backyard takes 8-12 months. The prolonged digestive process of raw dung through bacterial activity generates heat leading to decomposition and a significant amount of carbon mass is transformed into carbon dioxide resulting in the loss of soil organic matter. This is required in higher quantities per acre (4-8 MT/Acre), limiting the availability for bio-farming in a larger area. To make the FYM more effective, the next-generation technology of Zytonic Godhan uses a mechanism of fungal bio-digestion to enable large amounts of biomass conversion to humus and humic compounds with accelerated, complete bio-digestion. As stable forms of organic carbon, these humates increase the soil's CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity), which improves nutrient uptake.

  • HarvestPlus Bags FICCI's 'Sustainable Agriculture Awards 2022'

    The award was received by Ravinder Grover, Program Lead, HarvestPlus from Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, Samuel Praveen Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and several other dignitaries from the agricultural value chain sector. The list of awardees included global FMCG giants like Coca-Cola, Yes Bank, ITC and Nestle, among others. Speaking on being a recipient of this honour, Ravinder Grover said, “Sustainable agriculture is indeed a challenge and naturally nutritious foods can lead India from food security to nutrition security. It is truly an honor to win at the prestigious FICCI Sustainable Agriculture Summit & Awards. We thank FICCI and the jury for selecting us for the honor.

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