Use of sustainable farming practices has rejuvenated soil fertility, increased water retention and has led to growing of healthy foods
Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi
Editor
Across the rural hinterlands, the government, through various grassroots institutions, is encouraging farmers to cultivate a mix of crops that improve their own food security and nutrition requirements.
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The urban and rural population in India still faces nutrition linked health concerns due to a non-balanced diet. Let's take a look at how various public-private initiatives has helped in meeting the nutritional challenges.
Cold chain for fresh fruits and vegetables is an environment-controlled logistics that does not alter essential characteristics of produce and ensures uninterrupted care from source to use.
Bee-keeping can not only generate income for tribals and small and marginal farmers, but also help increase the yield of cross-pollinated vegetables
It is important to include women farmers equally in the agribusiness value chain to enhance their voice in financial decision making and their ability to drive collective action.
Unleashing of the agribusiness entrepreneurial spirit is at the core of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent clarion call for Atmanirbhar Bharat.
There are more than one crore farmers and one lakh traders registered on e-National Agricultural Market (e-NAM) across 18 states and three Union Territories in one thousand regulated markets.
Khammam district in Telangana has taken the initiative to set up temporary decentralised village level camps called “Rythu Mitra Kendras”.
The backbone for the success of water use efficiency initiatives through micro irrigation is, first and foremost, effective training and awareness generation amongst small and marginal farmers in potential states.
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