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Agriculture Industry
Kerala govt aims to rejuvenate agricultural sectoredit
he state government aims to rejuvenate the agricultural sector by announcing five exclusive agro parks, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Speaking after inaugurating the first Banana and Honer Park of the state at Kannara on Monday, Pinarayi pointed out that the agro parks were established to promote value-added agricultural products.
Stubble burning can be controlled if farmers are compensatededit
Stubble burning in Punjab can be controlled completely if farmers are compensated for management of paddy straws, the state’s agriculture secretary K S Pannu told The Indian Express Monday. Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh would also seek compensation for farmers for stubble management in a letter he was writing to the Centre Monday, he said. “This can control (stubble burning) 100%. The government of India can give a bonus of Rs 100 per quintal while procuring paddy… to those farmers who do not burn (the straw),” he said.
How agriculture R&D could yield better gains than nationalising land revenueedit
There is no doubt that for India, where the largest chunk of labour is still in agriculture, raising agricultural productivity is the surest ticket out of poverty for millions. This is especially true given how difficult it has been to sustain the creation of non-farm jobs for people to move to. While rising productivity in India has lifted many out of poverty, significant poverty still remains.
Bank of Baroda Unveils Digital Platform for Farmersedit
Bank of Baroda has launched its Agri Digital Platform – “Baroda Kisan” for farmers across the nation. The national Agri Digital Platform – “Baroda Kisan” is a powerful platform to fulfill various needs of farmers. It is a web-based portal which is easily accessible on mobiles. The mobile platform uses the existing feature of M Connect Plus mobile application as a landing page. The app runs on an information technology based platform that will fully cater to all the major needs of farmers. These include notification, weather forecast, crop conditions, soil moisture, information on crop worms, market prices, special crop-related consultation, inputs for purchase (e.g. seeds, fertilizers, pesticides), agricultural equipment on rent, consultancy ...
Sales of Agriculture Robots Market to Surge in the Coming Years Owing to Growing Adoptionedit
Agriculture robots has different tasks to perform which includes image capturing, seeding, water spraying, harvesting, milking and many others to name. The growing demand for food and scarcity of manpower has boosted the agriculture robots market’s growing trend. The increase in precision agriculture and increase in demand for real time analysis which in turn helps in making a better decision and in turn driving the global market for agriculture robots. In fact, global marketing of agricultural robots is experiencing a growth as a result to increased corporate farming and increase in demand for food producing.
Students of Agriculture College Explore, Experiment Organic Farmingedit
Recently, eight women students from Thanthai Hans Roever Agriculture College in Perambalur explored and experimented various issues and developments in organic farming at a 10-day camp organized by Kudumbam, a non-governmental organization founded by G. Nammalvar. The camp was organized as a part of the college’s Rural Agricultural Work Experience (RAWE) module in the final year of B.Sc Agriculture course.
How Amazon is planning to transform India’s Agri-Scenario?edit
In a new move, world’s largest MNC Amazon is planning to transform India’s agriculture and healthcare using cloud computing and frontier technology, which will result in increased crop yield, better utilization of agriculture land, and streamlining trading for farmers, said Amazon official. In healthcare, Amazon Internet Services Pvt. Ltd (AISPL), the domestic subsidiary of the Amazon Group, which resells and markets of AWS Cloud services
Demand for Fertilisers to Increase in the Forthcoming Rabi Seasonedit
The demand for fertilisers in the upcoming Rabi season is likely to increase substantially as improved soil moisture content and greater availability of water in reservoirs may push growers to plant more. The Centre has made provisions for higher stock of all fertilisers that includes urea. According to the presentations made at a meeting on rabi campaign by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday, the estimated requirement of urea in the 2019-20 rabi season will be 17.4 million tonnes (mt), almost 7% more than 16.24 mt consumed in the equivalent period last year.
Vice President Stresses Need To Introduce Structural Reforms To Make Agriculture Profitable And Sustainableedit
Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has stressed the need to introduce structural reforms to make agriculture profitable and sustainable. Presenting Rythu Nestham Awards on the occasion of the 15th Anniversary of the publication of Rythu Nestham and two other journals Pasu Nestam and Prakruti Nestam at a function held in Swarna Bharat Trust, in Hyderabad, he urged the Union Government and various State Governments to accord highest priority to agriculture, education and healthcare sectors.
Punjab to prevent stubble burning to curb pollution in Delhi-NCRedit
The Punjab administration is bracing up to prevent large scale stubble burning this harvest season which kicks off on October 1. Some 29 lakh hectare is under paddy cultivation this year and would produce 22 million tonnes of straw which has to be dispensed, say agricultural scientists. While a portion of the stubble is buried, the bulk has traditionally been burnt. This is what the administration is trying to prevent so as to curb pollution that affects New Delhi and the national capital region (NCR).
Technology in Agriculture
Bank of Baroda Unveils Digital Platform for Farmersedit
Bank of Baroda has launched its Agri Digital Platform – “Baroda Kisan” for farmers across the nation. The national Agri Digital Platform – “Baroda Kisan” is a powerful platform to fulfill various needs of farmers. It is a web-based portal which is easily accessible on mobiles. The mobile platform uses the existing feature of M Connect Plus mobile application as a landing page. The app runs on an information technology based platform that will fully cater to all the major needs of farmers. These include notification, weather forecast, crop conditions, soil moisture, information on crop worms, market prices, special crop-related consultation, inputs for purchase (e.g. seeds, fertilizers, pesticides), agricultural equipment on rent, consultancy ...
Sales of Agriculture Robots Market to Surge in the Coming Years Owing to Growing Adoptionedit
Agriculture robots has different tasks to perform which includes image capturing, seeding, water spraying, harvesting, milking and many others to name. The growing demand for food and scarcity of manpower has boosted the agriculture robots market’s growing trend. The increase in precision agriculture and increase in demand for real time analysis which in turn helps in making a better decision and in turn driving the global market for agriculture robots. In fact, global marketing of agricultural robots is experiencing a growth as a result to increased corporate farming and increase in demand for food producing.
How Amazon is planning to transform India’s Agri-Scenario?edit
In a new move, world’s largest MNC Amazon is planning to transform India’s agriculture and healthcare using cloud computing and frontier technology, which will result in increased crop yield, better utilization of agriculture land, and streamlining trading for farmers, said Amazon official. In healthcare, Amazon Internet Services Pvt. Ltd (AISPL), the domestic subsidiary of the Amazon Group, which resells and markets of AWS Cloud services
Govt. Policies
Vice President Stresses Need To Introduce Structural Reforms To Make Agriculture Profitable And Sustainableedit
Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has stressed the need to introduce structural reforms to make agriculture profitable and sustainable. Presenting Rythu Nestham Awards on the occasion of the 15th Anniversary of the publication of Rythu Nestham and two other journals Pasu Nestam and Prakruti Nestam at a function held in Swarna Bharat Trust, in Hyderabad, he urged the Union Government and various State Governments to accord highest priority to agriculture, education and healthcare sectors.
Stubble Burning
Stubble burning can be controlled if farmers are compensatededit
Stubble burning in Punjab can be controlled completely if farmers are compensated for management of paddy straws, the state’s agriculture secretary K S Pannu told The Indian Express Monday. Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh would also seek compensation for farmers for stubble management in a letter he was writing to the Centre Monday, he said. “This can control (stubble burning) 100%. The government of India can give a bonus of Rs 100 per quintal while procuring paddy… to those farmers who do not burn (the straw),” he said.
Punjab to prevent stubble burning to curb pollution in Delhi-NCRedit
The Punjab administration is bracing up to prevent large scale stubble burning this harvest season which kicks off on October 1. Some 29 lakh hectare is under paddy cultivation this year and would produce 22 million tonnes of straw which has to be dispensed, say agricultural scientists. While a portion of the stubble is buried, the bulk has traditionally been burnt. This is what the administration is trying to prevent so as to curb pollution that affects New Delhi and the national capital region (NCR).