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Agriculture Industry
Demand for crop-loss aidedit
Farmers from various parts of the district hit the streets on Sunday after unseasonal rain triggered extensive damage to standing paddy crops.
Road Aheadedit
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Plastic waste accumulates in paddy fields in Keralaedit
In many paddy fields in the state, plastic waste and bottles have accumulated along with clay and sand. These have to be removed before the weed grows since it will be difficult to pick them out then. Availability of paddy seeds for the second crop could be another hiccup, said Narayanankutty.
Odisha farmers in deep water as rains damage crop fieldsedit
Large tracts of paddy fields have been damaged due to recent torrential rains in Kendrapara district and its nearby areas. Paddy saplings have been damaged in Rajnagar, Aul, Rajkanika, Derabishi and Pattamundai blocks of Kendrapara district, said Gayadhar Dhal, secretary of the district unit of Krusaka Sabha. Scores of farmers of Kansar and Ostapur gram panchayats in the district, demanding compensation for crop loss, blocked the main road at Kansar on Sunday.
Driverless tractors may soon help farmers till their landsedit
A tractor still needs a human driver. So you think. But if you can have driverless cars and trucks, then why not have tractors without farmers? US-based Autonomous Tractor Corp. began developing automation technology for tractors way back in 2011. Two-and-a-half years back, the Harper Adams University in England unveiled an autonomous tractor.
Technology in Agriculture
PAU helped turn 33 villages into no straw-burning area: VCedit
“PAU bagged prestigious Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award 2017 and has also been identified along with IITs and IIMs as specialized institution with research of national global eminence (institution of eminence).
Stubble burning menace prime reason for poor air quality in state, says Pannuedit
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu exhorted farmers and general public not to burn stubble and burst crackers on Diwali. Pannu while speaking at an event organised by non-governmental organistaions “EcoSikh” and “I am an NGO” at the Bachat Bhawan said everyone has equal right on clean water and air.