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Agriculture Industry
How farmer producer company model can transform Indian agricultureedit
Agricultural engineer Vilas Shinde has reaped a rich harvest. Sahyadri Farms, the farmer producer company (FPC) set up by him in 2011, has grown to become the largest FPC in the country, with a membership of 8,000 farmers and a turnover of Rs 300 crore. It has overtaken Mahindra Agribusiness to become India’s largest grape exporting company, and many say it may well be on course to revolutionise the fruits and vegetables business in favour of growers just as Amul did for milk producers of Gujara ..
Technology in Agriculture
Crop burning in Punjab, Haryana: Machine distribution, info campaigns on to curb stubble burningedit
More than 50 per cent of individual farmers in Haryana have been supplied machinery for in-situ crop residue management, while machines such as ‘Happy Seeder’ have been distributed to 836 of the state’s 900 custom hiring centres (CHC), C K Mishra, Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, told The Indian Express.