Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Debt-ridden farmer ends life in Dhenkanaledit
A farmer, Kailash Nahak, allegedly committed suicide by consuming pesticide at his agriculture shed over repayment of hand loan and failure of crops at Talaborekote village on Monday.
He was rushed to Athagarh hospital where the doctor referred him to Cuttack SCB Medical College and Hospital.
How to save Kisan Credit Cards from becoming an easy tool for money launderingedit
Recently, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan cautioned the government that Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) can be a potential credit risk for the economy. Rajan’s caution be that as it may, one thing is certain that today KCC has become a tool in the hands of several unscrupulous elements and that needs to be immediately brought under check.
Agricultural economics: How doubling of farmers’ income is possible even with small landholdingsedit
India’s policy focus recently changed from increasing farmers’ output to their incomes. This is much needed, as farm profitability in India is among the lowest in emerging Asian economies. The strategies proposed for doubling farmers’ income include planting better seed varieties/hybrids, improved production practices, diversification towards high-value crops, development of infrastructure and market linkages, and providing access to institutional credit. However, a major impediment to the success of these strategies is small farm sizes. NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand, in a 2017 policy paper, advocated collective action for minimising the scale disadvantages faced by small and marginal farmers. The Farmer Producer Organisation/ Company approach is one way to enable them to improve their bargaining power, by ...
Before short-term ban, long-term harm: How they’re throwing dust in your eyesedit
Delhi’s air quality fell to “severe” for the first time this season on Tuesday. While stubble burning is a factor — last Friday, it contributed 36% to the pollution, according to air quality forecaster SAFAR — localised sources, including the huge clouds of dust generated at construction sites, are aggravating the situation. Despite being fined by the Delhi environment minister and the Supreme Court-appointed EPCA, building sites are still lax about implementing the anti-dust measures, as TOI’s visit to different parts of the capital on Wednesday showed. In fact, projects were rushing to get the work done before a ban on construction comes into effect from Thursday.
Competition
What’s The Future Of Grain Combine Harvester MarketLearn All With Market Research Store Researchedit
The Global “Grain Combine Harvester Market” report offers a general idea of the present scenario of the global market. The report assists new as well as well-known market players by offering in-depth analysis of the global Grain Combine Harvester market. It offers key information that allows for estimating the global Grain Combine Harvester market size. It demonstrates the current trends influencing the growth of the Grain Combine Harvester market. It highlights the vital summary of the global Grain Combine Harvester market.
Technology in Agriculture
Mechanical solutionsedit
The first is cost, which, for a standard 50-horsepower tractor, today averages around Rs 6.5-6.8 lakh. But a tractor is just a source of power and traction, and only as good as the farm implements it can pull. The most basic tractor-drawn tiller/cultivator used in seedbed preparation before sowing costs Rs 18,000-30,000, rising to Rs 50,000-60,000 for disc plough (which does the primary opening and loosening of the soil) and Rs 60,000-75,000 for harrow (used for secondary tillage). If the farmer invests in more heavy-duty equipment such as rotary tiller (also called rotavator), reversible plough (for deep tillage) and baler (which compresses hay/straw into compact easier-to-handle bundles), the costs would go up further, to Rs 1-1.2 ...
Stubble burning: Punjab, Haryana see 31% dropedit
Paddy stubble burning incidents in both, Punjab and Haryana, have dipped by 31 per cent since last year between the September 25 and October 31 period, satellite data of the states’ shows. Last year in Punjab, the drop in the fire incidents was 21 per cent compared to 2016, the data shows. Haryana’s stubble burning incidents data from 2016 was not available.
Punjab farmers want to stop burning stubble that causes Delhi pollution – but they have few optionsedit
It is that time of the year. Delhi’s air is becoming poisonous and, once again, Punjab’s farmers burning paddy straw are being blamed for it. But few bother to ask why these farmers dispose of their crop residue in such a polluting way even though the risk to their own health is obvious. The short answer: most do not have much of a choice.