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Agriculture Industry
Green Revolution architect sounds alarm on India’s food securityedit
As 2016 proved to be the hottest year in recent times, MS Swaminathan, the architect of India’s Green Revolution, thinks that it is time for India to take anticipatory action to insulate major crops from adverse impact of high mean temperature. The veteran expressed his concerns about rising temperature trends and gave suggestions for securing the country’s food security with a series of tweets.
Agri Apps; social implicationsedit
Technology founds wide application when it has wider social dimensions. Agriculture sector in India is very crucial one. It plays a vital role in the nation’s economy as about 58 per cent of the rural households depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Therefore any technological intervention in this field means that it will have implications for a large majority of the population in the country. Agriculture in India has come of ages.
What CEOs expect from Union Budget 2017-18edit
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Indian economy because of its high share in employment creation and GDP. The sector accounts for 17 per cent of India’s GDP and employs almost 53 percent of the country’s workforce. Despite technological advancements, agriculture in India is still dependent on nature. With this year’s budget we have several expectations in order to boost the economy which in turn will help India achieve the national goal of food security and doubling the farm income.
Expect reduction of interest rates for agriculture credit under different schemesedit
The Pre-Budget expectation from PWC on Agriculture sector. The budget would be presented on February 1. The Union and Railway Buget will be announced on same date.
Technology in Agriculture
Budget 2017: What Next For Farm Workers As Mechanisation Kills Jobs?edit
Mechanisation is the buzzword in the Krishna-Godavari delta of Andhra Pradesh, with more than half of landed farmers choosing harvesters in what is known as the rice belt of the state. It makes a lot of commercial sense. For long, harvesting has been one of the most labour-intensive processes of paddy cultivation, and involves reaping, drying, heaping, threshing and winnowing. The entire process takes up to a month and costs between Rs 8,000 and Rs 10,000 per acre.
AP to set up 1,000 Custom Hiring Centresedit
In a major step to promote farm mechanisation and improve farming community’s access to the latest machinery and implements, the State government would be introducing more than 1,000 Custom Hiring Centres (CHCs), said Special Chief Secretary (Agriculture) and Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) Vice-Chancellor B. Rajasekhar.