Happy New Year 2015

Wishing all our readers a very happy new year 2015. 

Expression of Interest for Agriculture Projects, Department of Agriculture, Tripura

Expression of Interest for Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Documentation, Department of Agriculture, Tripura

Offical Reference #: DNEIT No.01 /No - F.1-A (289)/Agri(SLNA)/2014-15/
Announced Date: Dec 29, 2014
Last date of document submission: Jan 14, 2015
Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Documentation (MEL and D)of the Batch III, IV, V and VI Projects of Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP).
Pre-qualifications: Nationalized MEL and D Firms.

Expression of Interest for evaluation of projects executed under RKVY Tripura

Offical Reference #: No.F.15(134)/AGRI/RKVY/2014-15/Part-II/1893
Announced Date: Dec 16, 2014
Last date of document submission: Jan 08, 2015
Last submission Date: Jan 09, 2015
Tender Opening Date: Jan 09, 2015
Tender Last Date: Jan 08, 2015
Pre-qualifications: Consultancy organizations having NationalGlobal repute, who have under taken at least 5(five) to 10(ten) such assignments.

For details, pl. check the following link

http://agri.tripura.gov.in/Contact.htm

Request for Proposal for Appointment of Consultant for Monitoring & Concurrent Evaluation of Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization, Ministry of Agril., GoI

Request for Proposal for  Appointment of Consultant for Monitoring & Concurrent Evaluation  of  
Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization, Ministry of Agriculture, GoI - Last Date 15th Jan. 2015

Log on to

agricoop.nic.in/imagedefault/tenders/current/rfpm&t.pdf 

Integrated Farming System - Boon for Farmers in Rainfed Areas

Rainfed agriculture occupies 68% of India’s cultivated area and supports 40% of the human and 60% of the livestock population. It produces 44.5% of the food requirement, thus has and will continue to play a critical role in India’s food security. For such rainfed areas, integrated farming system is the only solution that enhances farmers income throughout the year.  

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Integrated-farming-can-reduce-risk-Experts/articleshow/45500725.cms   

National Livestock Mission

Govt. has recently launched National Livestock Mission with a aim to ensure Qualitative & Quantitative Improvement in the Livestock Production. The mission converges all the schemes of the Govt. of India of The Livestock Sector. For details of the Mission with its' Operational Guidelines, log on to

http://dahd.nic.in/dahd/WriteReadData/NLM%20Geuidelines%20%20Annex%202014-15.pdf

Agriculture Consultancy Services - Strengthening and Transforming Agribusiness

Agriculture Consultancy Services - Strengthening and Transforming Agribusiness

My Recent Article in Business of Agriculture Magazine - Page No. 60-65  

http://www.docdroid.net/j73i/boa-sep-2014-online-edition.pdf.html  

Rising Inflation - Whom to Blame ?

Rising Food Inflation is one of the main worries of Govt. of India. One of the recent paper by ASSOCHAM has found that difference between wholesale price and retail price of essential vegetables have gone beyond 49 % in 2013-14. Generally it is around 30 %. The study was conducted in 33 market centres of India. The centres which were charging more than 50 % of the wholesale prices were Amritsar (120.5 %), Abohar (107.4 %), Agra (90.2%), Nagpur (82.8%), Ahmedabad (69.4%), Delhi (68.9%), Chandigarh (68.5%), Dehradun (67.4%), Jaipur (64.6%) and Mumbai (63.5%).The essential vegetables incorporated in the paper are bitter gourd, Brinjal long, Brinjal round, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Garlic, Ginger, Chilly, Okra, Onion, Peas, Potato fresh, Potato store, Tomato hybrid and Tomato local, highlights the paper. In order to tackle this type of crisis, Govt. policies should be driven at strengthening post harvest infrastructures at wholesale level and strengthening of PPP Models at retail level and promotion of SAFAL type models that will help in checking the prices of essential agro commodities at retail level.