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Agriculture Industry
Punjab: Farmers hold protests across districts, agriculture dept refuses to budgeedit
Farmers on Wednesday organised district-level protests across Punjab, demanding that paddy transplantation dates be preponed from June 20 to June 1. While farmer unions warned of intensifying their struggle by gheraoing agriculture officers, the department refused to entertain their demand.
Water management key to sustainable agriculture growth in Indiaedit
India is facing a water crisis, attributed to its burgeoning population, lack of adequate planning, increased corporatisation, and industrial and human waste. According to a study by the National Geophysical Research Institute, the largest depletion of groundwater in the world is happening in north India, with Delhi as the epicentre. According to estimates, water scarcity can lead to loss of up to 6% of GDP by 2030. Experts say groundwater is being pumped out 70% faster than was earlier estimated. Efforts to conserve water have been negligible, as the country lacks both in advocacy and implementation.
Use Sony’s New Smart Agriculture Solution for Crop Managementedit
With the introduction of ‘Smart Agriculture Solution’, Sony is taking its expertise in sensing & processing technology and is applying it to the agriculture business. The new solution helps in daily crop management as well as monitoring through the capture, collection, and analyzation of data in the meadow. It facilitates in-the-field operation without a network connection, unlike traditional or usual networked methods.
CSC offers to help in implementation of PM-Kisanedit
Common Services Centre (CSC SPV) has written to the Ministry of Agriculture offering its services towards implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme.
CLAAS Mentions
Global Tractor Market Trends 2019 – Deere, New Holland, Kubota, Mahindra, Kioti, CHALLENGER, Claas, CASEIH, JCB, AgriArgoedit
Global Tractor Market Research Report 2018 revealed by ResearchStore.biz offers key market trends, industry drivers, challenges, opportunities, upcoming technologies, key company profiles and strategies of players such as , Deere, New Holland, Kubota, Mahindra, Kioti, CHALLENGER, Claas, CASEIH, JCB, AgriArgo, Same Deutz-Fahr, V.S.T Tillers, BCS, Zetor, Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, Indofarm Tractors, Sonalika International, YTO Group, LOVOL, Zoomlion, Shifeng, Dongfeng Farm, Wuzheng, Jinma, Balwan Tractors, . This report guides through various segments market with size status and forecast 2025.
Stubble Burning
Stubble burning: USD 30 billion goes up in flames each year for India, says studyedit
India is home to 14 of the 15 most polluted cities in the world. So, it is little surprise that one in eight deaths here is due to air pollution. Apart from the usual culprits, like industries and automobiles, burning crop residue by farmers adds to the cocktail of hazardous air we breathe in. In a recent study, researchers from the International Food Policy Research Institute, University of Washington, USA, and Oklahoma State University, USA, have reported the economic losses and associated health risk caused by stubble burning in some parts of north India.