Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
How Karnataka is transforming state’s humble and traditional food into an urban delightedit
About three years ago, while reviewing crop production and cultivation, Karnataka’s Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda realised that figures were shrinking hugely for the state’s traditional crops — the millets ragi in the south and jola in the north.
Importing wheat from North costlier than importing from Australia for South India: Nirmala Sitharamanedit
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that for a South IndianBSE 0.69 % state, importing wheat from North India is more costly than importing the same from Australia. Talking to the members of Young FICCI Ladies Organisation (YFLO) in Hyderabad, Sitharaman said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will actually make Indian goods cheaper for Indian customers rather than importing them.
Paddy harvest in Assam expected to be 75 lakh metric tonnes in 2017: Atul Boraedit
As Assam is one of the top 10 rice producing States of the country, in 2016 we produced 52 lakh metric ton of rice and this year our expectation is to have paddy harvest of around 75 lakh metric ton as our production curve is on the upward trend, despite the attack of swarming caterpillars in the initial stage. This has been made possible due to prompt measures taken by our new government as well as favourable environment after the attack.
WITH NO PROFIT IN SIGHT, STATE FARMERS STARE AT LOSSESedit
Did you know that in Karnataka, 2-4 farmers kill themselves every day? And this is only a conservative figure coming from the government. If one goes by the figures provided by farmers’ associations, the number would swell to 6-7 suicides per day. The record heat and drought of 2017 could spell disaster for the farming community in the state, which has already seen 848 suicides in 2016-17, until February.
Only 35% of the total farm credit goes to farmersedit
Not more than 35% of the total agriculture loan is directed to small and marginal farmers though they hold more than 70% of the country’s farmland, banking sources said. A large number of these farmers still take loans from money-lenders and not from the formal banking channel, resulting in farmers’ suicide and distress.
Government to geo-tag agricultural assets for real-time monitoring, effective utilizationedit
The Agriculture Ministry on Thursday joined hands with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), a wing of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), to geo-tag agricultural assets. Besides, ponds, crop area, warehouses, laboratories would also be geo-tagged for their real-time monitoring and effective utilization.
Maharashtra govt to invest Rs 26,000 crore for marginal, small farmersedit
The state government has set a target to invest Rs 26,000 crore in agriculture and irrigation schemes to help small and marginal farmers in Maharashtra. Apart from the allocations, the government is exploring the land monetisation model to generate more finances that would help it invest in agriculture and allied sectors.