Hi, NewsWrap for April 15, 2023

15-April-2023: APPI Launch, Farmer's Detergent-based Farming, Wayanad Farmer, Indian Farmers & Dairy Sector, Urban Farmers Meet

15 April 2023

  • Parshottam Rupala Launches APPI & World Bank-funded Animal Health System Support for One Health

    Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying, today launched the Animal Pandemic Preparedness Initiative and World Bank-funded Animal Health System Support for One Health to improve India's preparedness and response to potential animal pandemics in accordance with the One Health approach. APPI project intends to improve India's readiness and response to animal pandemics, with a particular emphasis on zoonotic illnesses that endanger both animal and human health. Through community outreach, this effort will help to improve veterinarian services and infrastructure, disease surveillance capacities, early detection and response, the ability of animal health experts, and farmer awareness.

     

  • Farmer's Detergent-based Farming Wipes Out Crop Pests, Delivers Unbelievable Results!

    A farmer from Telangana used detergent-based farming in order to protect his crop from pests. He says that he has found unbelievable results. To protect his crop from pests at a reasonable cost, a farmer from Telangana has been earning a good living using liquid detergent-based farming. Kunarapu Ramesh is a native of the Telangana village of Rayadandi in the Anthargam Mandal. He has been farming on his 0.75-acre property for the past 25 years.

     

  • Wayanad Farmer Finds Innovative Solution to Prevent Desertification

    One of the serious threats being faced by the residents along the Kerala-Karnataka border of Wayanad district, especially in villages on the north eastern tip of the Deccan Plateau, after the massive destruction of bamboo groves. Desertification is one of the serious threats being faced by the residents along the Kerala-Karnataka border of Wayanad district, especially in villages on the north eastern tip of the Deccan Plateau, after the mass destruction of bamboo groves.

     

  • Goyal Assures Protection of Indian Farmers & Dairy Sector in EU Free Trade Agreement

    According to Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, India will fully protect the interests of farmers and the dairy sector in the planned free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union. Goyal was on an official visit to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties with leaders and the business sector. In addition, the minister travelled to Paris for the India-France business summit. Goyal stated that Italy & France have expressed unwavering support for the early conclusion of trade talks between India and the EU.

  • Urban Farmers Gather to Exchange Seeds & Ideas for Sustainable Agriculture

    On April 12, a small but passionate group of urban farmers gathered with the goal of creating a platform where they could exchange seeds, information, and other resources. The event was held to commemorate the first anniversary of the Eco Park Information Centre (EPIC), which is located in Padur off Rajiv Gandhi Salai. EPIC's founder, retired IAS officer Santa Sheela Nair, said that around 3,000 people had visited the Centre in the previous year, which has a Miyawaki forest, 27 trees related to the Nakshatras, beehives, herbal plants patch, rainwater-fed paddy, millet and vegetable patches, and even a fish pond on a 30-cent plot. 

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15 April 2023

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