Precision Farming & Organic 2 Flashcards

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In PKVY farmers receive Rs. _____ for marketing, branding and trade

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Rs. 6000/ha

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PKVY is being implemented in cluster mode of 20 ha area & ____ such clusters are being converted into 1 large cluster of about ____ ha

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25 clusters of
500 ha

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Total financial Assistance per farmer of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana - PKVY scheme is?

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Rs. 31,500/ha for 3 years

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In PKVY of the Rs. 31,500 total fund, what is the incentive provided to farmers through DBT?

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Rs. 15,000/ha/3 yrs

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In PKVY of the Rs. 50,000 total fund, what is the amount for Capacity Building and for PGS certification?

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Capacity Building: Rs. 4500
PGS Certification: Rs. 3000

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Financial Assistance under BPKP?

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Rs. 12,200/ha for 3 years
For cluster formation, capacity building, certification, handholding

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Which mission promotes 3rd party certified organic Products for NER niche crops, for export?

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MOVCD-NER
Mission Organic Value Chain Development for NER

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Under MOVCDNER, what is the financial assistance for cluster development and FPOs?

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Rs. 46575/ha for 3 years for FPOs

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Under MOVCDNER, what is the financial incentive given to farmers out of the total Rs. 46,575/ha?

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Rs. 32,500/ha

Out of which 15,000 is DBT & 17,500 for planting material

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Under MOVCDNER, what is the financial assistance for Training, documentation and certification of crop?

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Rs. 10,000/ha

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PKVY & MOVCDNER were launched in? PKVY Scheme is implemented in cluster mode, what is the size of each cluster?

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2015
20 ha size

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Training & Capacity Building in MOVCDNER & PKVY are provided through?

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NCONF

National Centre for Organic & Natural Farming

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Which scheme incentives to States/UTs, to promote alternative fertilisers and ensure balanced use of chemical fertiliser

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PM PRANAM

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Full form of PM PRANAM

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Programme for Restoration, Nourishment, Amelioration of Mother Earth

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How is PM PRANAM Funded?

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By saving of Fertiliser Subsidy
No separate funds of its own

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___ of funds will be used for asset creation related to technological adoption of alternate fertilisers under PM PRANAM

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70%

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Under PM PRANAM, Govt has announced Market Development Assistance at Rs. ____ for Fermented Organic Manure & _____

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Rs. 1,500/MT
Liq Fermented Organic Manure

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Organic Uttarakhand - has been launched under?

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PKVY Scheme

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Total outlay of NMNF is Rs. ____ crore till 2025-26

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Rs. 2481 crore

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Under NMNF ____ need-based Bio-input Resource Centres (BRCs)

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10,000 BRCs

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Name the 5 components of JIVA component

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  1. Enabling NF transformation Capacity Building
  2. Strengthening of Livestock systems
  3. Nutrition Sensitive Farms & Homestead
  4. Value Addition Market
  5. Regeration of Soils
  6. Establishing Support Systems
  7. Crop Diversification & Intensification
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FSSAI was established in?

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2006

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Among commodities, what are the largest produced organic products?

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  • Fibre crops
  • Oil seeds
  • Sugar
  • Cereals & Millets
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As of 2023-24, India produces ____ mn MT certified organic products

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3.6 mn MT

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JIVA Programme by NABARD is under which fund?
Watershed and Tribal development fund
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An agroecological transformation programme launched to pioneer and scale up agroecology as a strategic and transformational approach in watershed and wadi projects, leveraging pre-existing natural and social capital
JIVA by NABARD
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Define Organic Farming
An **Integrated production management** (IPM) system that promotes and enhances **agroecosystem health, including biodiversity**, biological cycles and soil bio activity, using organic products.
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Principles of Organic Farming?
* Health * Ecology * Fairness * Care
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Father of Permaculture?
Bill Mollison | Working with than against nature
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PM PRANAM time period?
2023-24 to 2025-26
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What are the Financial Initiatives the GoI is promoting for Organic Farming?
PKVY MOVCDNER CISS NMO-OP BPKP -> NMNF
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CISS lanched in? | Capital investment subsidy scheme
2004-05
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Under **Soil Health Management Scheme of CISS**, What is the assistance provided to **state govt** for setting up of mechanised fruit/veg market waste compost production unit?
100% upto Rs. 190 Lakh/unit
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Under **Soil Health Management Scheme of CISS**, What is the assistance provided to **individuals/private agencies** for setting up of mechanised fruit/veg market waste compost production unit?
33% assistance up to Rs. 63 lakh/unit
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Unified India Organic Logo is by?
FSSAI & APEDA
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____ & Germany GIZ collab to strengthen organic cotton through project AVANI in ____
ICIL Maharashtra | Indo Count Industries Limited
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**Who organises** the 1 day farmer training, 2 day training for staff, 2 days training on PGS, 1 day Prakritik Kisan Sammelan for 500 participants?
National Centre of Organic & Natural Farming NCOF/RCOF
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Financial assistance provided in National Food Security Mission (NFSM) for promotion of Bio-fertiliser is?
50% of cost limited to Rs. 300/ha
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NFSM was launched in?
2007
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NMNF was launched on?
Nov 2024
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Model Centres for Training, Research & Extension in NMNF
ICAR KVKs AUs
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Knowledge partner for extension in NMNF?
MANAGE
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NMNF is a central sector or centrally sponsored scheme?
Centrally sponsored
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NMNF will focus on ___ number of districts that have high ____ consumption
228 districts High Fertiliser Consumption
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NMNF builds on BPKP, launched under scheme ____
PKVY
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NMNF plans to deploy ____ & ____ to create awareness and provide handholding support to farmers in clusters
Krishi Sakhis and Community Resource Persons (CRP)
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Aerobic rice is suitable for relatively water short irrigated or ____ environment
rain-fed lowland
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Who requires less water & fewer seeds - SRI or Dapog?
**SRI** requires less water or seeds
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An overall ___ ha and ___farmers have been brought under NF till now
22 lakh ha 34 lakh farmers | All schemes combined
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India targets $__ bn in exports for organic food by 2030
$2 bn
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International Year of Organics is on?
2022 | IFOAM Asia - 10th anni, Europe - 20th anni, IFOAM Intl - 50th anni ## Footnote IFOAM Asia - Seoul, SK; Europe - Brussels
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Share of agri land used for organic farming in India?
1.5% | Leichestein, Austia, Estonia - Top 3
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Local Natural Farming Institutions are - fully functional NF farms existing for >__ yrs in at least __ acres, which are already used as training sites
>3 yrs in atleast 2 acres | Onboarded by NMNF IT Portal
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Who is the implementing agency for Branding, Tracing and Certification of Kasturi Cotton?
Cotton Textiles Export Promotion
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1st Organic Fisheries Cluster inaugurated in?
Sikkim | Under PM MSY
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Which institute will support the organic fisheries cluster by funding infrastructure, building capacities and forming fisheries-based FFPOs?
NABARD
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Who launched the brand 'Bharat Organics'?
NCOL
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How many products will Bharat Organics have?
20 | by Dec 2023
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NCOL will use ___% of profit earned over MSP of any crop directly into the bank account of the farmers
50% | rest for the growth of the organisation
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Which portal was launched at the 8th NPOP event, designed to showcase certified organic products, and connect stakeholders with global buyers?
Organic Promotion Portal
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NPOP was launched in?
2001
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In NMNF, what constitutes a cluster?
50 farmers or 50 ha of area = 1 cluster | 50-50
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Farmers that Excel in NF are labelled as?
Champion Farmers
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Certification agency in NMNF?
NCOF Ghaziabad
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All India avg fertiliser sales?
138 kg/ha | 16 states have higher than avg consumption
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Upgraded online traceability system for seamless operations and enhanced tools for organic exports?
TraceNet 2.0
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Top 3 organic export destination from India?
USA, Germany, Netherland
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Who are the top tomato producing countries in the world?
China India
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To tomato producing state?
MP
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0 waste agriulture is aka?
Circular Farming | includes: solar pumps, biogas, composting, mulching, agroforestry, etc.
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* Rainfed Area Development * National Bamboo Mission * On-Farm Water Management * Soil Health Mangement * Sub-Mission on Agrofestry Are all a part of which scheme?
National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)
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NMSA derives its mandate from ____, one of the 8 missions outlined under _____
Sustainbale Agriculture Mission NAPCC
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Integrated farming systems are promoted under NMSA to ensure?
Sustainable Agriculture
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NMSA was approved by the PMs Council on CC in the year ____ and came into operation in ____
2010 2014-15
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Sub-Mission on Agro-forestry under NMSA was launched in? Its slogan?
2016-17 Har Medh Par Ped
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Most notorious weed during rice cultivation?
Phalaris Minor | Controlled by isoproturon
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Goojo method of hybridization is used for which plant?
Wheat
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____ no of trained willing farmers will prepare inputs like Jeevamrit,, Beejamrit, etc.
18.75 Lakh