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Aiding Vaikom’s farm sector find its feet, post-flood havocedit
Vaikom was among the places which were affected the worst in the mid-August floods. The agriculture sector had taken a severe hit in the disaster. However, thanks to the efforts of the Kottayam District Agriculture Department, things are returning to normal. The department has formed a ‘Karshaka Punarjani Samiti’ as part of reviving agriculture in the district.
Banks can’t use coercive methods to recover agricultural loans: HD Kumaraswamyedit
Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy issued a warning to banks about using coercive methods to recover agricultural loans amid statewide protests against Axis Bank, which has filed cheque-bounce cases against farmers.
To improve weather forecasting for farmers in India, IBM is relying on AIedit
Six months back, government policy think tank NITI Aayog signed a deal with IBM India Pvt. Ltd to develop a prediction model for crop yields using artificial intelligence (AI).
Andhra Pradesh gets Rs 1,250 Cr World Bank loan for agriculture project in climate vulnerable districtsedit
Andhra Pradesh got around Rs 1,255 crore World Bank loan assistance for a project aiming at enhancing agricultural productivity.
Crop fires double ahead of Diwali, toxic days ahead in NCRedit
High wind speeds and traces of rain cleaned up the national capital region’s air over the weekend but there’s bad news lurking in the neighbourhood. Farm fires in Punjab and Haryana have doubled over the past seven days as compared to the preceding week, Nasa satellite data reveals, indicating that stubble-burning is peaking just ahead of Diwali and could foul up the region’s air in coming days. Track the pollution level in your city
Wind direction brings smoke from stubble burning in neighbouring states towards Delhiedit
Delhi’s air quality deteriorated sharply on Monday (November 5) to fall in the severe category for the second time within a week due to a change in wind direction and rampant stubble burning in neighbouring states, according to the authorities.
Delhi’s pollution level sharply spikes sharply as stubble burning increasesedit
Delhi’s pollution level sharply spiked Monday as a thick haze engulfed the national capital ahead of Diwali due to high impact of stubble burning and pushed the air quality in the ‘very poor’ category, authorities said.