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Agriculture Industry
Parijat educates farmers over effects of crop burningedit
In a bid to create awareness about the ill effects of crop residue burning and management, Parijat Urja Chakra in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs) organized a special campaign at Fatehgarh village of Ambala in Haryana.
Parijat campaign to tell farmers about ill effects of crop residue burningedit
In a bid to create awareness about the ill effects of crop residue burning and management, Parijat Urja Chakra in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs) organized a special campaign at Fatehgarh village of Ambala in Haryana.
West Bengal govt to build Sufal Bangla Mall to promote organic cropsedit
Bengal’s state agriculture marketing department has decided to build a Sufal Bangla Mall in Rajarhat, close to IT hub of Salt lake to sell crops grown using organic fertilisers..
The hub will be set up on 15 cottahs of land and will cost Rs 16 crore. It would be inaugurated on August 31 with the opening of a Sufal Bangla stall. Gradually other organic crop growers would be allotted space to sell their produce.
GOVT TO ORGANISE ‘AGRICULTURE SUMMIT’edit
The State Government, in order to provide much needed fillip to laggard farm sector in Jharkhand, will be organising the ‘Agriculture Summit’ in November this year. The effort would be possibly the first of its kind in the country.
Agriculture Export Policy to be in line with WTO normsedit
The proposed National Agriculture Export Policy — aimed at doubling the country’s farm exports to $60 billion by 2022, placing India among top 10 agriculture exporters in the world and promoting stability in export rules — is being vetted at the inter-ministerial level and will soon be placed before the Union Cabinet for approval.
PAU releases song to tackle stubble menaceedit
Punjab Agricultural University has released a song against stubble burning. Students who will sing the song on Independence Day or during any other function will be honoured by the PAU at Kisan Mela to be held in September.
Bihar to get maximum benefits from MNREGA in increasing income of farmers: Modiedit
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today said the state would get maximum benefits from MNREGA in increasing income of farmers. Mr Modi, while inaugurating a workshop of North East States on coordination between agriculture and MNREGA here, said the scheme was labour oriented and it had provision for farmers to work on land of others.
CLAAS Mentions
Global Agriculture and Livestock Baler Market 2018 – John Deere, American Baler Co., International Baler, McHaleedit
The report on the global “Agriculture and Livestock Baler market” provides an overview of the current scenario of the market worldwide. The report, titled Agriculture and Livestock Baler Market Research 2018, points out the key drivers and restraints affecting the growth of the global Agriculture and Livestock Baler market. It cites the latest development trends in the market and the opportunities for the market to grow in future. The report analyzes the effect of Porters five forces on the overall growth of the global Agriculture and Livestock Baler market. The report further studies the global Agriculture and Livestock Baler market on the basis of product types, applications, and regions.
Technology in Agriculture
Farmers won’t be forced to buy particular Agriculture machineedit
Agriculture Minister Pocharam Srinivas on Thursday assured farmers that they would not be forced to buy particular equipment or machineries and would only be provided subsidy once they pick up the machinery which they feel would be beneficial for their kind of farming. Pocharam was speaking at the exhibition of farm machinery at Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University (PJTSAU), where farmers from different districts took part.