Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Agrarian crisis clear & present danger for Indian economyedit
India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the second quarter (Q2) has laid bare the deepening distress in its villages. Farm incomes haven’t risen even though the government has announced a hike in minimum support prices. The country’s agricultural output, measured as gross value added, grew at a sedate pace of 2.8%, far slower than the 5.3% in the June quarter. This was on top of a low base of 2.6% growth last year.
What’s keeping the farm sector groundededit
The government is under intense pressure following large-scale protests by farmers’ groups. The question is not whether these protests are spontaneous or instigated, but whether the policy-makers have done enough proactively to address the problems raised by growers.
3rd December celebrated as Agricultural Education Dayedit
For strengthening the future of agriculture in India, it is important to attract youngsters towards agricultural education. And this may require massive awareness programmes amongst the youth focusing on various facets of agriculture and related subjects.
How to Mould Agriculture as a Growth Engine in Uttara Andhraedit
From the times immemorial, historians described India as a land of milk and honey as it is blessed with innumerable natural resources. Dubbed as ‘Annapoorna(The food bowl of India) Andhra Pradesh is a major producer of rice, wheat, Sugar Cane, Cotton, Maize, pulses, spices, tobacco and chilly. There is no dearth for perennial rivers like The Godavari, Krishna, Penna, Nagavali and Vamshadhara that emerges from both the eastern and the WesternGhats surrounding the state.
Global Agriculture Summit In Jharkhand: Farmers In A Fix!edit
The two-day long Global Agriculture and Food Summit concluded at Ranchi in Jharkhand on November 30 with a plethora of promises from the Central and State leadership of the BJP to transform living conditions of farmers by 2022. But the pertinent question that remained unanswered is: Is the BJP in right earnest to ensure agrarian reforms while making these promises to farmers? If the past bears testimony to the fact, the answer is not in the affirmative.
Cutting through the smogedit
Natural farming is best alternative for fertilizer based farmingedit
Addressing business heads, entrepreneurs on 40th anniversary celebrations of Ludhiana Management Association in Ludhiana today, Governor Acharya Devvrat said that natural farming was the only available alternative for fertilizers based farming in Punjab, Haryana and all over the country as the present crop practices were poisoning the soil and as a ewsult affecting health of people.He said environment, water and diseases were three important issues, in Punjab and the world, at large, which could be resolved with active participation and involvement of all the stakeholders. He said there three issues were challenges to the society and future of civilizations on earth.
Technology in Agriculture
Happy Seeder Tractors & Two Seeders to Stop Crop Burningedit
The North Indian farmers are burning leftover rice stubble, in a rush to plant the next wheat crop. This crop burning is sending plumes of smoke into the sky that foul the air in Delhi and dozens of other cities in northern India and across the border in Pakistan.