Locust attack About: Locusts are insects related to grasshoppers, these insects form enormous swarms (dense group of flying insects) that spread across regions, devouring crops and leaving serious agricultural damage in their wake. They have big hind legs than …
About MSP Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a form of market intervention by the Government to insure agricultural producers against any sharp fall in farm prices. The minimum support prices are announced by the Government at the beginning of the …
About locust: Locusts are the oldest migratory pest in the world which is mainly tropical grasshopper with strong powers of flight. They differ from ordinary grasshoppers in their ability to change behaviour (gregarize) and form swarms that can migrate …
About the scheme: Aim : To provide assured income support to the small and marginal farmers. The income support of Rs. 6000/ was given to the farmers irrespective of the size of their land holdings (Previously it was up to …
About FCI Food Corporation of India (FCI) is a statutory Organization under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution. It was set up in 1965 under the Food Corporations Act 1964 with the primary duty to purchase, store, …