Agriculture - Current Affairs for April, 2016
Agriculture Current Affairs for April, 2016
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▼ GoI launches Jute I-CARE project [04-21-16]
The government and the jute sector have set out on a programme aimed at handholding farmers to increase the supply of raw jute. - This program is launched through the National Jute Board and the Jute Corporation of India
- It is called the Jute I-CARE project
- Around 8000 ha were covered in jute year 2015 while 25,000 ha will be covered over the next year
- Jute is known as the golden fibre
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▼ India October-March cotton supplies drop by 12 percent [04-19-16]
Cotton supplies in Indian spot markets fell 12 percent from a year ago to 28 million bales between October and March as adverse weather curtailed production, stated the Cotton Association of India on April 18. - The world's biggest cotton producer is likely to harvest 34.1 million bales of cotton in the 2015/16 season, that started on October 1, down from last year's output of 38.3 million bales, added the trade body.
- Trade bodies are consistently reducing cotton production estimates for the current season as pest attacks and the first back-to-back droughts in nearly three decades hampered per-hectare yields.
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