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Agriculture Industry
Call to connect farmers with techedit
The three-day Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM-2016) ended here on Friday with a call for connecting farmers with technology and creating gainful avenues for them in the allied sectors such as agri-tourism, animal husbandry, fisheries and horticulture.In the presence of Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, agricultural researchers, policy makers, farmers and industry stakeholders lauded the event for having achieved its primary objective of sharing knowledge with farmers.
Demonetisation: APMCs, farmers stare at fresh crisisedit
The currency crunch resulted by the Centre’s demonetisation move is set to hit farmers, agriculture produce market committees (APMCs) and farm produce transporters ahead of a bright Rabi season, forcing the government to plan measures to tackle the impending crisis
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Cash crunch slows down wheat sowing, fuels farmers’ worriesedit
With cash flow coming down to a trickle due to the ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, Punjab farmers are finding it difficult to sow wheat, and their worries are piling up with every passing day. They have no money in hand to meet input costs such as seeds, fertilisers, diesel, and experts say delay of every single day will affect the harvest.
Agriculturists hit hard by demonetisation, allege farmersedit
According to petitioner, a member of the Gingee Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society, more than 26 villages were under the purview of the society, which has 19,000 agriculturists as members. It has been transacting business to the tune of Rs 25 lakh per day and all the farmers were depending on it for payment and withdrawals, to meet their day-to-day expenses.
Agriculture department, PPCB seek suggestions from public to tackle stubble burningedit
Having failed to control pollution caused by burning of crop residue after harvest of paddy and wheat in Punjab, the state agriculture department and Punjab Pollution Control Board have pinned hopes on the public and experts to suggest ways and means to contain the hazardous practice. The department of agriculture has come out with a public notice asking people to suggest measures regarding the same and to attract their fancy it has also announced to recognize the three best suggestions with cash awards from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh.
Technology in Agriculture
Stubble Burning: Use of Machines By Farmers Can Save Delhi’s Lungsedit
It has been an altogether new farming experience for Vikas Chaudhary, a young and widely travelled farmer in Haryana’s Karnal district, after he acquired two agri-implements — a happy seeder and a maize planter — in 2012. He can now directly sow wheat or maize without going through the time-consuming process of manual cultivation.