New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Wednesday sought the urgent intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over crashing farmgate prices of potato, which the farmers’ body claims has pushed millions of growers toward financial trouble.The farmers’ body threatened to launch a countrywide indefinite agitation to pressure the government over the escalating crisis faced by potato farmers if its demands are not conced…
Latest Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan News & Updates
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) India has surpassed China to become the largest rice producer in the world with a production of 150.18 million tonnes, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said.The minister said that China’s rice production stood at 145.28 million tonnes. India has achieved great success in the development of high-yielding seeds and was now a leading exporter of rice to world markets, he added.Chouhan launched 184 improved varieties of 25 field crops, developed by the I…