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Monday, December 15, 2003
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Websites that say Jai Kisan
Vinod Kumar

DECEMBER 23 is Kisan Divas or the Farmer’s Day. Human beings have been engaged in agriculture ever since civilisation came into existence. Since then it has been the source of food, income and employment. Approximately 2 billion persons are engaged in agriculture worldwide. Asia’s share of the agricultural labour force is 80 per cent out of which China and India’s is more than 60. Agricultural plays a crucial role in the economy of developing countries and is the lifeline of the Indian economy. After the Green Revolution, Indian agriculture has made a remarkable progress. It has forayed into the export segment. Agricultural exports include cotton, textiles, tea, jute etc. We are providing you a list of Websites, which will give you information on agriculture and its state in India.

http://agricoop.nic.in

This is official Website of Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. Here you will find some vital information on Indian agriculture. Agriculture programmes and schemes, farm produce prices, statistics and weather watch are given on the site. Documents like annual report 1999-2000, agriculture budget and study reports are available here. It also contains search engine, which can be used to search information on this site. This site is also available in Hindi. It contains related links of some other sites.

www.agriculture-industry-india.com/index.html

This site claims to be the guide to Indian agriculture sector and is an apt business to business (B2B) platform. Information regarding agricultural reserves, Exim policies, trade leads, business directories, catalogues and related international events are given on this site. The governments pricing policy for agricultural produce and the latest statistics of export and import, exim tariffs and annual rate of inflation related to agricultural products are available. Other than this, you will find a lot more information on Indian agriculture industry. This Website can also be translated into different international languages like Spanish, German, French and many more.