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Agriculture Industry
India could face a crippling water crisis in a decadeedit
Water could become fatally poisonous for India. The country’s planners have allowed water to get abused and misused to the point that even drinking water has become scarce in many regions. The situation could worsen unless urgent remedial steps are taken. It must start with agriculture, with rivers and streams, and with polluting industries. Moneycontrol looks at what has gone wrong, and what needs to be done through a series of articles on water.
Traders warned against supply of spurious seedsedit
Police Commissioner of Cyberabad VC Sajjanar said that stern action would be taken against those who are involved in spurious seeds. He was speaking at a meeting held with agriculture officers, SOT, taskforce and law and order police staff here at Cyberabad Police Commissionerate on Tuesday.
Why farmers today need to take up precision farmingedit
An information and technology-based farm management system identifies, analyses and manages variability in fields by conducting crop production practices at the right place and time and in the right way, for optimum profitability, sustainability and protection of the land resource.
Haryana agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Dept decides to start pilot projectedit
Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department has decided to start a pilot project from May 27, 2019 in seven blocks of the state namely Assandh, Pundri, Narwana, Thanesar, Ambala-1, Radaur and Ganaur to divert the inclination of farmers from paddy to maize and pulses or oilseeds. For this, the registration of interested farmers would be done on Department’s portal. This was disclosed by Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal in a press conference, here on Tuesday. He said that
Reduce interest rate, corporate tax, free up agriculture: Economistedit
Economist and author Surjit Bhalla on Monday said that the agenda for the new government should include elimination of government intervention in agriculture sector, reforming labour laws and lowering the cost of capital through reduction in interest rate and corporate tax.
Chief Secretary: Be ready to implement Kharif planedit
Chief Secretary LV Subramanyam has directed the officials to be ready for the implementation of Kharif contingency plan if the State did not receive normal rainfall. Reviewing with the officials of the Agriculture department on the implementation of Kharif Contingency Planning- 2019 at the Interim Government Complex in Velagapudi on Monday, the Chief Secretary instructed the officials to keep stock of seeds for distribution among farmers.
Action Plan Workshop for Krishi Vigyan Kendras of Karnatakaedit
The ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Bengaluru in collaboration with the Directorate of Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad organized an Action Plan Workshop for the Krishi Vigyan Kendras of Karnataka (Zone-XI) for the Year – 2019-20 from 25th to 27th April, 2019.
Climate extremes are slashing rice & maize yields, threatening global food supply: Studyedit
Extreme weather — such as unusually high temperatures and heavy or abnormally low rainfall — during the growing season is leading to considerable crop yield losses in maize, wheat, rice and soybean across the world, Australian researchers have found.
New Government Should Free Up Agriculture Sector: Surjit Bhallaedit
The agenda for the new government should include elimination of government intervention in agriculture sector, reforming labour laws and lowering the cost of capital through reduction in interest rate and corporate tax according to Economist and author Dr Surjit Bhalla. Speaking at FICCI National Executive Committee Meeting, Dr Bhalla said that the first thing the new government should do is free up agriculture sector as every developing country in the world has first reformed its agriculture sector. “We have got too much intervention by the government in agriculture,” he said. While advocating elimination of MSP and PDS, he recommended expanding the income support system to the farmers.
No staff quarters for Agriculture dept employeesedit
Village Agricultural Workers (VAW) of the Department of Agriculture said that they are facing many problems in the Baranpala block of Angul district as they have not been given residential accommodation.
Crops infested by Fall Armyworms at Senapati, reports DAOedit
As per record maintained in the office, the department had reportedly visited various places of Senapati district and Kangpokpi district and found crops infested with Fall Army Worms at Motbung, Charhajare, Sangpikjang, Katomei, Liyai Kalapahar, Kharkhola, Tomnoupokpi, T Thangal, Ekou Mulam, Chawangkining, Upper Kalapahar, Makoili, Lower Thanumba, Mayangkhang Khunou, Dwarika Nepali, Toribari, Khunkhu Naga, Kalapahar Lower, Taphou Naga, Taphou Nepali, Rikhumai Taphou, Saklim Katomei, Mara Khunou Nepali, Namjang, Kharkhola, Khongbal Kuki, Lungphou Nepali, Lungphou Raibasti, Chandramani, Gopibung Nepali, Waithon Chiru, Saman, Gurung Khati, Nepali Bosti Taphou, Ekou, Thangal Surung, Makhrelui, Khabung Karong.
How corrupt nexus between sugar industry, governments affect farmersedit
If there is one crop that affects India’s economy, water supply and promotes nepotism, it is sugarcane. India was the first country in the world where sugarcane farming — and the first refined sugar — was born more than 2,000 years ago. In fact, the word “sugar” has its origins in Sanskrit, Shaakara.
Technology in Agriculture
Financial Results of Handbook-Tie Balers Market, Development Technique, Most important High Gamers, Evaluation and Forecast To 2024edit
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Stubble Burning
Over 7,300 stubble burning cases in Punjab; Amritsar, Sangrur top listedit
Bearing testimony to the failure of the Punjab government in controlling stubble burning, the state has recorded 7,326 incidents wherein wheat straw was burned in fields. According to experts, the number of such incidents is expected to rise till May 26.
Punjab: Stubble burning down by 40%, but coming weeks to be a challenge for pollution boardedit
WHILE WHEAT stubble burning has gone down by 40 per cent since last year in the state, which also recorded a satisfactory to moderate Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday, the coming few weeks will be a major challenge for the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) as wheat harvesting season is almost complete and paddy sowing dates are drawing near.