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Agriculture Industry
‘Pranic healing’ to bring evolution in agricultureedit
Due to the outbreak of many diseases following the use of chemical fertilizers for growing crops, Rajkot has initiated a new process of pranic healing in the field of agriculture. With the implementation of this healing, there is an improvement in the quality and amount of wheat, peanut and vegetables production.
Punjab allows farmers to buy inputs via post-dated chequesedit
In a bid to deal with cash crunch, the Punjab government has allowed farmers, who are affiliated to Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), to buy inputs like fertilisers using post-dated cheques which are payable by January 15, 2017. Sources told FE that farmers could buy agricultural inputs worth R7,000 per acre for wheat from respective PACS using post-dated cheques. This amount would be adjusted against the loan availed by the farmers.
Cash crop failure a major cause in state: Studyedit
Karnataka has seen a rise in farmers’ deaths over the past year and a half, primarily due to the failure of cash crops. The Agriculture Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC), during the course of its survey in four districts of Mandya, Haveri, Belagavi and Mysuru, collated data that 1,490 farmers committed suicide between 2014 and March 2016.
Demonetisation puts brakes on agri-commodity exportsedit
Demonetisation has not only impacted the arrival of agricultural-commodities in the market, but the export orders in commodities such as cotton, groundnut and soya meal have also taken a toll. With exporters facing difficulties to source products from the markets, non-fulfilment of orders in November has led to order book cancellations and fall in forward contracts.
16.5 lakh farmers in Karnataka to get soil health cardsedit
The state government will provide Soil Health Cards to 16.5 lakh farmers in the state by end of 2017, Agriculture Minister Krishna Byregowda said on Monday. Speaking at a World Soil Health Day event at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, the minister said officials are visiting fields to collect soil samples that are being tested for 12 different parameters. Apart from details on soil health, the card will have suggestions to farmers on measures that helps increase yield.
Mumbai: 16 APMCs chosen for cashless transactionsedit
Nearly 16 major APMCs across Maharashtra will be part of an initiative launched by the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) to promote cashless transactions between farmers and traders. As part of the initiative, the DMI, which comes under the agriculture department, will hold special meetings across these APMCs to ensure that farmers, traders, labourers and transporters open bank accounts to facilitate cashless transactions.
Corporatisation of agri sector dangerous: CMedit
Agriculture should not be allowed to fall into the hands of corporates that are out to make a profit, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday. When profit alone becomes the goal, the equilibrium of the environment and measures taken to protect it will be destroyed, Vijayan said, inaugurating the valedictory of VAIGA-2016, the five-day international workshop on agro-processing and value addition organised by the Agriculture Department.