Gandhinagar: A high-level meeting chaired by Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel was held on September 26 in the state capital to plan the procurement of kharif crops such as groundnut, moong, urad, and soybean at the support price. Considering the bumper production of groundnut in the state this year, the state government, with support from the central government, has developed a special plan for procurement through the central nodal agency at the support price. Providing details of this pla...Read More

Gandhinagar: Kharif crops have been sown in about 70 lakh hectares of land in Gujarat so far. During this period last year, 74 lakh hectares of kharif crops were planted in the state. Taking the average of the last 3 years, against the total cultivated area of ​​85 lakh hectares in the state, 81 percent of the area has seen sowing so far this year. Every year during the kharif season, cotton is grown the most in the state. This year too, cotton has been sown in the state so far in more th...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India, along with the states of Gujarat conducted a “Regional Training Workshop on the 21st Livestock Census Software (Mobile & Web Application/Dashboard) and Breeds for State and District Nodal Officers (SNO/DNO).” The workshop took place today in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, aiming to train the State and District Nodal Officers from Gujarat and Rajasthan s...Read More

Gandhinagar: Over the last two decades, due to good animal health services, intensive animal vaccination, deworming treatment campaigns, and disease control, infectious diseases in cattle have significantly reduced in the state of Gujarat. In 2002-03, 161 types of animal diseases were reported in Gujarat, compared to only 29 types in 2023-24, and only 4 types in the first quarter of 2024-25. Providing this information, Animal Husbandry Minister Raghavji Patel added, "The 'National Animal Dise...Read More

Jamnagar: Agriculture Minister Raghavjibhai Patel had to be shifted from Jamnagar based government run GG hospital to Rajkot based private hospital after he suffered a brain stroke, because the Rs. 13 crore MRI machine installed last year in the GG hospital was not in working condition. It is learnt that the MRI machine is non-functional for last over a fortnight in GG hospital. In absence of functional MRI machine in government hospital, the needy patients need to go to private centres. A...Read More

Gandhinagar: After the state cabinet minister Raghavji Patel suffered a brain stroke, the charge of portfolios handled by him in the government have been assigned to other ministers. Bachubhai Khabad, who is a Minister of State in the Gujarat government, has been given charge of the Panchayat and Agriculture departments. Other departments handled by Raghavji Patel have been designated to MoS Kuvarji Halpati which includes Animal Husbandry, Cow-Breeding, and Fisheries. The decision has bee...Read More

Rajkot: Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel has been hospitalized at Synergy hospital in Rajkot after brain stroke. He is under medical treatment in Intensive Care Unity (ICU) by neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Tilala. Raghavjibhai was participating in Gaon Chalo Abhiyan of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Jamnagar district's Beraja(Pasaya) village last night, when he suffered brain stroke. He was taken to GG hospital in Jamnagar and later shifted to Rajkot based private hospital. Gujarat Chie...Read More

Gandhinagar: Agriculture Minister Shri Raghavji Patel stated that, in order to provide financial protection to farmers in the state and ensure affordable prices for their produce, the government has decided to purchase Tuvar, Chana, and Mustard crops at Minimum Support Prices for the year 2023-24. Providing further details, the minister mentioned that the purchase of Tuvar, Chana, and Mustard crops in Gujarat will be carried out at the support price under the PSS of Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aa...Read More

Gandhinagar: As part of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, eight Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) were signed in the Agro and Food Processing Sector on the second day, in the presence of state agriculture minister Raghavji Patel. Among them, Asandas And Sons Private Limited plans to invest Rs. 1,100 crores in Mehsana, Bheetar Enterprise Private Limited plans to invest Rs. 500 crores in the state of Gujarat, Tidy Agroceutical Private Limited plans to invest Rs. 400 crores in the state, ...Read More

ગાંધીનગર: સમગ્ર રાજ્યમાં રવિ પાકોનું વાવેતર લગભગ પૂર્ણ થવા આવ્યું છે. ગુજરાતના ખેડૂતોને ગત વર્ષે રવિ પાકના રેકોર્ડ બ્રેક ભાવ મળ્યા હતા. એટલા માટે જ, રાજ્યમાં હાલની સ્થિતિએ રવિ પાકોનું પુષ્ક�...Read More