The Economic Times

Nashik and other tomato-growing regions in Maharashtra have also been seeing an uptick in temperature. Farmers say seeds/seedlings are unable to withstand 34-36 degree Celsius. “Seed companies will have to come up with heat-tolerant seed varieties,” says Kalia of IARI.

Samaj

Agriculture is a very important sector of the Indian economy. It is because it provides employment to roughly half of India’s workforce and contributes to 17% of India’s GDP. Since independence, a lot of changes have been observed in the sector. It is often termed as ‘green revolution’ that was focused on improvements in inputs leading to betterment of output.

India Today Business Standard

The Odisha government today decided to draft an organic farming policy within two months to provide support for growth of the organic sector and marketing of organic products. The decision was taken at the agriculture cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here. “The proposed policy will enable farmers to get higher returns for their produce,” a senior official said after the agriculture cabinet meeting. Odisha is the third largest contributor to the public distribution system, said agriculture minister Damodar Rout while highlighting the states policies for the rise in paddy production in Odisha.

The Times of India

India’s summer crops planting area was 87.82 million hectares in the week ended Aug. 4, up from 85.59 million hectares in the same period last year, the country’s farm ministry said on Friday. Cotton planting was up 18.5 percent from a year earlier at 11.43 million hectares, accounting for the lion’s share of the rise in the overall sowing area.

India Infoline

In order to further intensify cooperation among BRICS countries in agricultural research policy, science and technology, innovation and capacity building, including technologies for smallholder farming in the BRICS countries, an MoU on establishment of the Agricultural Research Platform was signed by the Foreign Ministers of BRICS countries in the 8th BRICS Summit held on October 16, 2016 at Goa. BRICSs ARP will be the natural global platform for science-led agriculture-based sustainable development for addressing the issues of world hunger, undernutrition, poverty and inequality, particularly between farmers’ and non-farmers’ income, and enhancing agricultural trade, biosecurity and climate resilient agriculture.

Nava Bharat

Agriculture Minister Prabhalal Saini said that through the National Agricultural Markets (e-Names), the farmers would be able to get fair prices and increase transparency in trade. Saini was addressing a one-day national agricultural marketing workshop organized on Thursday in Pant Krishi Bhawan.

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The other major demands included, the hand over of forest lands, temple/shrine land, pasture land with pattas to the cultivating peasants, scrap the pro-corporate Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and provide comprehensive insurance security to all farmers, provide pension of Rs 3000 per month to poor and middle peasants and agricultural workers aged 60 and above; ensure at least 200 days of work and minimum wage of Rs 350 per day to agricultural workers under MNREGA.

Nitidina

The Agriculture Ministry today said it received Rs 16,094.13 crore in the April-June quarter of the current fiscal for implementation of various schemes. The amount is 53 per cent higher compared to Rs 10,498.90 crore received by the ministry in the same period last year, it said in a statement.

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As Monsanto, the Creve Coeur-based seed and pesticide giant, prepares to merge with Germany’s Bayer, observers wonder how the marriage will affect the company’s reputation in India, one of the largest markets in the world.

Rural marketing

Stressing on the need of reforms in agriculture marketing, Shilpa Divekar Nirula, Chair, FICCI National Committee on Agriculture and CEO, Monsanto India said, “With changes in production scenario it is necessary to have effective agricultural marketing reforms to ensure that the farming is remunerative” On creating infrastructure for post harvest management, Nirula said, “Around 75 percent of agriculture happens in Kharif only. It produces surplus commodities, thus there is a need of developing huge infrastructure for the post-harvest management, especially for perishables.”

Kashmir Reader

To review the state/centrally sponsored schemes 2017-18 and implementation of special projects a meeting was chaired by Director Agriculture, Kashmir Altaf Aijaz Andrabi on Saturday.

Science Chronicle The Hindu

A rice variety originally from West Bengal is able to accumulate high concentration of the metal in its grain.