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Workers in demand at farm landsedit
As samba transplantation works peaks in the delta region, farmers are finding it hard to find agricultural workers. Without workers, many farmers are now using machines and the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technique. So far, 20,000 hectares have been transplanted with samba paddy in the delta blocks. Following the arrival of the northeast monsoon, samba works intensified in the district. According to the Agriculture department, paddy transplant has been done on 20,000 out of the targetted 36,000 hectares in the delta blocks in the past month.
Water Conservation Needed For Future Agriculture & Human Needs Say Farm Scientistsedit
Serious efforts towards mass water conservation would go a long way in ensuring availability of water for future generations for carrying out agricultural and day to activities. These were among the several views expressed by experts during the one-day Kisan Mela and scientists’ farmers’ interaction organized by Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Solan at Village Diggal in the Nalagarh block of Solan district. The event was organized under the Jal Shakti Abhiyaan of the Union Government to create awareness on water conservation and judicious use of water.
Govt mulls withdrawal of land acquisition notificationedit
Keeping in view the ordeals of the riverbank farmers in the capital city area, the state government is seriously contemplating withdrawing the land acquisition notification issued by the TDP government. Sources said that the chief minister’s office had already directed the Guntur district collector to ready the proposals to withdraw the notification. The Guntur district administration will issue a formal withdrawal notification after the proposal getting the chief minister’s nod.
In a first, Hry gets straw-to-gas plantedit
The Times of India The New Indian Express
India’s first plant to convert paddy straw into compressed biogas (CBG) is coming up at Gharaunda village in Karnal. The biogas generated at the Indraprastha Gas Limited’s plant will be used as CNG in vehicles and as piped cooking gas and help fight menace of stubble burning in fields. The ground-breaking ceremony to begin construction of the plant was held on Friday in the presence of Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) managing director E S Ranganathan. The plant is estimated to be completed by May 2020. It will have the capacity to convert stubble generated from 20,000 acres in a year into gas, which will then be sourced by IGL ...
Focus on increasing millet acreage at Kisan Melaedit
Increasing the area under millets cultivation in Vizianagaram was the focus at the Kisan Mela, organised at the Millets Research Station at Gajula Rega on Friday. A large number of farmers from different parts of the district participated in the fair, which began on October 19 and was inaugurated by the vice-chancellor of Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Professor V Damodar Naidu.