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Agriculture Industry
YES Bank to launch water-security programmeedit
YES Bank is all set to roll out a capacity building project with farmers in Haryana and Rajasthan under its ‘Livelihood and Water Security’ CSR initiative.Speaking about this initiative, Namita Vikas, President and Global Head – Climate Strategy and Responsible Banking, YES Bank, told BusinessLine that the overall focus of the programme would be on sustainable agricultural practices and digital literacy.
Five ways to double farmers’ incomeedit
The Prime Minister’s vision of doubling farmers income by 2022 is worth serious attention. This laudable objective could not only improve the well being of our farmers but can also be a trigger to boost agri-based manufacturing growth in rural India.
Empower farmers for economic growth, says Governor Acharyaedit
Maharashtra ups FY19 agri lending target 12% to Rs 85k croreedit
Bankers today decided to lend Rs 85,464 crore to the farm sector in Maharashtra, a growth of 12 per cent over the previous year, amid a prolonged weakness in agricultural activity.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan calls for branded agriculture productsedit
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called for developing Kerala brands in agriculture. “Branded products have a worldwide demand today. The state could achieve commendable progress in expanding the area of paddy farming. An effective procurement system is in place in Palakkad,” he said in a meeting with farmers’ representatives at the Thycaud guest house here on Wednesday. Agriculture Minister V S Sunil Kumar also attended the meeting.
Green activists worry over stubble burning practice in cityedit
Adding to the woes of city residents, farmers have started to burn stubble in fields around the city and neighbouring areas.With the rising pollution and the government’s apathy towards the issue, the residents are expected to pay the price by risking their health.
₹ 4,000 can’t compensate for 4,000 farmer suicides: Uttamedit
The Congress has described the distribution of input subsidy to farmers under Rythu Bandhu scheme as an effort by the Government to cover up the suicide by 4,000 farmers in the last four years, and just another election gimmick by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekara Rao to project himself as ‘farmer friendly’ leader.
Technology in Agriculture
Mixing traditional & modern farmingedit
A good combination of traditional and modern techniques in farming is sure to make a farmer successful ecologically and financially, says S Manavalan, 43, a progressive farmer from Theneerpatti village near Thuvakudi in Trichy district.
Farmers advised to use laser leveller to deal with stubbleedit
The Agriculture Department has asked farmers to use techniques as laser land leveller to level their fields so as to manage the crop residue without burning it.The major concern of the farmer before paddy transplantation is that the unburnt crop residue remains afloat on water at the time of puddling of fields, causing problems in paddy transplantation.