Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Stubble burning on in Karnaledit
Despite the NGT ban on stubble burning, the practice continues unabated in the district. As many as 71 cases of fire have been reported and 18 FIRs have been registered against farmers so far. Besides, the authorities have imposed a fine of Rs 1.92 lakh on the violators.
Punjab Agricultural University students turn stubble into jewelleryedit
As experts from across the country came together at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in Ludhiana in the kisan mela to devise an alternative, a team of six students from the College of Home Science came up with a solution to deal with the menace by converting the agricultural waste into jewellery.
Heavy rains hit paddy, cotton crops hardedit
Torrential rains at the end of the monsoon season have severely damaged paddy, cotton as well as vegetable crops in Punjab and Haryana, the key suppliers of grain in the country, dampening prospects of a record harvest that the agriculture ministry expects.
Karnataka: Firm set to tap into the potential of neeraedit
Bangalore Mirror MNSPL will set up neera or coconut sap processing unit Baranduru village of Bhadravathi taluk at an estimated cost of Rs 2.5 crore.Manohar Maski, Chairman of MNSPL told BM the company will train agricultural labourers to extract neera. “The total area of coconut in Karnataka is about 5,11,000 Ha and the total number of palms is about 7.665 crores. The total area covered by 13 major coconut growing districts is 4,22,245 hectares. The districts include Tumakuru, Hassan, Chitradurga, Chikkamgaluru, Mandya, Mysuru, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Ramanagar, Davangere, Chamarajanagar, Uttar Kannada and Shivamogga. Neera from one per cent palms can provide an additional revenue of Rs 4,600 crore to the state. By sale of coconuts, the total income generated ...
Schemes to double farmers’ incomeedit
The flagship schemes of the Central Government announced three years back to have the income of farmers doubled by the year 2022 appear to have either not travelled to this end in Jammu and Kashmir or the response from the concerned officials, economic and agricultural experts in the State, is mired in procedural delays.
Crop damage feared as heavy rain lashes Punjab, Haryana; Himachal schools shutedit
Both crops are at maturity stage and at least one paddy variety, PUSA 1509, is already being harvested. Director, Punjab Agriculture, Dr Jasbir Singh Bains said reports of standing paddy crop getting flattened due to rain and wind, known as lodging in agricultural parlance, were coming in from various parts of Punjab, and the damage could be assessed only after the rain stopped.