Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Picky when it comes to fodderedit
In the time of drought, the bovine wants what the bovine wants. The varying fodder preferences of cattle in different parts of the district have officials going the extra mile to ensure their procurement. For example, the cattle in Alnavar area of Dharwad taluk have a taste for paddy grass, while in the three other hoblis of Dharwad taluk, the preference is for fodder of jowar stalks, say officials. Interestingly, the cattle don’t like the hybrid jowar stalks and hardly eat it when offered. Similar is the bovine treatment when it comes to the fodder of maize stalks.
2.60 lakh MT wheat procured in Haryanaedit
Wheat procurement in Haryana has reached the 2.60 lakh metric tonne mark in the ongoing Rabi marketing season, with majority of the crop being purchased by government agencies. Five government procuring agencies and traders have purchased 2,60,036 metric tonnes of wheat which arrived in the mandis till yesterday, a spokesman of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department said.
NITI Aayog plan to double farm income; to focus on irrigation, seedsedit
Irrigated farmland in the country must increase by 19 per cent and availability of quality seeds by 167 per cent if the Centre wants to double farmers’ real income by 2022-23, according to a plan devised by NITI Aayog.
Demystifying EL NINO & LA NINA Implications for Indiaedit
Monsoon is a familiar though a little known climatic phenomenon. In India, from agriculture to economic policies to disaster management, a lot depends on the Monsoon. The Monsoon is a recurring event i.e. it repeats after a certain frequency of time – a year in our case. But, it may not be uniform in every period (year). There are a lot of factors which affect its duration and intensity over India.
Kharif plan to be prepared based on village-level plansedit
Agriculture department additional director VV Vijayalakshmi said that action plan for kharif for the year 2017-18 will be prepared based on village-level action plans. She further stated that the state government is aiming at double digit growth in the farm sector.
Why a Loan Waiver Is Far From Enough to Solve UP’s Agricultural Crisisedit
The first cabinet meeting of the newly-elected BJP government in UP, which took place on April 4, announced a Rs 30,729 crore scheme waiving crop loans up to Rs 1 lakh for small and medium farmers. In addition to this, Rs 5,630 crore was allocated for writing off bad loans of around seven lakh farmers, which had become NPAs for banks. This takes the total amount allocated for loan relief to Rs 36,359 crore.