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Agriculture Industry
Centre and states should collaborate to beat farm bluesedit
A tough task for the new government will be meeting the aspiration of farmers, who are deeply indebted and often suicide prone. Rural distress has grown in recent years as the monsoon failed twice, while heavy hailstorms damaged an intervening rabi, or winter-sown, crop, which made farmers restless and politically active.
Quit traditional practice of growing same crop pattern: Expertedit
A panel discussion on traditional seeds was held at Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala, today on International Day for Biological Diversity. The function was jointly organised by the science city and Punjab Bio-Diversity Board, Chandigarh.
Agricultural land and our Apathyedit
Agricultural sector of J&K has an inherent strength which needs to be exploited. The state of J&K comprises of three agro- regions i.e. Kashmir being temperate, Jammu sub tropical and Ladakh desert type (dry and cold).Different crops are grown in different regions. It is the Horticultural produce where we are having surplus production. We are short of food grains like pluses, Oil seeds, mutton, poultry and poultry products. Huge quantity of these products is being imported across the country. It is irony to note that number of pesticides, fungicides and other chemicals are being used by farmers at a very large scale that are very harmful and there is no control over sales and imports. It has ...
Next governmet would need to fix the economy first: Reportedit
The macro-economic situation has been mixed by the end of last fiscal, needing direct intervention by the next government in areas such as agriculture, employment and the banking sector, a report said on Thursday.
Budget will focus on farm sector, jobs, investment: Sourcesedit
With BJP-led NDA government certain to come back to power at the Centre, the Finance Ministry has accelerated the pace of finalising the broad contours of the Union Budget 2018-19, official sources here said on Thursday.
New government needs to fix the economy first: Reportedit
The macroeconomic situation has been mixed since the end of the last fiscal and there is a need of some direct intervention by the next government in areas like agriculture, employment and the banking sector, a report said on Thursday.
IBM expands AI-based platform for precision agricultureedit
IBM has announced the global expansion plans for its Watson Decision Platform which supports precision agriculture. The AI-based platform is customized as per new crops and regional variations to enable food security for the rapidly booming population. Merging predictive technology and data analytics, the platform would provide insights to farmers on issues related to cultivation planning, planting, spraying herbicides and insecticides, and harvesting.
Study suggests one subsidy per household per season for benefit of marginal farmersedit
A study by the Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, recommends one subsidy per household per season criteria to ensure that small and marginal farmers get an equal chance of receiving benefits and dominance of large farmers in the subsidy programme could be restrained. This step is also expected to lower the repetition of farmers under various subsidies
MP Farmer Grows Chemical-Free Food in 5 Layers, Earns Millions From Just 2.5 Acres!edit
Born to a family of beetle farmers who made a living from beedi-making in the village of Tilli in Sagar district of Bundelkhand, he wanted to pursue a medical degree to help people around him to lead healthy lives. But during the preparation for AIIMS, he realised it wouldn’t help him attain his objective.
Odisha Government procurement of oilseeds, pulses to begin on Fridayedit
The State Government has decided to commence procurement of oil seeds and pulses under Price Support Scheme (PSS) from farmers starting May 24. The Ministry of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has approved the State Government’s proposal for procurement of 14,210 tonne of green gram (Moong), 1,103 tonne of black gram (Biri), 6,580 tonne of shelled groundnut and 10,500 tonne of sunflower seeds from farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP) for 2018-19 Rabi season to prevent distress sale.
Competition
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Technology in Agriculture
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Stubble Burning
Over 600 stubble-burning cases reported from distedit
Despite efforts of the district administration and the Agriculture Department to create awareness about the ill-effects of stubble burning, a total of 607 such cases have been reported from Bathinda district in this harvesting season.