AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoDiesel Relief for Farmers: West Bengal eased the diesel-in-containers ban for healthcare, agriculture, food supply, public services and tea gardens, with higher daily limits and easier ID checks at pumps. Land Use vs Energy: Quebec’s Montérégie dairy farmers are uneasy about a proposed 100MW wind project that could reshape farmland. Women-Led Organic Push: Meghalaya launched a ₹295-crore expansion of its organic mission, adding 44,000 hectares and 46,000 small farmers, and signed new partnerships to back women farmers into global organic value chains. Agri-Food Fairness Watch: Ireland’s agri-food regulator reported generally strong compliance with unfair trading rules, but still found serious issues affecting suppliers. Market Logistics: Delhi’s MCD is planning multi-level decks and underground parking at APMC mandis to cut truck congestion and speed up unloading. Soil Health Turnaround: Nepal’s Chitwan communities revived paddy after decades using watershed and springshed nature-based solutions like bio-dykes and water augmentation. Input Quality Crackdown: Kashmir’s agriculture directorate seized 235kg of suspected substandard pesticide and warned dealers to sell only authorized products with proper bills. Biosecurity Alert: Wisconsin opened applications for its Alice in Dairyland role, while elsewhere poultry depopulation continues in Michigan after highly pathogenic avian influenza. Policy & Tech: Pakistan advanced its National Agricultural Biotechnology Policy, positioning biotech as a science-led tool for productivity and food security.
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