Down To Earth

Researchers from the Kolkata-based Bose Institute have retraced the aerial path these marauders of mustard take and have found the exact route of their travel from the upper Himalayas down to the plains of the Ganges where they attack the popular commercial crop of the region.

Swarajya

Indian agriculture has undergone a phenomenal change over the last decade that it is no more dependent on just foodgrains or one sector. It has emerged as a versatile sector that still provides employment to over 50 per cent of the country’s population and keeps the economy ticking in rural areas despite the vagaries of weathe

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There is a solution here – exporting agricultural products can improve the scenario for the agricultural sector. There is considerable merit in exporting surplus products, which will allow farmers to earn higher income. Also, some farmers have started growing and exporting flowers and allied products, finding a good number of buyers in the US, Japan, and in Germany. Similarly, India’s fruits have a good market in the Netherlands and Japan, while specific fruits like mangoes and grapes are imported by Belgium, Saudi Arabia and some others. Farmers of these agricultural products have not only been able to get better income for themselves, but have also helped the government earning foreign exchange.

Rising Kashmir

The official spokesperson said it was also informed that Directorate of Agriculture has fixed a target of bring 100000 farming families of various Commodity Interest Groups (CIGs) under the fold of FPOs to achieve higher farm income by reducing the cost of cultivation through bulk Procurement of seed and other inputs, Product Branding, Value Addition and Better Market Linkages. It was decided that 100 acres of land within Organic Basmati Cluster of Suchetgarh will be utilized for healthy/disease free seed production under Seed Village Programme to ensure that requirement of organically grown seed of the SOBRC could be met.

The Hans India

District Collector Ayesha Masrat Khanam said that special awareness camps for the farmers would be organised to sensitise them in preventing the crops from the pests. She said that the farmers in the district show interest to grow cotton and corn in 48,000 hectares in the months of June.

Financial Express

Government thinktank Niti Aayog has asked central ministries and states to identify key projects where artificial intelligence could be adopted to resolve problems in areas like health, education and agriculture.

Morung Express

The department of Agricultural Extension, SASRD: NU in collaboration with Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) Eastern & Southern Region jointly organized an orientation course on ‘Soil Health Management’ on May 11 at SASRD, Nagaland University, Medziphema Campus.

Business Standard

The recent pest attack has affected 68 per cent of maize cultivation in Mizoram, an official said on Wednesday.

The pest, fall armyworm (Sodoptera frugiperda), has affected 2,424 hectare out of 3,539 hectare of maize fields in the state, the Joint Director of the Agriculture Department, James Lalsiamliana, told PTI.

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Punjab National Bank (PNB), India’s second largest Public Sector Bank (PSB), has continued to focus on agricultural education and training to strengthen India’s primary sector and empower the farmer community. In addition to agriculture banking, the bank has continually focused at creating new avenues that can further provide support to the sector. As per a Board resolution, PNB has institutionalized cash rewards for top meritorious under–graduate and post-graduate students at top agricultural universities in India to provide encouragement to young minds. An annual scholarship outlay of INR 6, 00,000 /- has been set aside for this purpose. The bank already runs 12 Farmers’ Training Centers (FTCs) across the country to provide training facilities to farmers, women and rural youth.