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Agriculture department to farmers: Grow maize at your own riskedit
AT THE start of the kharif season, Maharashtra’s agriculture commissionerate has raised a red flag about a possible infestation of the Fall Armyworm (FAW) in the state. In an advisory uploaded on its website, the department has asked maize growers to be careful about sowing the crop, given the large-scale destruction the pest caused in the previous season.
Overwhelming response to farm coursesedit
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University on Wednesday released the rank list for admission to undergraduate courses. Revathy of Kanniyakumari, with an aggregate of 200/200, secured the first place this year, which also saw the highest number of applications in the last 10 years, Vice-Chancellor N. Kumar said while releasing the list.
Doubling farmers income by 2022 – the way aheadedit
Agriculture continues to be one of the largest livelihood and employment generating sector in the country, with over 50 per cent of the population deployed in it.
20 lakh farmers expected to benefit as PMKSY expected to leverage investment of Rs 31400 croreedit
Food processing sector witnesses FDI equity inflow of US$ 3.28 billion in April 2014 to March 2019
Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) is expected to leverage investment of Rs 31400 crore, handle of 334 lakh MT agro-produce valuing Rs 104125 crore, benefit 20 lakh farmers and generate 530500 direct/ indirect employment in the country by the year 2019-20. This was stated by Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Rameswar Teli, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
Reforms 2.0: The focus must shift from agricultural production to marketingedit
Since the Green Revolution, successive governments have emphasised raising agriculture production to make India self-reliant in feeding its growing population. However, agricultural marketing hasn’t received the corresponding attention, despite being a corollary to increased crop production.
Water and agriculture: Seeding changeedit
This is the third year Surjit Singh is growing paddy through “direct seeding”. In these three years, he has doubled his area using this technique, as opposed to normal transplanting, to 8 acres. That includes 6.5 acres under PR-126 and PR-127 varieties, sown on June 3. The balance 1.5 acres are under Pusa-1121 basmati paddy, which he will plant in early July for harvesting towards October-end.
Rains occurring with influence of monsoons brings cheers to the farmers in Kadapa district https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/rains-occurring-with-influence-of-monsoons-brings-cheers-to-the-farmers-in-kadapa-district-541345edit
The rains with the influence of monsoons occurring since last five days brings cheer to the farmers who were in despair due to continues dry spell now they are preparing for Kharief crop in the district. Farmers of the district have proposed to irrigate around 1.50lakh hectors in the current season.
Private and government: Who is investing how much on agriculture?edit
Once again, while speaking during the motion of thanks on the President’s speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it clear in the Lok Sabha that agriculture would be his government’s top priority.
“Agriculture is the backbone of our economy,” he said. His diagnosis is right, and the acknowledgement has come at the right time. Even though more and more people are quitting farming, it continues to employ most in the country
Monsoon covers nearly half of India, rain shortfall narrows to 37%edit
Monsoon rains have covered most parts of cane, cotton, and soybean fields in western India and some parts of rice-sowing areas in central and northern India, the country’s weather office said on Tuesday.
Seed traceable technology likely by June 2020: Officialedit
The Centre is likely to come out with a technology that would facilitate the traceability of seeds by June 2020, said a senior official of the ministry of agriculture here Wednesday. “The major step which the country is going to take is in terms of traceability of seeds. The government is coming out with a software systemin association with seed manufacturers associations and we expect it by June 2020,” Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture said.
ICAR Signs MoU with MANAGE for Cooperation in Agriculture Research and Educationedit
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Institute of Agriculture Extension Management (MANAGE), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad at Krishi Bhawan, Delhi.
CropLife India reaches out to dealers in fight against counterfeit pesticidesedit
CropLife India, an association of 18 R and D drove member companies, today, organized a workshop for Pesticide Dealers at Vadodara. The workshop was organized with the help of Kruti Charitable Trust, implementing NGO partner of CropLife India at Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC), Karjan District, Vadodara.
In Maharashtra, 12 Farmers Arrested For Sowing GM Cotton Seedsedit
In a first in Maharashtra, at least 12 farmers from Akola district have been booked for allegedly sowing banned herbicide-tolerant Bt (HTBT) cotton seeds, police said Wednesday.
PM Modi: Agriculture is the Backbone of Rural Economy, Need for Corporate Investmentedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Agriculture is the backbone of rural economy. But we need to change the old ways of thinking. We need to think beyond partisan lines to hand-hold the farmer. The corporate world has no investment in agriculture beyond making tractors. There needs to be more investment in food processing, building warehouses, facilitating the movement from seed to the market. We need to have a futuristic vision for agriculture.”
Government to give status of farmers to landless beekeepersedit
Government is considering giving status of farmers to landless beekeepers while recognizing honeybees as inputs to agriculture and diversifying the basket of beekeeping products as it aims to double farmers’ income by 2022.
For Agrarian Awakeningedit
Despite agriculture being the mainstay of a huge majority of people for livelihood across the country, there has been a sustained lackadaisical and callous attitude towards the sector, with different political parties hardly having to say anything meaningful on the issue in their manifestos – quite like when it comes to education imperatives.
Women’s unaccounted labour behind malnutrition in India: Studyedit
Indian women’s unaccounted contribution in agricultural work has a detrimental impact on the nutrition levels of the households, leading to malnutrition among children, a study suggests.
Will Budget 2019 have special focus on agriculture sector?edit
Will the upcoming budget make a path-breaking announcements in the field of agriculture as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Lok Sabha yesterday that the government will now focus on promotion of oilseed production because the nation has gained self-sufficiency in production of pulses. To discuss the focus of budget on rural and agriculture sector, Zee Business discusses the expectations from upcoming Union Budget 2019 with a panel of experts.
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Will Budget Tackle Rural Distress? | Agriculture Discoedit
Watch Siraj Hussain and SK Ghosh talk about the extent of the water crisis, slow progress of the monsoon and what policy moves can the Govt take to encourage the agri-sector
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IIT Delhi organises workshop on air pollution, Experts gather to discuss the worsening air quality in Delhiedit
The Centre of Excellence for Research on Clean Air (CERCA), IIT Delhi in collaboration with the Embassy of the United States of America organized a workshop to highlight the problem of ever-increasing air pollution in Delhi. The workshop provided a platform for experts from various fields to gather and discuss the affects of the city’s poor air quality. The eminent panel of experts included – Dr. James Schauer, United States Science Envoy; Satyendra Kumar, Deputy Secretary of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and other dignitaries from NGOs, corporate sector and academics.