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Agriculture Industry
Agri dept to sensitize peasantry on crop residue mgtedit
In order to eliminate stubble burning completely from the district by sensitizing the peasantry on crop residue management, the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department is set to start a mass awareness campaign in the villages of the district to ensure clean, green and pollution-free environment, for next two months.
Farmers to participate in national conference on Crop Residue Managementedit
As many as 400 innovative and progressive farmers from Punjab will participate in National Conference of Farmers on Crop residue Management to be held in New Delhi. Punjab agriculture department spokesperson said that nearly 1000 farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh would be part of this conference and also share their innovative ideas adopted for in-situ crop residue management.
‘MoooFarm’s initiative to upgrade dairy farming’edit
NITIN Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport Highways, shipping and MSME announced the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between innovative dairy technology company MoooFarm, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and Government of Maharashtra in Nagpur on Saturday at a function held at Vanamati Hall. The collaboration announced is for Government’s ongoing Vidarbha Marathwada Dairy Development Project (VMDDP) aimed to boost NDDB’s ‘Ration Balancing Programme through MoooFram’s ‘White Tech Revolution’.
Drip irrigation: Minister Urges farmers to avail 80% subsidyedit
“The state government has introduced a new scheme to provide 80% subsidy to farmers for drip irrigation,” said agriculture ministerDr Anil Bonde on Saturday. “The government is keen to ensure irrigation facilities to the rain fed regions of Vidarbha and Marathawada. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis introduced various schemes such as ‘Sheththal yojana’ and ‘Jalyukta Shivar yojana’ which were implemented successfully in the region,” said Bonde.
Budget
Drip irrigation: Minister Urges farmers to avail 80% subsidyedit
“The state government has introduced a new scheme to provide 80% subsidy to farmers for drip irrigation,” said agriculture ministerDr Anil Bonde on Saturday. “The government is keen to ensure irrigation facilities to the rain fed regions of Vidarbha and Marathawada. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis introduced various schemes such as ‘Sheththal yojana’ and ‘Jalyukta Shivar yojana’ which were implemented successfully in the region,” said Bonde.
Technology in Agriculture
Farmers to participate in national conference on Crop Residue Managementedit
As many as 400 innovative and progressive farmers from Punjab will participate in National Conference of Farmers on Crop residue Management to be held in New Delhi. Punjab agriculture department spokesperson said that nearly 1000 farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh would be part of this conference and also share their innovative ideas adopted for in-situ crop residue management.
Stubble Burning
Agri dept to sensitize peasantry on crop residue mgtedit
In order to eliminate stubble burning completely from the district by sensitizing the peasantry on crop residue management, the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department is set to start a mass awareness campaign in the villages of the district to ensure clean, green and pollution-free environment, for next two months.