Agriculture

The increase in agricultural and processed food products exports from Purvanchal (eastern UP) will not only boost India's foreign exchange earnings, it will help in doubling farmers' income as well as boost employment opportunities in the region, the Minister said at the event organised by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), the government release said.

As per the data furnished by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, export of products under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) ambit increased from $11.671 billion in April-November 2020-21 to $13.261 billion in April-November 2021-22. The target for exports under the APEDA basket products has been set at $23.713 billion for 2021-22

According to the Quick Estimates released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), the overall export of Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) products witnessed 14.7 per cent growth in terms of USD during April-October 2021 over the same period of the previous year.

The area sown for rice is 6.33 lakh ha in 2021 as compared to 42.51 lakh in 2020, for for wheat it is 88.46 lakh ha compared to 80.71 lakh ha, while that under pulses is 76.12 lakh ha, almost comparable to 76.19 lakh ha in 2020. Area sown for for oil seeds in 2021 is 69.26 lakh ha compared to 53.28 lakh ha in 2020, and the area sown for coarse-cum-nutri crops is 20.48 lakh ha, slightly less compared to 22.08 lakh ha in 2020

The first study of its kind, the G20 Climate Impacts Atlas by the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), the leading Italian research centre on climate change and National Focal Point for the IPCC, collates scientific projections of how climate impacts will play out in the world's richest countries over the coming years. It finds that on a high-emissions pathway, climate impacts spiral to cause devastating damage across the G20.

A quantity of 2,87,552 MT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 up to October 5, benefiting 29,907 farmers with Minimum Support Price (MSP) value of Rs 563.60 crore. Out of the total, 1,46,509 MT paddy has been procured in Haryana and 1,41,043 Metric Tonnes (MT) paddy has been procured in Punjab, according to a statement by Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

The Prime Minister will also dedicate to the nation the newly constructed campus of National Institute of Biotic Stress Tolerance, Raipur in a pan India programme - via video conferencing - organised at all ICAR Institutes, state and Central Agricultural Universities and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs), a release said here.

Addressing a meeting of farmers in Lucknow, organised by the BJP's Kisan Morcha, Yogi Adityanath said, "The government has decided that the variety of sugarcane for which Rs 325 per quintal was paid to farmers, that price has been increased to Rs 350, which will be paid to farmers."

Compared to normal of corresponding week, area coverage increased under Rice, Pulses, Oilseeds and Sugarcane. Area coverage is marginally less under Jute & Mesta (0.01 lakh ha), Cotton (0.34 lakh ha) and Coarse -cum- Nutri Cereals (6.24 lakh ha), a release from Ministry of Agriculture said.

The estimate for crop production includes 107.04 MT rice, which is a record production figure, 34 MT nutri/coarse cereals, 21.24 MT maize, 9.45 MT pulses, and 4.43 MT tur while there is estimated production of 8.25 MT groundnut oil and 12.72 MT soyabean, an Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Ministry statement said.