Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Why It’s The Right Time For Indian And German Startups To Collaborateedit
Last but far from least are the areas of agriculture, food processing and consumer protection. Technology innovation is essential and important in the Indian agricultural sector and a few German startups are already doing some work in this area. For instance, PEAT—Progressive Environmental and Agricultural Technologies, a German startup has developed a mobile app called Plantix which is a massive database of pictures of plant disease which can be used for comparison.
Bosch fund to enter India soonedit
The Hindu Inc42 The Times of India
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC), the corporate venture capital company of the Bosch Group, will soon establish an Indian arm to invest in the growing start-up ecosystem in the country.
SBI to organise mega farmers’ meet on June 8edit
Ahead Of the kharif season, country’s largest lender State Bank of India on Tuesday said it will meet nearly 10 lakh farmers to understand their credit needs and provide finance. The meeting will be organised at the bank’s 15,500 rural and semi-urban branches across the country on June 8.
Devendra Fadnavis Is Losing Control of Maharashtra’s Farming Crisisedit
The loan waiver is also restricted to small farmers. The government hopes that this will diminish the strength of the agitating farmers. But this seems unlikely, as the loan waiver issue appears to be just a manifestation of a deeper disquiet in the farming community. With this, Fadnavis seems to have lost his grip over the political discourse on agriculture.
Farmers continue stir, prices soaredit
Small retailers and consumers across Maharashtra were harried as the farmers’ agitation dragged into the sixth day on Tuesday, sending prices of vegetables soaring even as Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that farm loans would be waived by October end. The prolonged agitation, which retained its intensity in Nashik and Ahmednagar, is hitting the ordinary consumers in the pocket as prices of vegetables have continued to skyrocket.
Gujarat government declares new guidelines for farmersedit
Gandhinagar has declared guidelines for farmers so that they could be able to increase their yield and become economically sound and aware about the necessary insecticides and pesticides and High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds to be purchased for their farms.
Hai Medh Par Ped’ Increased Farmers Incomeedit
The National Agroforestry Policy, 2014 was formulated to have trees along with the crops in the farmers fields. Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) is an initiative to this end which will promote “Hai Medh Par Ped”. Agroforestry will pro-vide additional income/savings opportunities for farmers and will also serve as a cushion to crop damage.
Healthy soil, abundant produceedit
In an attempt to reduce the inappropriate usage of chemicals in agriculture and raise awareness amongst farmers for judicious use of fertilizers, Government of India has started a nationwide campaign.
High GST may badly hit fertiliser makers, farmers alikeedit
The Economic Times The Hindu Business Line
Indian fertiliser makers and farmers may get badly hit by the high taxes on fertilisers, which will double after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rollout, said representatives of fertiliser industry, farmers’ associations and sector analysts.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Will Help In Changing The Destiny Of Farmersedit
Committed to doubling the income of farmers, the Central Government is continuously engaged in making Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) more robust and effective.
Radical Change With Organic Farmingedit
The Government of India is committed to double the farmers income and is taking gigantic steps. Promoting Organic Farming is a fresh start to achieve this goal. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana is first comprehensive scheme in this direction and As 947 crore has been allocated for the period of 2015-18.
Why Shouldn’t Rich Farmers Pay?edit
Finance minister Arun Jaitley was correct when he stated in April that constitutional constraints do not empower his government to tax agricultural income, implying that he is not constrained from amending the Income-Tax Act.
Pulses drop as buying slowsedit
Amid sluggish demand and buying support, decline in chana and other pulse seeds continued with chana (kanta) declined to Rs.5,0005,100 a quintal, while Chana (desi) ruled at Rs.4,900. Chana dal (average) quoted at Rs.6,500-6,600, chana dal (medium) at Rs.6,700-6,800, while chana dal (bold) quoted at Rs.6,900-7,00 a quintal.
As You Sow Report: Glyphosate Poses Threat to Human Health and the Food Systemedit
India may witness another record production of crops such as rich, wheat, pulses and oilseeds as the latest monsoon forecast by the weather bureau has raised the hopes of 263 million farmers who look forward to rains to irrigate their land.
Agri scientists bat for GM Mustardedit
Business Standard Nerve The Statesman Daiji World Green Ecosystem
The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) has urged the government to allow commercial use of Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11), a Genetically Modified (GM) Mustard variety, from this year and to support scientists to develop such hybrids in future. The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), which is a regulator under the Environment Ministry, had last month recommended commercial use of the GM Mustard variety, DMH-11.