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FAO gives nod to observe 2023 as International Millet Year, says Singh
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Saturday, December 8, 2018
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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Radha Mohan Singh, minister of agriculture and farmers’ welfare, Government of India, stated that the 160th session of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Council, currently underway in Rome, has approved India’s proposal to observe 2023 as the International Year of Millets.
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Amazon among 49 firms inking MoU with Maharashtra govt’s SMART project
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Thursday, December 6, 2018
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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Over 49 companies, including Tata Group, Amazon, ITC, Patanjali, Reliance Retail, Walmart, Big Basket, Mahindra Agro, among others, inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Maharashtra’s project, State of Maharashtra’s Agribusiness and Rural Transformation (SMART), assisted by World Bank to revamp the agricultural value chain and improve the price realisation for farmers at an event which took place in Mumbai recently.
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NABARD-backed FPCs firm up plan to establish agro processing unit in TN
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Tuesday, December 4, 2018
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Ranjana Sharma, Mumbai
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Farmer producer collectives (FPCs), with the continuous guidance and support of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), has firmed up the business plan for the establishment of an agro processing unit in Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu.
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