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Agriculture Industry
India election 2019: Should farmers’ debts be written off?edit
Many farmers in India have found themselves overwhelmed by debt – but should those loans be written off, often at great expense?That’s a question politicians and others in India have been debating in the run-up to nationwide elections in April.
Farming: Enugu Govt. to give subsidized fertiliser to farmersedit
WorldStage NewsOnline— As part of efforts to boost farming in Enugu State, the State’s Government has announced plan to make fertiliser available to farmers at a subsidized rate in this year’s farming season.
India’s Subsidies to Farmers is Quite Low As Compared to Western Nations: Anup Wadhawanedit
A top government official on Wednesday, 27th March 2019 said subsidies provided to the Indian farmers are quite low as compared to billions of dollars given by the western nations.
IS IOT MAKING WAY FOR SMART AGRICULTURE?edit
Modern technologies have revolutionized every industry sector and agriculture is no exception. Smart farming using IoT will give rise more efficient farming techniques and transform the agricultural sector. Globally, 821 million people suffer from hunger, including over 150 million children. Multiple factors, such as poverty, climate change, food wastage, political conflicts, and food shortage are responsible for the high rate of hunger. Another major cause of the increasing global hunger is the dearth of quality infrastructure and the lack of government and private investment. Therefore, multiple global non-profit organizations are continually looking for newer and better solutions to this crisis of a situation.
The Agriculture Dividendedit
Pessimism over India’s GDP growth rate has steadily mounted after the economy grew at a subdued 6.6 per cent in the quarter ending December 31, 2018. Talk of eight per cent growth in 2019-20 has vanished. Most analysts expect growth in 2018-19 to be sub-seven per cent. The consensus among global institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank is that with crude oil prices trending towards $70 per barrel, Indian GDP growth in 2019-20 will at best be between seven per cent and 7.5 per cent.
Technology in Agriculture
2019-2025 Construction Dumper Market: Types, Applications, Manufactures and Regions (North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India)edit
Construction Dumper market report is a unique business planning tool that helps to prioritize regional sales activities, define realistic sales targets, keep track of competitor’s activities by understanding market shares, identify potential to partner or merge with and compare customer segment performance.
Global Agricultural Balers Market Comprehensive Insights and Growth Potential In The Futureedit
Agricultural Balers Market 2019 report contains a focused socio-economic, political, and environmental analysis of the factors affecting the Agricultural Balers industry. The report contains an analysis of the technologies involved in production, application and much more.
Combine Harvester Market by New Market Opportunities, Production Cost Analysis, Market Development and Market Dynamics Forcesedit
Combine Harvester Market Report by Material, Application, and Geography – Global Forecast to 2024 is a professional and in-depth research report on the world’s major regional Combine Harvester Market conditions, focusing on the main regions (North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific) and the main countries (United States, Germany, united Kingdom, Japan, South Korea and China).
Combine Harvester Market by New Market Opportunities, Production Cost Analysis, Market Development and Market Dynamics Forcesedit
Combine Harvester Market Report by Material, Application, and Geography – Global Forecast to 2024 is a professional and in-depth research report on the world’s major regional Combine Harvester Market conditions, focusing on the main regions (North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific) and the main countries (United States, Germany, united Kingdom, Japan, South Korea and China).
Stubble Burning
Farmers need to be educated about ill-effects of residual, stubble burning: Ex-SC judge Kumaredit
Retired Supreme Court Judge and former Chairperson of National Green Tribunal Swantanter Kumar on Thursday noted that farmers needed to be educated about the ill-effects of the large scale crop residual and stubble burning in the fields and the coercive measures being adopted by successive governments alone would not work. “If we do not wake up to the rising threat of monstrous air pollution leading to engulf of smog in northern India, the havoc is in the offing, ” he stated.
Stubble burning menace in Kuttanadedit
Paddy fields in Kuttanad, the rice bowl of Kerala, look black these days with some of them emitting plumes of smoke. Relatively a new phenomenon in this part of the region, setting paddy fields on fire after harvest by padashekhara samitis and farmers is emerging as a major cause for concern.