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Introduction: Assurance of a remunerative and stable price environment for growers/farmers is very important for increasing agricultural production and productivity. The market price for agricultural produce many times tends to be unstable and volatile which may result into undue losses to the growers and discourage adoption of the modern technology and required inputs. And as a result, the minimum support price (MSP) was announced. What is MSP and Who declares MSP? The Minimum Support Price (MSP) is an agricultural product price set by the Government of India to purchase directly from the farmers. This rate is to safeguard the farmer to a minimum profit for the harvest, if the open market has lesser price than the cost incurred. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) , Government of India, determines the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) at the beginning of the sowing season of various agricultural commodities in India based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultu...

What is contract farming? A farming which is carried out based on the legal agreement between the farmers and the buyers. According to the contract the farmers have to produce the agricultural products based on the willingness of the buyers. The farmers should assure to give them products of their specific quantity and quality in turn they help the farmers in guiding them in all the cultivation practices like dose of fertilizer application , the supply of farm inputs,other technical advices etc.,  It was first introduced in Taiwan in 1895 by Japanese government . In India it was introduced by pepsi company for cultivation of vegetables in Rajasthan in 1927. In India contract farming is regulated under the Indian contract act, 1872. Problems faced by farmers  1. Small and fragmented land holdings 2. Seed 3. Manures, fertilizers, biocides 4. Irrigation 5. Lack of mechanisation 6. Agricultural marketing  7. Scarcity of capital Objectives of contract farming  1. To achie...

Agricultural marketing is  witnessing major changes world over, owing to liberalization of trade in agricultural commodities. To benefit farming community for the new global market access opportunities, the internal agricultural marketing system in the country needs to be integrated and strengthened. In this context, Government of India in the Ministry of Agriculture appointed an Expert Committee on 19th December 2000 followed by an Inter Ministerial Task Force to review the present system of agricultural marketing in the country and to recommend measures to make the system more efficient and competitive.  The Committee and the Task Force in their Reports of June 2001 and May 2002 respectively, have suggested various reforms relating to agricultural marketing system as well as in policies and programs for development and strengthening of agricultural marketing in the country. The reports have noted that the situation of control over agricultural markets by the State has to be ...

Roof Garden (மாடித் தோட்டம்) Concept:  A garden on the flat roof of a building, especially one which is found in an urban setting is called a roof garden. The roof garden is also known as terrace garden. In modern times, individual homes with a compound and a lawn are becoming  rare in cities and towns and skyscrapers are replacing such homes. As a result, the private home gardens are vanishing and the only places left for gardening are the roofs of houses.  A spacious well planned roof garden can be a place of joy and recreation. In bigger cities of India, many of the large hotels and public buildings are developing this type of gardens. Soil preparation: Soil is prepared by mixing manure with peat Or else it can be done through organic by mixing the cow dung Or goat manure. The peeled skin of the vegetables can also be added to the mixture. This mixture is usually allowed undistributed for few days before it's use. Creation of raised beds: Raised beds is a practical way...

Why biofortification?  The growing human population along with increase in need of food supply result in lack of food with proper nutrition. This results in fighting hunger but on the other hand some people suffers from overweight. These are continuously increasing within different countries.  Hidden hunger  Occurs when the food quality consumed doesn't meet the required level ie lack of minerals and vitamins. So it may result in deficiency of vitamins and minerals in human body.  Here comes the way to solution for both cases -" BIOFORTIFICATION " Biofortification Biofortification or biological fortification is the process of breeding and delivering staple food crops that are naturally enriched with micronutrients.  This differs from ordinary fortification because it focus on increasing the nutrition values of food being consumed. Now it have been used as an upcoming tenchique to meet the deficiencies of micronutrients in low and middle income countries .  ...

Introduction: The Cotton Corporation of India Limited (CCI) is a Public Sector Undertaking under the administrative control of Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. CCI operates in all the cotton growing States with more than 400 procurement centres under 17 procurement/ sales branches. The major role of the CCI is to undertake Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations on behalf of the Government of India when the prices of Fair Average Quality (FAQ) grade seed cotton fall below the MSP level. Besides MSP operations, CCI undertakes commercial purchase operations to fulfill the raw material requirement of the domestic textile industry particularly during lean season. CCI has always welcomed and embraced progressive developments in all fields, i.e. commercial, technological human resource development, financial, etc. CCI initiated the process of integrating IT with its business functions and has always ensured that the organization remained along with the latest IT technologies. To mov...

About Of the total population in Tamilnadu  20% of the people's population belongs to scheduled castes .In order to improve their status of living TAHDCO has been introduced. TAHDCO  - Tamilnadu Adi dravidar Housing and Dvelopment corporation .  It was incorporated in 1974 under the companies act 1956. Both the state and the central government shares the capital for the corporation in the ratio 51:49. This was first initiated as a construction company in 1974  now its activities have been extended to undertake the socio economic development of scheduled caste and scheduled tribes in Tamilnadu. It's headquarters is in Chennai.  Major activities 1.Economic development schemes  2.Skill development training programme  (Job/self employment) 3.Construction activities entrusted by government.  Organizational setup  2 wings  Development wing - 32 offices in each district head quarters Construction wing - 10 divisions and functioning at Chennai, ...