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Agriculture Industry
Global Investors Keen To Invest In India: Nitin Gadkariedit
“We have some new plans, including for logistics parks on highways,” Gadkari said, adding that agriculture has become a key priority. In Madhya Pradesh, the agriculture growth is at around 20-23% because of irrigation. We are constantly working on deep irrigation. We are also planning on making new seeds available that have good potential of production,” he said.
Cabinet approves establishment of Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Jharkhandedit
The Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its approval for the 12th Plan Proposal of the DARE/ICAR Plan Scheme for the establishment of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in Jharkhand. It will have an estimated outlay of Rs. 200.78 crores (100% ICAR share) on 1,000 acre land provided by the Government of Jharkhand at the Gauria Karma Village in Barhi Block of Hazaribag.
SC, ST farmers to get sopsedit
To promote farming activity among SC and ST communities and to make agriculture a profitable profession, State government has introduced a new scheme providing 95 per cent subsidy to the beneficiaries who adopt modern farming techniques and also promote horticulture.
Farm Finance: How this Budget can give a push to rural credit, post-demonetisationedit
Just across the road from the sprawling, leafy campus of IIT-Madras lies the main office of Samunnati Financial Intermediation and Services on the first floor of a non-descript glass-fronted building. Led by Anil Kumar, an ex-banker with nearly 25 years of hands-on retail lending experience, it’s one of a handful of new-generation non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) breaking fresh ground in agricultural financing. Samunnati is the kind of institution that, with the right policy support, could be the key to reducing the role of cash in farm financing, while bringing vast numbers of borrowers currently ignored by mainstream banks into the ambit of formal credit.
Another chance to get it right? 6 big trends for farmersedit
Pericles said the key is not to predict the future, but to be prepared for it. 2016 saw some epic power shifts and new ways of doing business. Here are the six big trends that will shape next year for farmers and consumers and give us another chance to get it right:
Farmers urged to adopt modern practicesedit
A one-day workshop, held at the Zonal Agricultural Research Station (ZARS, V.C. Farm) on the outskirts of Mandya town on Wednesday, has underlined the need for farmers to hold group discussions and visit farmlands of progressive cultivators to improve farming practices and thereby yields.
Focussing on the marginal farmeredit
The sluice gate on the Bhakra main line canal in Khanauri-Kalan village in Sangrur district, Punjab, has become infamous. According to reports, it is a suicide point for farmers and their families. Typically, 30-45 corpses are found in the canal on average every month. Farmers’ suicide in Punjab is a major worry: over 2,632 farmers are reported to have committed suicide between 1995 and 2015,in the land famed for its Green Revolution, according to State government records. Mansa district alone accounts for 1,334 suicides. Adding farm labourers raises the total to 4,687 reported suicides. The reasons for this vary: cotton crop has been whittled by whiteflies, basmati’s market price has declined, the local moneylender has hiked up ...
Technology in Agriculture
Autonomous vehicles preferable for Indian farms: Pawan Goenkaedit
There is greater scope for autonomous vehicles(tractors) in the farm sector in the country than on the roads, according to Pawan Goenka, managing director, Mahindra & Mahindra. He said his company has developed an “early prototype” for such a vehicle but there is still some way to go before it can be manufactured commercially.