Nagaland Post

One day farmers’ training on ericulture and its economics and integrated fish farming was organized by Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Kohima on March 7 at DAO conference hall. During the programme, ATMA, Kohima deputy PD, Rokoshuno Angela, stressed on the importance of income generation for farmers which can be obtained from various farming activities.

Odisha TV

Unseasonal rain and hailstorm for the past few days has damaged standing crops which may adversely affect the production output thereby compounding miseries of farmers in several parts of Odisha. Apart from the rabi field crops, vegetables mostly peas, tomatoes, bitter gourd, cucumber, brinjal have suffered damage in areas of Balang, Astarang, Gop, Kakatpur in Puri district.

The Hindu Business Line

“When there is no water to drink, what can we say about irrigation?” asked K Venkatesan, a farmer near Vridhachalam. Whether canal dependent or bore well irrigated, all crops have withered, he said. Insurance compensation and the disbursement of the State government’s relief package have to be expedited, said farmers’ representatives. Farmers have to be fully compensated and the cap of 5 acres for relief has to be removed, they observed.

India Infoline

There is no proposal this year to import wheat on the Government Account, as the stock of wheat as on January 1,2017 stood at 13.747 million against the norms of 12.8 million tonnes for the quarter ending in March every year, which is sufficient to meet the demand under the Public Distribution System. Till December 1, 2016, foodgrains’ stock in the central pool stood at 27.55 million tonnes out of which rice stock stood at 11.05 tonnes; and wheat accounted for 16.5 million tonnes.

The Hindu

Supplyco has procured over 5,000 tonnes of paddy in Alappuzha district till Saturday. The harvesting and procurement operations, which began a month ago, are in progress across the district. The Agriculture Department has set a schedule for harvesting in different areas to facilitate smooth operations.

The Hindu

Mudukappa Kattikar of Mole village in Chikodi taluk left farming which became unsustainable due to the vagaries of nature. But, for him and other farmers there is a new ray of hope. On Friday, a Rs. 2.20 crore Lift Irrigation Scheme financed by Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) was formally inaugurated by its chairman S. Ravindran .Under the scheme, nearly 109 acres would benefit from the irrigation facility.

The Hans India

Finance Minister E Rajendar on Saturday indicated that the subsidy burden on State exchequer in the next financial year could be more than Rs 35,000 crore. He said  the main reason for this is because the government is planning to  introduce several  highly subsidised community- based developmental programmes like schemes for shepherds, fishermen, washermen, weavers, barbers and other communities like artisans in the budget.

The Hindu Business Line

Additional budgetary support needs to be given to the Agriculture Ministry to meet its requirements under the interest subvention scheme, as there is likely to be a shortfall of up to ₹26,000 crore due to the huge backlog of dues, the Standing Committee on Agriculture has said in its report.

India Infoline

A proposal regarding levying of higher import duty on pulses amid the bumper output this season, which pushed the prices of pulses downwards, is under GoI’s perusal currently. A major chunk of annual demand, over the years has been met by imports from Canada as domestic output cannot fulfill the demand.Since January, the estimated imports have come in around 700,000 to 800,000 tonnes.

The Hindu

“Growth in the auto industry, agriculture sector and the earth moving industry has given us new hopes. Once the mines reopen, business is set to grow,” he added. The growth is expected to come from agriculture, infrastructure, water pipes, wind turbines, automotive, railways, defence and oil & gas sectors, industry players said.