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Agriculture Industry
Uproar in Odisha Assembly on farmers’ issuesedit
The Odisha Assembly witnessed uproar for the sixth consecutive day today over farmers’ issues forcing Speaker Niranjan Pujari to adjourn the House twice till 3 pm. BJP legislature party leader K V Singhdeo said he had already given a notice to the Speaker for passing a resolution demanding increase in the rate of the MSP on paddy. The farmers spent Rs 1800 per quintal for paddy production, while they got only Rs 1450 per quintal. Therefore it should be at least Rs 2800 per quintal of paddy.
Paddy fields render many eco servicesedit
A recent study conducted by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) here concluded that paddy wetlands are multifunctional agro-ecosystems that play a crucial role in ‘carbon’ sequestration and support faunal diversity, apart from filling food basket.
Farmers advised against distress sale of paddyedit
Joint Collector M Ramkishan has assured paddy farmers of establishing purchase centres within their reach and advised them against making a distress sale of paddy to the middlemen. He was reviewing arrangements for lifting paddy with officials of Civil Supplies department, rice millers, market committee secretaries, lorry owners and farmers here on Tuesday.
Smart Agriculture Market Worth 11.23 Billion USD by 2022edit
The report “Smart Agriculture Market by Agriculture Type (Precision Farming, Livestock Monitoring, Fish Farming, Smart Greenhouse), Hardware (GPS, Drones, Sensors, RFID, LED Grow Lights), Software, Services, Application, and Geography – Global Forecast to 2022”, published by MarketsandMarkets, the market is expected to grow from USD 5.18 Billion in 2016 to USD 11.23 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 13.27% between 2017 and 2022.
Indian farmers switch crops as lentil prices plungeedit
Millions of Indian farmers look set to switch from growing pulses and oilseeds after a government campaign to boost output became a victim of its own success by flooding markets with the crops, used in everything from fragrant curries to sticky desserts.
Meeting PM’s goal of doubling farmer incomeedit
Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the government’s goal of doubling the farmer’s income by 2022. Simple maths tells us that this would require the farmer’s income to rise by around 12 percent per year on average, over the next five years. This is in nominal terms, i.e. not adjusted for inflation. It’s an audacious goal if you consider the fact that agriculture growth (in real terms) has never averaged more than five per cent over any continuous five-year period, in recent history.
‘5% hike in research funding to push agriculture growth by 1%’edit
The Narendra Modi government, calling for doubling farmers’ income by 2022, needs to take the recommendations of a recent study by Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU) into consideration. The first-of-its-kind study has recommended 5% annual increase in funds for agricultural research to achieve additional 1% growth in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in agriculture sector.
Farmers throng agri fair at Ang Mahotsavaedit
District magistrate Uday Kumar Singh on Tuesday declared open an agriculture and tools fair at the local Polo ground as part of the Ang Mahotsava which was inaugurated on Sunday. The DM said farmers should know about the modern tools of agriculture to cultivate their land. The conventional methods have become outdated and the time and energy consumed in tilling of land by bullocks could be utilized for some other jobs.
Even in drought, these farmers script successedit
Even as the entire state is in the grip of a severe drought, a small bunch of farmers in Mailam and surrounding villages in Villupuram district hold out some promise. On the World Water Day, the rest of Mailam, like most other parts of Tamil Nadu, is bone dry without a drop of water for irrigation, but thanks to a comprehensive project undertaken for rejuvenation of agricultural wells in the region with technical and financial assistance from MSSRF (MS Swaminathan Research Foundation) and Wabag, a multinational company involved in waste water treatment, a few dozen farmers in five village panchayats in Mailam region are still involved in agricultural and horticultural operations.
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Farming equipments distributededit
Farming equipments like sprayer machines, maize sheller, and wheel hoe cum seeder were distributed to 172 trainees during the valedictory programme of a five-day long farmers’ training on integrated farming system, backyard vegetable cultivation and implementation of agricultural tools, which concluded recently.
Tractor Sales Increase 6.87% In Februaryedit
Anticipating a rise in demand, tractor sales witnessed a marginal increase in the month of February 2017. As per the latest data released by Tractor Manufacturers Association (TMA), tractor sales increased by 6.87 per cent in February, 2017 at 40,937 units (including exports) compared to 38,304 units in the corresponding month last fiscal. Total exports in the month stood at 6,445 units as against 6,208 units in the same month last year.