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What to expect

What are we going to get in this budget? People want straight and simple answers. It is not difficult to make a close-to-accurate guess if one first addresses some key questions.

NMNF targets to train 18.75 lakh farmers in natural farming

The National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) will train 18.75 lakh farmers in practising natural farming who, in turn, will reach out to one crore farmers. At a two-day national workshop on natural farming conducted by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare at Gujarat Natural Farming Science University, Halol, Gujarat on Thursday.

Drone technology to play major role in empowering farmers: PM

Referring to the continued dependence on the revenue department by the farmers with regard to activities ranging from land records to flood and drought relief, he said the drone has emerged as an effective tool to tackle such issues. The PM also said that measures taken to help the agriculture sector have ensured that technology was no longer intimidating for the farmers.