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Agriculture Industry
Onus on all stakeholders to curb stubble burningedit
Farming is central to the Indian identity and is more than just a profession, said President Ram Nath Kovind whie inaugurating the 13th CII Agro Tech fair at Parade Ground, Chandigarh, on Saturday. He also addressed the issue of stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana saying it is the responsibility of the state governments, farmers and other stakeholders to come up with a solution to curb the practice.
Varun Gandhi: ‘Farmers now need more courage to live than to kill themselves’edit
As thousands of farmers marched towards Parliament, demanding loan waivers and better prices for their produce, Sultanpur MP and BJP leader Varun Gandhi, who spent several months in understanding the rhythm of India’s villages for his book ‘A Rural Manifesto: Realising India’s Future Through Her Villages’, tells LIZ MATHEW that there is a need for a national conversation on rural distress.
Farmers ‘remarkably adaptable’ to innovation: Prezedit
Praising Indian farmers on Saturday, President Ram Nath Kovind said they have proven to be “remarkably adaptable” to innovation and bold in taking risk, which has helped India become an exporter of key agricultural and allied products.
Technology in Agriculture
Sale of high-powered tractors on rise in Punjab and Haryana due to stubble burning banedit
After the ban on stubble burning imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the sale of high horsepower tractors in both Punjab and Haryana and increased the reason is simple to plough deeply and to destroy the stubble in the soil.