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Adopting AI In Agriculture Eases The Risk Of Changing Patternsedit
It is one of the marvels of human innovation but artificial intelligence (AI) offers a tough competition to us. The days of speculating rain and sunshine may soon fade with artificial intelligence’s capability to predict right conditions with precision to an extent. It comprises one of the basic aspects of precision agriculture (PA) promoted even by the government to boost productivity and in turn, farmers’ income. AI-based sowing advisories lead to 30 per cent higher yields as Microsoft, in collaboration with ICRISAT, developed an AI Sowing App powered by Microsoft Cortana Intelligence Suite including Machine Learning and Power BI. The app sends sowing advisories to participating farmers on the optimal date to sow without them installing ...
Hike in Foodgrain Production to 281 million Tonnes in 2018-19edit
The government on Thursday declared that total food grain production in India is estimated at 281.37 million tonnes during 2018-19 as compared to 277.49 million tonnes in the previous fiscal.
No End Of Sufferings For Farmers In Odisha, One More Cultivator Ends Lifeedit
Despite the tall claims of Odisha government that several schemes have been launched to boost the agricultural sector, farmers’ suffering continues unabated in the State with one more grower allegedly committing suicide in Sonepur district.
Stumbling blocks for organic farmingedit
A three-day Natural and Organic Products Mela was held from March 1 at Night Bazar at Shilparamam at Madhapur in Hyderabad. The mela was organised by Organic Farmers Bodies for farmers and general public by Gau Adaritha Prakrithi Vyavasayadarula Sangham in association with Ekalavya Foundation, Grama Bharathi, Rythu Nestham Foundation and Bharatiya Kisan Sangham.
Farmers In Koraput Yet To Reap Benefit From Deep Borewell Irrigation Schemeedit
Hopes of Padlam Gadaba, a farmer from Mahadeiput panchayat in Koraput district, to get a borewell has washed away. Though Padlam deposited Rs 10,000 at Union Bank of India, Koraput branch, for a borewell under the Deep Borewell Irrigation Scheme of the Biju Krushak Vikash Yojana, he has been left in despair as no work has been done by the administration for past one and a half years.
Know the Features & Benefits of ‘Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana’ Schemeedit
Government last year had approved the Umbrella Scheme, ‘Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana’ in agriculture sector beyond the 12th Five Year Plan for a period from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with the Central Share of Rs. 33,269.976 crore.