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Agriculture Industry
Move towards seed self-sufficiency bears fruitsedit
When passion drives a person, retirement is just from the job and not from work, especially if the work is connected with nature. M Sudarshan Reddy, a native of Gopanpet village in Madanapuram mandal, may have retired as a Dean of Agriculture in 2013, but his passion for agriculture has led him to a new mission – to transform villages into seed producers instead of seed buyers.
Custom-hiring, leasing may open new avenues for precision farming in Indiaedit
As precision farming or smart agriculture gains prominence in India, global majors are adopting innovative solutions and customized models to help small and marginal Indian farmers whose investment capacity is limited. Precision farming uses technology to make agriculture more accurate and controlled.
Karnataka seeks help from NABARD for fresh farm loansedit
Struggling to raise resources to fulfil its poll promise of farm loan waiver, the Kumaraswamy government has sought help from the National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) to disburse fresh loans for farmers.
Cooperation minister Bandeppa Kashempur has submitted a representation to this effect to Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh requesting the latter to issue necessary instructions to NABARD.
Farm loan waiver: Karnataka in talks with Nabard to raise refinance limitedit
The Karnataka government is in talks with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) to seek an increase in the amount of refinance to help in waiving crop loans farmers have taken from the co-operative banks in the State.
Manipur Agriculture Deptt making all out effort to successfully implement Soil Health Card Schemeedit
Manipur Government is working on a robust plan to realize Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of doubling farmers’ income by 2022. The State Agriculture Department is making an all out effort to successfully implement the Soil Health Card Scheme. Under the program, soil health cards are distributed to farmers providing information on the nutrient status of soil along with recommendations on appropriate dosage of soil nutrients to be applied for improving soil health and its fertility. A ground report from AIR Imphal correspondent:
‘The Intellects’ Organises Agri-Conference On Development Of Agriculture In Odishaedit
“The Intellects”, a progressive forum of intellectuals for the first time organised a conference on Agriculture in Odisha at the Press Club of Orissa, Bhubaneswar on Sunday.Government Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and the director general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra inaugurated the event.
Mizoram can expand in agricultural and allied sector: MOS Agricultureedit
Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Krishna Raj said today that Mizoram has the potential to expand in agricultural and allied sector.On her visit here, the minister told officials that it was clear that Mizoram could become an organic state in a big way in horticulture, an official statement said here.
Govt restoring agriculture sector’s glory: Gutha Sukenderedit
Telangana Rashtra Rythu Samanvaya Samithi president Gutha Sukender Reddy on Monday said that the State government is on a mission to restore the agriculture sector’s lost glory, as it was stuck in a crisis for the last 60 years.
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Busiest Pacific Port in North America Thrives Amid Trump Tiradesedit
Prince Rupert is hardly the place one would expect to find an international gateway that’s weathering the Trump trade storm better than any other Pacific port in North America.
Technology in Agriculture
Solving straw burning problemedit
Farmers opt for straw burning and clear the field from straw and stubble after the harvest of preceding crop because there is shortage of time period between harvesting of preceding crop and sowing of succeeding crop.Nowadays, burning of straw of rice or wheat, in agricultural fields emits a large amount of pollutants including toxic gasses like carbon monoxide, volatile organic compound, and carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fine inhalable partials. These are very dangerous to humans and other fauna and flora too. The burning of straw contributes significantly to emission of greenhouse gases like CO2, ammonia, methane and other pollutants, consequently contributing to the global warming.