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Wheat varieties susceptible to new strains of yellow rust fungus: studyedit
Agriculture scientists have cautioned about the likely spread of extremely virulent strains of fungus that causes yellow rust in wheat, to which currently used wheat cultivars show high susceptibility. The situation is particularly grim as the bread wheat cultivar, HD267, that currently occupies 10 to 12 million hectare (ha) area is susceptible to these new strains.
India to press for export of more products as Commerce Secretary meets Chinese delegatesedit
India’s trade deficit with China has been bridged by about $9.5 billion in FY19 to $53.5 billion, but New Delhi wants deeper cuts this year.Pushing for more action from the Chinese side to increase imports of agricultural commodities and certain other goods from India, Commerce Ministry officials will meet representatives from the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) on Thursday in New Delhi to discuss ways to raise exports and close the bilateral trade gap further.
A wake-up call on proprietary seedsedit
When the news broke that PepsiCo was suing small farmers in India for growing a potato variety that is used in its Lay’s chips, popular sympathies immediately went, of course, to the farmers. National and international pressure swiftly mounted, and in short order a humbled PepsiCo backtracked, announcing its withdrawal of the lawsuit. There was global schadenfreude at Goliath’s PR disaster and, in India, pride at being on the side of the righteous Davids.
90% Of Jobs Created Over Two Decades Post-Liberalisation Were Informaledit
Of around 61 million jobs created in India over 22 years post-liberalisation of the economy in 1991, 92% were informal jobs, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) data for 2011-12, the latest available, released in 2014.
Call to boost traditional farming practicesedit
Dr G V Ramanjaneyulu, the Executive Director of Centre for Sustainable Agriculture and Expert Director of Sahaja Aharam Producer Company, has pointed out ground realities of farming and the distress in the rural farming communities, at a meeting organised by Rotary Club of Secunderabad.
A touch of ‘gold’ for farmers from Guntur and Prakasamedit
Challenging the odds of severe drought conditions and poor support from institutional finances, farmers in remote areas in Guntur and Prakasam districts have laid a path to success and sustainable development.
Google-funded AI project aims to reduce crop losses in cotton farmingedit
The Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence on May 8 received a $2 million grant from Google to develop technologies to reduce crop losses in cotton farming. This is a part of $25 million in grants from the tech giant. In addition, as a part of Google AI Impact Challenge, the Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence will get credit and consulting from Google Cloud and coaching by Google’s AI experts, according to a press statement.
Severe drought pushes Gram Panchayat members to leave Raichur, move to Bengaluru for jobsedit
Mirroring the severity of the drought situation, Gram Panchayat (GP) members hailing from Lingasugur taluk are now migrating to Bengaluru. Mass migration of agriculture labourers, small and marginal farmers is not uncommon in the northeastern district of the state. Every year, despite the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), people migrate due to unavailability of work here. A majority of migrants work as construction labourers in cities such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Maharashtra.
Can Agriculture Eradicate Economic Inequality and Sustain Ecological Balance?edit
If we go by our food production systems, we are all agriculturalists. Irrespective of our professions, political leanings, beliefs and biases, we all depend on a handful of domesticated plants and animals grown under controlled conditions for our food. This has made food production the single largest source of land use on the planet today, with more than a third of earth’s ice-free land surface utilised under agriculture (12%) or as pasture land (26%).
FAW outbreak affects over 5,000 farmer families in Mizoramedit
An outbreak of ‘Fall Armyworm’ has affected at least 5,636 farming families in over 200 villages in Mizoram, state Agriculture Director Rohmingthanga Colney said Wednesday.The outbreak caused by the crop pest has affected maize cultivation in 2,055 hectares in 227 villages of all the eight districts, he said.
Pest attack causes loss of Rs 20 crore maize crops in Mizoramedit
Mizoram Agriculture Minister C Lalrinsanga on Tuesday said that a pest named Fall Armyworm has damaged maize cultivation over 1,745 hectares of land in the state leading to a loss of Rs 20 crore.
The Life of Labour: Revisiting Land Reforms; Clean Chit to CJIedit
Down to Earth magazine reported on a new paper, published in the Journal of Rural Development, covering 1,007 farmer households and 301 agriculture labour households in 27 villages in Mansa, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur in Punjab. The study throws up remarkable new statistics. 85% of farmer households are in debt, with the average debt exceeding Rs 5 lakhs per household. Even agricultural labourers are in debt, averaging around Rs 60,000 per household. An average marginal farmer household makes less than Rs 1.5 lakh annually.
Farmers skip Akshaya Tritiya ritualsedit
Most of the farmers in Jeypore region on Tuesday skipped Akshaya Tritiya rituals, which mark the beginning of farming season.Delay in harvest of rabi crops and non-availability of farm land for the rituals are said to be the reasons behind the skipping of ‘Akhi Muthi’ ceremony and ploughing of farm field in the region.
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