Farming may be a losing proposition for many in the country, but an agriculture degree could fetch you a well-paying job in no time.

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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) would in June this year use smart mobile phones to disseminate information on agriculture among farmers to increase productivity.

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Chicken and egg prices rose by up to 95 per cent in different areas on higher feed cost in the 2012-13 fiscal year, according to Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar.

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Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday unveiled a Rs. 984.70-crore package to give a stimulus to agriculture production, taking into account the shrinkage of cultivated land and to ensure that farmers got a fair price for their produce.

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After decades on the sidelines of international agricultural trade, India was poised last year to become a major food supplier, overtaking traditional exporters of grain and meat. This could prove to be flash in the pan.

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Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology is busy preparations to conduct Uttar Pradesh Agriculture and Technology Entrance Test (UPCATTET) which will be held on May 15, 16 and 17. The entrance examination for undergraduate, post-graduate and PhD courses would be held. As many as 16,500 students will take part in UPCATTET at 14 centres in the city.

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About three per cent of egg and environmental samples from farms in Bareilly were found to be positive for Salmonella but the relatively high antibiotic resistance among the bacteria was raised as a concern by scientists carrying out the study

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Aditya Mishra, a commodity expert, told The Hindu Business Line that following fluctuations in ingredients prices, feed prices have not been declined yet.

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The State government will soon come out with a comprehensive organic agriculture policy, according to K. Ramasamy, Vice- Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University (TNAU).

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New Delhi: Under attack over proposal in the Budget, the government today sought to explain that wealth tax was proposed only on urban land and not on agricultural land.

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Poultry feed prices are likely to rule around current levels for the next few days due to lack of demand.

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The hills of Thanedar-Kotgarh lie four hours from Shimla, the capital of this Himalayan state in northwest India.

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Politicians love to swear by the poor farmer.

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The first of its kind model Environment Control Chambers (ECC) in India for research purposes will be put to use at the Namakkal Veterinary College and Research Centre (VC&RI) from Monday, 29 April.

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The US has rejected India’s proposal to the WTO seeking flexibility to continue helping poor farmers through support prices without a limit on the subsidy.

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India can achieve a leadership position in the world food market and also meet its growing domestic demand, promises a report by CII-McKinsey, issued today.

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Rain or drought, farming in India is going to get a high-profile makeover.

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With about 80 percent of Indian households being wage dependent, Credit Suisse in a report titled ‘The Silent Transformation of India’ has observed that the multi-decade high wage growth for unskilled workers will continue given rising productivity, better wage discovery, and alternative job opportunities.

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A delegation of the National Egg Co-ordination Committee (NECC) led by chairperson Anuradha J Desai met with Sharad Pawar, the Union Agriculture Minister to requested a special package for poultry farmers to help them survive the current conditions.

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Solapur farmer Bhaiyya Deshmukh, who was at the centre of Ajit Pawar's remarks over drought, was detained on Tuesday for staging a protest outside Prithviraj Chavan's bungalow.

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India and Indonesia have agreed to enhance collaboration in horticulture, natural resources management, agricultural engineering, crop science and food processing at a meeting held in Jarkarta.

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Punj Lloyd Upstream Ltd, an Indian company which is building an extension of the Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline, has been accused of failing to compensate for damages relating to the construction of the pipeline.

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INDIAN rice exports are set to climb 5 per cent in the year beginning April, according to estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

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The growing demand for pork resulting from the growth of the hotel industry and the proliferation of fast food chains in the country has prompted farmers in Punjab to go in for pig farming in a big way.

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Over a period of two centuries (between 1801 and 2002), India experienced 42 severe droughts, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation.

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India cannot afford to completely abandon genetically modified (GM) crops and the government is trying to build a consensus among various stakeholders to reach at a solution soon, Science and Technology Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said Wednesday.

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The Bihar government has asked the officials of the Animal Husbandry Department (AHD) to take all preventive measures and keep a close tab on chickens in those areas where bird flu H5N1 type virus had been detected.

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Some buying support coupled with limited arrivals in the market kept rice prices in positive territory while reduced offtake pulled dara wheat and poultry items down last week.

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Food inflation in India has been driven by a sharp rise in the cost of poultry meat, which in turn has been spurred by the spiral ascent of maize (corn) prices globally, reports The Hindu Business Line.

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With the winter season in the North coming to an end, prices of poultry products are on the decline.

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Heavy fluctuation in the prices of its input materials kept poultry feed prices unaltered this week.

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Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s budget for 2013-14 will be remembered not only for its strategies to stimulate economic growth and control fiscal deficit, but also for the importance given to the needs of the underprivileged sections of our society.

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Feed market fluctuations are affecting calf rearing enterprises which had previously kept some enterprises afloat in times of volatility, according to the New India Express.

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While developing countries across the globe have fast-tracked the adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops - outstripping industrialised nations - India, ironically, is dragging its feet, disregarding the admirable success of transgenic Bt cotton.

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For years, much of the news to come from India’s farming regions was dismal.

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Alas for the sacred cow: Beef exports from India are expected to surge 30 per cent this year, giving this country a quarter of the world market.

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An herd of five elephants destroyed banana crops and arecanut trees on farms on the Mettuppalayam – Vanabadrakaliamman temple road in the last two days.

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Amid depleting natural resources, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Monday again pushed for field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops saying such a right should not be denied to scientists.

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Animal rights activists and the city police found three men slaughtering cows and calves at a beef stall in Chromepet on Sunday.

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Tamil Nadu's Madurai Corporation’s decision to ban the rearing of pigs within city limits has been welcomed by public health officials.

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An herd of five elephants destroyed banana crops and arecanut trees on farms on the Mettuppalayam – Vanabadrakaliamman temple road in the last two days.

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Subhash Sharma, Financial Head, Sarvottam Poultry Feed Supply Centre Pvt Ltd, told The Hindu Business Line that the cost of production has decreased marginally over the last couple of weeks.

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In the last week the retail price of chicken and eggs in Kochi, the Kerala region of India, have shot up by 40-50% due to suppliers cutting production.

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Six-footer Sanjay Jain is at least 15 kilograms (33 pounds) overweight at 95 kilograms.

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Turkey will invest in livestock sector in Punjab to meet global requirement of Halal products.

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Distress in agriculture, compounded by the lack of water to save standing crops, resulted in the suicide of some farmers in Cauvery Delta districts, according to a study.

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The dramatic rise in the value of land in India has resulted in a growing number of families of Indian origin returning from the UK to cash in on their inheritances.

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India has been taking steps to address the high number of farmers in India who are killing themselves.

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On 1 January, 2013, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, formally implemented a rule which stipulates that every package containing food derived from products of biotechnology shall bear at the top of its principal display panel the letters “GM.”

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