Downey Magazine

The latest report titled Global Grain Combine Harvester Market Research Report 2019-2025 divided by product type, applications, industry verticals, and research regions build an in-depth explanation of the perspectives, and comprehensive market statistics. The report presents a thorough analysis of the Grain Combine Harvester market covering key trends, deployment models, challenges, market drivers, future roadmap, ecosystem player profiles, strategies, and value chain.

Times Of India

The combined effect of appeals made to farmers against stubble burning by chief minister Yogi Adityanath nd strict action including hefty fines and FIRs against violators, has significantly checked stubble burning in the Gorakhpur division (Gorakhpur, Deoria, Maharajganj and Kushinagar), bringing down the cases by 76% from previous year .

Denton Chronicle

Reports Monitor has added a new report titled, ‘Global Forage Harvester Market’ to its vast database of research reports. The report provides a comprehensive evaluation of the market, including historical data, facts, insights, and industry-validated market data. It also contains projections by making use of a suitable set of approaches and methodologies. The report further provides an in-depth analysis of the market dynamics, including the growth rate, market drivers, restraints, challenges, threats, and the potential growth opportunities of the market.

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The Agricultural Balers Market report is a meticulous exploration of the Agricultural Balers Market market and gives insights such as considerable approaches, scope, historical data, and statistical data of the worldwide market. It also encompasses projected statistics that are evaluated with the support of a suitable set of methodologies and postulations. The report, with all its important details, unearths the matter-of-fact data and across-the-board analysis of the Agricultural Balers Market market. What’s more, the Agricultural Balers Market industry development trends and marketing channels are analyzed. Industry analysis has also been done to examine the impact of various factors and understand the overall attractiveness of the industry.

The Market Publicist

India Agricultural Tractor Market This market research provides an analysis of the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook during the forecast period. Research classifies an emerging trend as a major factor that has the potential to significantly impact the market and contribute to its growth or decline.

CNBC

Here are the most important things to know about Wednesday before you hit the door.

We’ll get a bunch of economic data on Wednesday including durable goods and pending home sales. Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods are expected to rebound slightly after tumbling 1.2%, the largest amount in four months, in September. Durable goods orders for October are expected to slow 1%, according to economists polled by Dow Jones. The slowing growth in durable goods underscores the problems the manufacturing sector is having in the face of a global slowdown and trade war uncertainty.

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The Arunachal Times

The agriculture department of the Himalayan University (HU) organised a workshop on ‘Modern approaches for nutritional food security and sustainability of agriculture in Northeast India’, here on Thursday. Attending the programme, HU vice-chancellor Dr HS Sharma said “the department of agriculture needs to spread information among farmers, so that they can increase their yield and income,” and registrar Dr Vivek Mittal explained the problems in the agriculture cropping system.

Telangana Today

Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Thursday said Telangana had the potential to meet the nation’s horticulture requirements since the soil pattern and the atmosphere in the State provide conducive environment for taking up extensive horticulture cultivation. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s vision and planning in taking up different projects in the irrigation sector has been yielding fruits as there is sufficient water available for the farm sector, the Minister said, adding that more importantly, the initiatives had increased crop productivity significantly in the State.

Krishi Jagran

Unusual delay in Rabi sowing has been observed for crucial crops such as wheat, gram (chana) and cumin (jeera) in Gujarat due to extended rains that have caused muddy soil and waterlogged farms. As per the farmer sources report, Rabi sowing is delayed by more than a month now and the progress on the Rabi sowing is much slower than expected as cultivators are unable to till the land due to wet soil. In a normal year, rabi sowing kicks off in October.

Nagpur Today

Agro Vision, the brain Child of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is all set to begin from 22nd November at Reshimbagh Ground, Nagpur. Agro Vision aims to cater the requirements of farmers of Vidarbha in terms of showcasing new technology in farming, suggestions for allied business so that farmers earn more and prosper in their initiatives. Agro Vision schedule comprises of National Agri-Exhibition, Workshop for farmers and One-Day Seminars.

The Hindu Business Line

India can benefit substantially on multiple fronts such as nutritional security, energy and water utilisation and even cut its greenhouse gas emissions if it promotes the cultivation of coarse cereals, showed a study by researchers from India, Austria and the US. During the Green Revolution of the 1960s and the 1970s, the focus has mainly been on increasing rice and wheat output. As a result, a large number of farmers shifted away from more nutritious coarse cereals to high-yielding crops such as rice, leading to narrowing in the diversity of cultivated crops.

Krishi Jagran

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology research in agriculture and horticulture are still at a elementary stage but developing rapidly. Conventional bulk fertilizer or traditional fertilizers are not only expensive for the producer, but may be harmful to humans and the environment. This has led to the search for environmentally friendly fertilizers or smart fertilizer, mainly those with high nutrient-use efficiency, and nanotechnology is rising as a promising alternative.

Down to Earth

Agriculture is a critical economic sector, especially in developing countries. It employs around 28 per cent of the global workforce in 2019, and around 43 per cent of the workforce in India. It contributes to climate change in multiple ways. Estimating global emissions from these sources, particularly from soil carbon loss, is tough. The natural systems involved are extremely complex, with multiple layers of feedback, and significant variations across regions and ecosystems. Nevertheless, a lot of technical progress has been made on this front.

The Tribune

ahangir Shafi, Chief Agriculture Officer, Command Area Development, Jammu, visited farmers’ field of Jakh, Sarore and other areas of Samba district. Shafi inspected the first pick of button mushroom at the demonstration-cum-training centre, Rakh Dhyansar.

The Economic Times

The Hans India

Business Standard

The Centre is planning to set up a dedicated cell for agriculture startups and small entrepreneurs, an official said on Tuesday. Addressing an event organised by Ficci here, National Rainfed Area Authority (NRRA) CEO Ashok Dalwai said there are numerous areas where startups can help farmers reduce cost and increase income. He also stressed upon the need to create a platform for standardized and structured data that can be accessed free of cost.

The Wire

Thousands of farmers in the Satlana gram panchayat of Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, insured under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), have been denied insurance claims for two crop seasons – kharif 2016 and kharif 2017. The claims have apparently been denied because the Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited (AIC) refunded their premiums to the Jodhpur Central Co-operative Committee Bank a year after they were paid, as the insurance details weren’t provided in a “soft copy”. The bank, however, has not credited the refund in farmers’ accounts.

Business Standard

The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar informed the Lok Sabha that 18,29,469 farmers in the country have been registered under the PM KISAN MAAN DHAN YOJANA, including 61,496 farmers of Gujarat as on 14 November 2019. The Scheme aims to cover around 3 crore beneficiaries. With a view to provide social security net for the Small and Marginal Farmers (SMF) as they have minimal or no savings to provide for old age and to support them in the event of consequent loss of livelihood, the Government has launched a new Central Sector Scheme, namely, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY).

The Times of India

The five-day-long agricultural expo Krishithon-2019, beginning in the city from Thursday, will not only focus on new farming technology, but will also focus on soil conservation. The event, to be held at Thakkar’s Ground near ABB Circle on Trimbakeshwar Road, will have a total of 325 stalls showcasing various agricultural technologies. The agricultural expo will focus on new farming technology being used in the world along with felicitation of young farmers, job fair for agricultural students, felicitation of villages doing well in water conservation and seminars on various issues.

Business Standard   The Times of India

Better statistical information and innovative tools will help minimise the damage of climate change on the farm sector, billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Monday said. As the effects of climate change on smallholder farmers will increase in future, there is an opportunity for engaging with the private sector in the field of agriculture and play an important role in boosting the crop yields, he said.

Nyooz

With the Department of Agriculture sensitising famers to the stubble burning menace, the zero tillage drill technology has started gaining popularity among the farmers in the district. As per the department, around 50,000-acre area has been sown using zero tillage technology, that is likely to reach 1 lakh acre this season. Last year, the wheat area sown using the same technology was only 56,000 acre.

The Times of India

Taking a serious note of rampant distribution and sale of spurious bio-fertilisers, the state government has decided to enact Bio Products Regulatory Act. The new legislation will help curb down unethical practices of unauthorised bio-product manufacturers and dealers as they are found looting gullible farmers. Presiding over the agriculture mission meeting here on Monday, chief minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy said that every possible measure should be taken to protect the interests of farmers. He said makers of fake bio-products should be dealt firmly as there were reports that they were making huge money by deceiving farmers.

The Arunachal Times

A district level awareness programme to sensitize self-help group members, farmer producers’ organizations and other stakeholders on ‘Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure’, a sub-scheme of the Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing, was organised by the NABARD at the KVK here in Namsai district on Monday.

Millennium Post

The New Indian Express

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked officials concerned to take every possible measure to avoid losses to farmers. In a review meeting with the Agriculture Mission officials after launching the Andhra Pradesh State Agriculture Mission website at his camp office in Tadepalli near here on Monday, the Chief Minister said the government would fix and announce prices of produce after taking into consideration the expenditure on the particular crop, and wanted the officials to submit a report on the same.

News18

The Shiv Sena on Monday took a swipe at its one-time ally, the BJP, over the “paltry” financial assistance announced by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to the farmers affected by unseasonal rains. Koshyari had on Saturday granted relief of Rs 8,000 per hectare up to two hectares for agricultural Kharif crops and Rs 18,000 per hectare up to two hectares for horticulture/perennial crops. “Farmers in Maharashtra were expecting the governor would announce a major relief package for them. But the Rs 8,000 per hectare aid for kharif crops and Rs 12,000 for horticulture plantation is very less,” the editorial said.

The New Indian Express

Despite the brown planthopper (BPH) attack on paddy plants over 1,052 hectares (ha) of land in the district, there have been no reports of crop loss, thanks to timely action by Agriculture officials and farmers. Plant Protection Officer, Sambalpur Manoranjan Sethi said the pest attack was below economic threshold limit (ETL) in the district and so far, no crop loss has been detected.

The New Indian Express

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has named MLC and TRS party State general secretary Palla Rajeshwar Reddy as the president of State-level Farmers Coordination Committee (Rashtra Rythu Samanvaya Samithi). The chief minister on Saturday instructed the officials concerned to speed up the appointment process.

The Times of India

The district agriculture and horticulture departments have been given a target of Rs 61.60lakh for implementing micro irrigation projects across 31,338 acres . The scheme will be implemented under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana. “Under the scheme, small and marginal farmers who cultivate on 5acres or less will be given 100% subsidy and those who cultivate on fields up to 12.5acres will be given 75% subsidy,” an official said.

The Times of India

The microbiologists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Delhi, claimed to have found a solution to the stubble burning menace that has been leaving many northern Indian states gasping for fresh air. According to the scientists, they have developed a capsule which would not only decompose the stubble residue without resorting to fire, it also makes the land more fertile.

The Telegraph

The Bengal agriculture department on Sunday organised a one-day workshop and training for farmers with a view to promote maize cultivation across 12 districts in the south. Sources said the cultivation of maize as an alternative crop could increase farmers’ annual income at a time purchasing power in rural areas took a hit. Inaugurating the programme on Sunday, state agriculture minister Asish Banerjee said it was the government’s intention to promote maize cultivation throughout south Bengal as it was a high-yield and high-earning crop.

Telangana Today

Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy said that the State government has succeeded in making the farmers to go for cultivation with confidence by providing investment support, fertilizers and seeds in time. Distributing the cheques of Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak to the beneficiaries at Nagaram in the district, Jagadish Reddy said that Rythu Bandhu and Rythu Bheema, introduced by the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, have changed the lives of the farmers and their families in the state. Neither the farmer had expected such schemes from the state government nor demanded for them. The Chief Minister, who was familiar with the problems of the farmers, had designed Rythu Bandhu, which was being implementing in only Telangana state ...

The New Indian Express

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday exhorted students of SOA University to concentrate more on agriculture as the sector has the potential to solve the twin problems of poverty and unemployment. Addressing the 6th convocation of Siksha O Anusndhan (Deemed to be University), Gadkari said the country is facing the twin problems despite having a strong economy.

Money Control

Government’s think-tank Niti Aayog on November 16 asked the stakeholders associated with the agro-chemicals industry to discourage “false claims” about their products and tackle the spread of wrong perception in the public. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Director General Trilochan Mohopatra said that agro-chemicals will continue to play a major input in agriculture to meet the crop production targets and the country must strive to ensure its safe and judicious use. He requested the scientists to comprehensively work upon the aspects of nano-pesticide approach to ensure safety of humans, livestock and environment.

The Hans India

The State government has decided to set up agriculture nine integrated agriculture laboratories in all constituencies. Each lab will cost Rs 15 lakh. According to officials, places where the labs are to be established have been identified. These labs are for quality check of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and others.

Krishi Jagran

Inaugurating the first ever National Agrochemical Congress in New Delhi, Narendra Singh Tomar Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare exhorted that there is a need to address the issues of small and marginal farmers through generation of right knowledge access platforms and provision of basic agricultural inputs at affordable costs as these farmers predominantly comprises (around 86%) the farm sector today and their contribution towards national economy is quite significant.

Krishi Jagran

A pest that is “here to stay” – that is how the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation described Fall Armyworm. An insect that is native to tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Americas, fall armyworm has been spreading so rapidly and so viciously in India, many farmers are in distress over the substantial damage brought to their corn crops by this devastating pest. Corn is integral to the lives of smallholder farmers more important than many of us realise to our food security. To ignore the threat of fall armyworm on corn production is to disregard the farmers whose livelihoods depend on corn and ultimately, we will all pay the price.

Rural Marketing

TERI School of Advanced Studies organised a two-day international workshop on Strengthening International Agribusiness Trade: Stakeholder Dialogue and Partnerships Towards SDGs in collaboration with Global Centre for Land-Based Innovation- Western Sydney University; National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) and National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) on November 14-15 in New Delhi.

The Free Press Journal  SME Times

India will host a four-day global conference on agriculture statistics beginning November 18 in the national capital and billionaire Bill Gates is scheduled to give a keynote address. The theme of the conference would be ‘Statistics for transformation of agriculture to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Hans India

The Print

Stubble burning has highlighted the distortions in the food economy in India more starkly than perhaps ever before. Policymakers need to address subsidies for procurement, power and water, as well as legal and administrative restrictions on agriculture. On the one hand, farmers are subject to restrictions of various kinds. These enhance price shocks and the impact of the vagaries of weather. On the other, they are provided thousands of crores in subsidies for power, water, fertilisers, procurement prices, and now income support.

Indian Education Directory

Inaugurating the first ever National Agrochemical Congress in New Delhi, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare exhorted that there is a need to address the issues of small and marginal farmers through generation of right knowledge access platforms and provision of basic agricultural inputs at affordable costs as these farmers predominantly comprises (around 86%) the farm sector today and their contribution towards national economy is quite significant.

The Times of India

In a bid to crack down on stubble burning, particularly in light of the observations made by the apex court on the ‘burning’ issue, the Mathura administration in UP has imposed fines or Rs 12.42 lakh on 281 farmers. Mathura district magistrate Sarvagya Ram Mishra said that he is closely monitoring the situation. “I have taken action against seven officials in agriculture department, as they were not motivating the farmers for using machines for stubble management,” he said, adding that a team of district administration along with the police are closely observing the activities of farmers, who are not using machines to decompose the crop residue in the district.

The Times of India

Traders associated with the Uttar Pradesh Yuva Vyapar Mandal (UPYVM) have opposed to eNAM, an online trading platform for agricultural commodities launched by the central government. UPYVM has written a letter to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman opposing the e-market and urged to figure out other means to increase farmers’ income. They added that not all farmers are well-equipped for the online system, which will leave traditional farmers in the lurch. A letter to the finance minister stated that India is identified with the traditional markets and not due to online markets. The request has been urged to the minister  not to create an online agriculture market as it’ll break traditional relationships, which are based ...

Nagaland Post

Along with four other states, Nagaland has been selected for Scaling up Agricultural Technologies for Smallholder Farmers (SCATE) project. The other four States are Assam, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand. Announcing this at the agriculture department’s one day coordination meeting-cum-preparation of AWP and B (2019-2020) for SCATE with stakeholders at the agriculture directorate’s conference hall on Thursday, agriculture director M Ben Yanthan said the five States were selected based on higher levels of poverty, low levels of farm power availability and low levels of appropriate technology development and diffusion.

Pragativadi

Odisha Agriculture Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo today informed that Rs 2552.64 crore was disbursed to 51,05,290 farmers under KALIA scheme out of which 45,965 are ineligible beneficiaries. the Odisha Agriculture minister informed that in the first instalment, 51,05,290 beneficiaries (36,34,710 small & marginal farmers and 14,70,580 landless) were enrolled in the KALIA scheme, the block-wise and district-wise list is available in KALIA web portal (kalia.co.in).

State Times

A day long interactive strategy meet between the representatives of NABARD, Ellaqaui Dehati Bank, Gramin Bank and Department of Agriculture was held at Agriculture Complex Lalmandi, here on Wednesday. Addressing the meeting, Director Agriculture said that the main aim this meeting is to put forward best ideas to enforce positive change in the socio-economic conditions of the farmers and all possible support and help would be provided to the banks as the department has a large data base of field functionaries and employees.

Millennium Post

Business Standard

In a major move, the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has launched India’s first agri index — ‘NCDEX Agridex’, for easy reference to price variations in agricultural commodities. Launched with a composition of 10 leading liquid contracts on the NCDEX platform at present, the index is now available as ‘indicative’. It will be made tradable after being approved from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). NCDEX has already applied for a formal approval from Sebi, which, according to trade sources, is likely to be cleared soon.

Orissa Post

The state government, Wednesday, in their statement to the Odisha Assembly, informed the House that they have encountered a total of 45,965 ineligible farmers enrolled under the KALIA scheme. The statistics as furnished by the government hinted that the highest number of ineligible farmers enrolled under the scheme and found under the process of scrutiny belonged to Kalahandi. The district is said to have found a massive 2,838 farmers ineligible for the scheme.

The Times of India

Consortium of Indian Farmers Association on Monday wrote to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi offering a solution for stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana. CIFA founder P Chengal Reddy said both State and Central government should announce a combined scheme to ensure paddy straw cut to bottom, bundled and sent to drought-hit areas as cattle fodder. The proposed scheme will benefit not only reduce pollution in National Captial Region Delhi but benefits farmers of Punjab, Haryana and women dairy farmers in drought-hit the area.

The Times of India

Policy-makers, former bureaucrats, agriculture scientists, and academics, in unison feel the impact of climate change on agriculture is bigger, real, and here to stay for long. They also feel India needed to devise its policies in relation to the threat looming large and, if not tackled with precision planning, it could pose a bigger dangers in the years to come

Business Standard

The Government of India’s top priority is to put the farmers’ concerns and rural development on a larger landscape, noted Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, while speaking at the inauguration of the 6th World Congress on Rural and Agriculture Finance jointly organised by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and Asia – Pacific Rural Agricultural and Credit Association (APRACA).

The Times of India

An agri-biotech company working on plant nutrition, pest and soil health management, has come up with a technology, ‘speed kompost’, which it claims is a solution to air pollution caused by stubble burning.

The Economic Times

The government will form 10,000 farmer producer organisations to ensure that farmers get the correct price for their produce, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. The finance minister urged states to dismantle Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMC) and switch to National Agriculture Market (eNAM), which is a pan-India electronic trading portal that networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.

Krishi Jagran

The objectives of the workshop are to prioritize action plan for strengthening International agribusiness trade from emerging countries to developed countries, and to initiate stakeholder dialogue and facilitate stakeholder partnerships between actors of food supply chains from developing and developed countries.

Navhind Times

The state government has proposed a first of its kind Organic Agriculture University for Goa.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has in-principle agreed to the proposal during a meeting held with Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant ‘Babu’ Kavlekar, who is also the Agriculture Minister. Kavlekar said that he is keen on leaving Goa’s footprint on the agricultural map of India and added that after taking charge as the Agricultural Minister, he has been working on many initiatives for the state’s agricultural sector and especially focusing on promoting organic farming.

Rural Marketing

Accounting for 98 percent or over 550 million of the world’s agricultural holdings, small landholders with under 50 hectares of land play a critical role in farming. Highly vulnerable to the uncertainties of farming, they would benefit enormously from the transformative potential of digital technologies. Mahindra has partnered with global names in farm machinery and has strategically invested in agriculture and technology start-ups, to develop some of the best farming solutions at affordable prices.

The Times of India

State agriculture minister Prem Kumar has appealed to the farmers who have not registered themselves on the direct benefit (DB) portal of the department to register themselves to get agriculture input subsidy announced by the government on account of the failure of their Kharif crop due to low/scarce or high rainfall and consequent floods.

India Today

While the Punjab government has said that more than 40,000 machines were sold at subsidy to end stubble burning in the state, ground check has shown a slow but gradual progression by farmers to technologically-advanced machines. Introduced in 2018, the Super Seeder helps plough the standing paddy residue and sow seeds for the next wheat crop, in a single operation. The machine is technologically superior to the Happy Seeder and is more expensive with a cost of over Rs two lakh. The Super Seeder requires a tractor of 65 hp to pull the machine.

The Hans India

Agriculture is one of the most surviving tools in the Indian subcontinent. However, it has become a high investing and low yielding affair due to the excess use of synthetic chemicals which are becoming harmful to the ecosystem. So in order to overcome the problem and to protect our ecosystem, organic farming has been a vital tool, which is practiced without using harmful chemicals. In organic farming, the chemicals are replaced by bio-fertilizers, which also helps to maintain soil fertility.

The Times of India

As farmers who have completed samba paddy transplantation are complaining of shortage in urea supply, agriculture officials have warned against excess use as it would invite pests such as stem borer and leaf folder. Agriculture officials have appealed farmers to sparingly use the fertilizer based on requirement and not for the sake of application.

The Times of India

The district agricultural department has recommended farmers to use alternative (fertilisers) to urea. While the district has received 1,013 tonnes urea this month for the rabi season, officials have asked farmers not to depend only on the same and instead opt for other fertilisers. They said overdependence on urea would result in its shortage in the market.

The Economic Times

Times Now News

Despite the Punjab government advising farmers not to burn stubble, fields in the state’s Jalandhar district were seen breathing fire on Sunday. This comes days after a bench of the Supreme Court of India instructed the chief secretary of the state to deter any and all instances of stubble burning. The Punjab government had announced that it will issue the said machines to farmers on subsidised rates. However, data released by the state agricultural department revealed that enough machines were never provided to farmers in the first place. In situ management of crops concerns the use of machines to reduce air pollution and prevent loss of nutrients and soil microorganisms caused by the burning of crop residue.

The New Indian Express

Expressing concern over little time given to express objections with regard to the proposed Agriculture Seeds Act, farmers organisations in the State will be raising the issue at the All-India Farmer Convention to be held in New Delhi on November 29 and 30. Speaking to media persons, after a coordination meeting with members of Andhra Pradesh Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee on Saturday, former agriculture minister and farmer leader Vadde Shobanadreswara Rao said the new Seeds Act drafted by the Centre will only benefit seeds companies.

Swarajya

It’s very easy for the high-orders — government, lawmakers, judiciary, and media — to pronounce quick-fixes for air pollution in Delhi. But what’s more important is the will to study the issue in detail and act with a sense of informed rationality.

The Economic Times

Crop stubble in Punjab and Haryana, blamed for making the already foul air of northern India more toxic on being burnt, will feed four large ethanol and bio-CNG plants being set up in the two states. Praj Industries is the main technology provider for second-generation ethanol to Indian companies including IOC, BPCLNSE 0.01 %, HPCL and MRPL. It is working on the four-integrated commercial-scale smart biorefineries based on in-house 2nd-generation technology to convert biomass to ethanol.

The Indian Express

Central government scheme is investing over 11b INR (€140 million) in three states over a two-year period, with the aim of reducing crop residue burning by providing subsidies to farmers buying the machines. Organizations like CIMMYT are working alongside state governments to train farmers and promote the new technology, in an attempt to both increase grain productivity and reduce economic and labor inputs required by the farmers.

The worldwide market for Small Combine Harvester is expected to grow at a CAGR of roughly xx% over the next five years, will reach xx million US$ in 2024, from xx million US$ in 2019. Market share of global Small Combine Harvester industry is dominate by companies like AGCO, KUHN, Kubota, John Deere, Case IH, CLAAS, Kverneland, Same Deutz-Fahr, New Holland, Cockshutt, Sampo Rosenlew and others which are profiled in this report as well in terms of Sales, Price, Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018).

The Indian Express

THE HARYANA Congress launched a week-long agitation against the “anti-people policies” of state government Thursday. Protests were organised in Panipat and Fatehabad by the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC). HPCC president Kumari Selja led the protests in Panipat. Congress workers protested against the BJP on issues of economic depression, farmer distress, inflation, unemployment, agrarian crisis and trade lockout

Orissa Post

Agriculture and Farmer’s empowerment department organised a ‘pre-seasonal workshop for Rabi crops’ at Krushi Bhawan here Thursday. The two-day long state level workshop will witness several discussions by different groups. On the inaugural day, director DA&FP, M Muthukumar said that in the workshop the key findings about the Rabi crops by the agriculture officials in different districts will be discussed. He also informed the gathering that ‘Mo Sarkar’ will be starting in the agriculture department from December.

The Times of India

To offer a pro-farmer solution to stubble burning, the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, on Wednesday launched the commercial version of a stubble-removal machine (SRM) which can cut and collect crop residue in a trolley in one go. IIT-Ropar scientists had developed a prototype of this machine last year. The machine, after undergoing several improvements, has now been unveiled for private companies to buy the patent.

Down to Earth

Telangana farmers are in trouble after unseasonal rains destroyed much of their standing paddy, maize and cotton crops in September and October. Rainfall has been erratic this year. It was unevenly distributed during the monsoon months. The monsoon itself withdrew on October 14, long after its annual withdrawal date. And there was excess rainfall during September. In a statement, the Telangana Rythu Sangham has sought compensation from the government. “The situation of farmers who have lost paddy and maize which is ready for harvest is dismal. They are in dire straits. The crop losses are in 142 mandals of the state. The estimation of 1.2 lakh acres could be lower than the actual damage. Continuous evaluation should ...

Silicon India

Kerala’s ruling communists are now eagerly embracing the path of technological upgradation in the agrarian sector with the state’s young Agriculture Minister V.S. Sunil Kumar providing a prime example.  52-year-old Kumar said he has set up a full fledged “Mission Mechanisation Programme” in his department where a registry is currently being prepared of all the machinery owned by the department. “As part of it we have currently repaired machines like, tractors, tillers, weed cutters and similar agricultural implements. We have put back machines worth Rs 3.40 crore and this would be available for farmers. For this the agriculture department will work closely with them. An app is also getting ready where farmers can have a look at ...

The Times of India   Weekend Leader  The New Indian Express

Looking for an effective solution to tame the alarming levels of air pollution in Delhi-NCR, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday suggested to develop a technology that can convert stubble into compressed natural gas (CNG). “I had several meetings today with experts. It is technologically and commercially possible to convert stubble into CNG. This will provide jobs, additional income to farmers and solve our annual problem of pollution. However, it requires all governments to come together and work on this, the CM said.

India Education Diary

Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) inaugurated the five day-long “International Conference on Soil and Water Resources Management for Climate Smart Agriculture and Global Food and Livelihood Security” at the National Agricultural Science Centre Complex in New Delhi. Highlighting the recent trends in the climate change in the country and the world as a whole, Dr. Mohapatra expressed his concerns about the degradation of soil and water resources that is a threat to productive and sustainable agriculture.

Orissa Post

The application of plastic in agriculture offers huge opportunity for modernising Indian agriculture. This was revealed at a workshop of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-AICRP on Plasticulture Engineering and Technology (PET) organised at ICAR-CIFA, Kausalyaganga here Tuesday. Plasticulture is one of the innovative applications of plastic – the combination of two words, plastics and agriculture. As per 2015 data, per capita consumption of plastic in India is 9.7 kg/person which is far below the world average of 45 kg/person. So, the application of plastics in agriculture offers huge opportunity of modernising Indian agriculture. It is defined as the use of plastics in plant and animal agriculture.

The Asian Age

YSR Congress Party on Tuesday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for storming out of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) or FreeTrade Agreement, saying that it is a breather for the agriculture and industrial sectors of the country.  The union government’s decision in this regard is a breather for the agricultural and industrial sectors of the country. Had India entered into RCEP, the market would have flooded with imported products. The agreement would have adversely affected the interests of the local farmers and medium level industrialists.

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Despite heavy rains and floods this year, many parts of Maharashtra received deficient rainfall. 70 per cent area of the state falls under semi-arid region. Maharashtra has declared drought three times in the last five years. In the backdrop of water crisis and drought, Israel can be role model for Maharashtra in water management. Farmers of the state have been irrigating their fields by flooding them, while Israel has invented drip irrigation technology which saves up to 75 per cent water. Drip irrigation also increases crop production by 15 per cent.

The Times of India

Promoting crop diversification and shifting to a short duration paddy crop in Punjab can help reduce the stubble burning problem and its impact on air pollution in the national capital, National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) CEO Ashok Dalwai said on Tuesday. Paddy can be grown in other parts of the country but not wheat which requires winter, he said, adding the state government should educate farmers to shift to non-paddy crops by providing some incentive.

Orissa Diary

Union Ministry for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare adopts several steps to tackle Stubble burning Ministry for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has adopted several measures to tackle Stubble burning incidents. The Central Sector Scheme, ‘Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the State of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh & NCT of Delhi’ was launched with a total outgo of Rs.1151.80 Crores for the period from 2018-19 to 2019-20 by the Government of India to tackle air pollution and to subsidize machinery required for in-situ management of crop residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi. Within one year of its implementation utilizing an amount of Rs. 500 crore, the ...

The Siasat Daily

Kerala’s ruling communists are now eagerly embracing the path of technological upgradation in the agrarian sector with the state’s young Agriculture Minister V.S. Sunil Kumar providing a prime example. Speaking to IANS here, the 52-year-old Kumar said he has set up a full fledged “Mission Mechanisation Programme” in his department where a registry is currently being prepared of all the machinery owned by the department.  The biggest addition that has already undergone field trials is an agro-drone which can be used for spraying fertilizers, micronutrients and pesticides. Next month this will be officially launched in Thrissur. We are working out a protocol for this drone for when it will be used for spraying chemicals as here ...

The Economic Times

In an effort to productively use India’s wastelands, the ministry of rural development has come out with the fifth edition of Wasteland Atlas -2019, eight years after the last edition was published in 2011. This is significant as it takes into account 12.08 MHa of unmapped area of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) for the first time. “The effort has resulted in estimating the spatial extent of wastelands for entire country to the tune of 55.76 Mha (16.96 per cent of geographical area of the country i.e. 328.72 Mha) for the year 2015-16 as compared to 56.60 Mha (17.21 per cent) in the year 2008-09,” rural development ministry said on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Tamil Nadu minister for revenue and disaster management R B Udhayakumar on Tuesday launched an app called PANNAI (Pest-disease advance notification and need-based agriculture information) developed by the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation for farmers in the Vedaranyam block. Minister for agriculture R Doraikkannu launched a newly developed geo-agri portal. The new portal is a geographical information system (GIS)-based forewarning model for pest and disease management for paddy and vegetable crops in Vedaranyam block. Both the launches were held at MSSRF here.

Krishi Jagran

Efficient use of technology has the potential to spell a turnaround to make farming profitable, help overcome the crisis in the agriculture sector and also help meet the changing needs (demands) of consumers, said Director of Research in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) K.S. Subramanian. Delivering the lecture, Dr Subramanian said about the challenges and opportunities in the smart agriculture and he also emphasized on how the artificial intelligence, drone, sensor technologies, robotics may play a crucial role in extending of modern technologies to the farmers in the country. He also spoke on how nanotechnology will contribute to agricultural research for providing better services and developing low cost farm applications and technologies.

All India Radio   

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said, the role of agriculture scientists is vital in farmers’ welfare and country’s progress. He said, the revamped ASRB will play a greater role in ensuring availability of capable and qualified Agriculture Scientists through a transparent and streamlined process.

Business Standard

The farmer, who cultivates four acres of land he has taken on contract, said he cannot afford any delay in getting his fields clear of stubble from the previous crop before sowing the next one. If we do not burn the residue, wheat sowing will be delayed and that will ultimately affect the yield, he said. He said buying specialised equipment like Happy Seeder and other machines described as paddy straw chopper, super straw management system or rotavators is not economically viable for a small farmer like him. Happy Seeder costs about Rs 1.50 lakh and requires a 65 horsepower tractor. Together, they will cost him an unaffordable Rs 8 lakh, he said. Such equipment should be ...

The New Indian Express

To combat the infestation of the invasive pest, fall armyworm, the Tamil Nadu government will soon use drones to spray pesticide on the maize farms. For this purpose, experts from Anna University have developed special drones which will be first tried out in Perambalur district near Tiruchy. “The drones are in almost ready and we will test them in the farms in next 10 to 15 days in Perambalur district,” said K Senthil Kumar, director of Centre for Aerospace Research (CASR).

Kashmir Life

Director Agriculture Kashmir Syed Altaf Aijaz Andrabi today convened a meeting to review physical and financial progress under capex budget upto ending October 2019. The meeting reviewed the physical achievements under centrally sponsored schemes, progress regarding the formation of farmers produce organizations (FPO), progress on implementation of Kissan Credit cards, status regarding PM-Kissan, and MAAN-DAN (PM-KMY) Schemes. He said that the efforts are being made to save the crop losses from natural calamities and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, a weather-based crop insurance scheme is being implemented soon. He added that notification for the implementation of the scheme has already been issued by the department.

India Education Diary

Laying the foundation stone for the new office building of Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) at the Pusa Campus in New Delhi today, Union Minister for Agriculture Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said that the revamped ASRB shall play a greater role in ensuring availability of capable and qualified Agriculture Scientists through a transparent and streamlined process. The Minister added that Agriculture is important to the country and Government’s aim is for the betterment of agricultural economy by ensuring increase in agricultural production, farmers’ income and agricultural exports.

The Times of India

The post-monsoon rain from October 16 to October 30 has damaged crops over 1.36 lakh hectare of land in Pune, Solapur, Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur. The five districts comprise the Pune revenue division. Revenue officials feared that the damage figure would further increase, as the region would receive more rain from November 5 till November 8.

Krishi Jagran

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis  approved Rs. 10,000 crore as compensation to the farmers who have suffered crop damages due to unseasonal rainfall in the state. Chairing a meeting of the Cabinet sub-committee, Maharashtra CM asked the local administration to prepare a “damage” report. Fadnavis directed that farmers from those places where the system is not accessible be permitted to upload photographs from mobile phones as proof of damage. He said crop-wise reimbursement will be decided as early as “damage” report is received and the amount of reimbursement would be transferred to the farmers’ account directly.

The Times of India

Thousands of farmers were left running from pillar to post looking for chemical fertilizers, mostly urea, as they go into a short supply in cooperative societies even as the second stage of samba cultivation began in many parts of delta districts. The farmers alleged that private agencies were turning the crisis situation to their advantage, by selling fertilizers at a price over and above the government fixed rate. They complained chemical fertilizers such as urea, diammonium phosphate (DAP), potash and complex fertilizer are in short supply across the delta districts.

The Financial Express

If the visuals of rotting grains over the years had not made this clear, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has recommended that the government review (read scrap) its open-ended grain procurement policy. As of October 1, against a buffer requirement of 30.8 million tonnes (mt) of wheat and rice, the total central pool stock, including stock in transit, stood at 64.2 mt—109% more than the requirement. With paddy procurement yet to happen, this quantity will shoot up. The government has taken steps to liquidate 15 mt of stocks, but hasn’t met much success here. CACP, in its latest report for rabi season, has batted for direct procurement by private players, as envisaged under ...

Deccan Chronicle

With the President of India, Sri Ramnath Kovind recently giving assent to Tamil Nadu’s new law on contract farming, there has been a mixed reaction from farmers of Cauvery delta districts to the contract farming move of the State government. While S.Ranganathan, secretary, Cauvery delta farmers welfare association welcomed contract farming, V.Jeevakumar of All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and a farmer from Budalur said that it will deprive farmers of many facilities they enjoy now from Government and put them in the hands of corporate companies.

Arunchal Times

Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar on Sunday visited the sites of ongoing infrastructure projects, besides ecotourism projects and agriculture and horticulture farms, here in Lower Dibang Valley district. He visited the Diphu Nallah area to inspect possible tourism sites, and inspected the Orange Festival site in Dambuk to assess the scope and pace of work. He suggested improvements and additions to be made in order to “enhance the experience of the tourists while using the facilities being undertaken at the site.” The chief secretary showed keen interest in enhancing the tourism and horticulture potential of Dambuk after visiting the Kone Gipong eco-tourist lodge

The Hans India

The Economic Times   Live Mint

The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), world’s largest fertiliser cooperative, on Sunday announced the introduction of its nanotechnology-based product range by introducing Nano Nitrogen, Nano Zinc, Nano Copper for on-field trials at an event held at its Kalol unit in Gujarat. These products have been researched and developed indigenously at the IFFCO Nano Biotechnology Research Centre (NBRC), an advanced research and development centre based at Kalol Unit. These nanostructured formulations effectively deliver nutrients to the plants. Other benefits of these Nano-products include reduction in the requirement of conventional chemical fertilizer by 50%; upto 15-30% increase in crop production; improvement in soil health; reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases.

The Hans India

District officials are now focusing on resolving the issues of dotted lands where farmers have been facing the cumbersome process for registrations. In the survey conducted about 100 years ago, the officials had failed to mention the names of owner of the lands, they had put some dots in the records. This has become a major hurdle for registration of such lands.

The New Indian Express

As the Orissa State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development (OSCARD) bank is lying defunct with a liability to the tune of Rs 252 crore, the Cooperation department has sought the approval of the state government for its liquidation. The decision to initiate the process of liquidation of the apex cooperative credit structure and 45 Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) banks operating at primary level was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Cooperation Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain on August 31, 2019.

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Things would have been better if the Delhi government had invested the money in addressing the problem of pollution rather than on advertisements, said former Union Minister and BJP leader Vijay Goel here on Saturday. Addressing a press conference, Goel said: “If the Delhi government had allocated these crores of rupees, which they spent on advertising, to solve the problem of stubble burning and pollution, things would have been better today.” “They spent crores on advertisements, saying that pollution in Delhi was reduced by 25 per cent. If that was the case, then what about the current condition of the city,” he asked.

The Times of India

There are enough reasons for farmers to cheer. Bountiful rains triggered by the southwest and northeast monsoons have helped the state carry out agricultural operations in more than 61 lakh acres so far this year. The fields have been covered with crops like paddy, millets, pulses, cotton, sugarcane and oilseeds. The agricultural and horticultural departments are racing towards a target of 1.2 crore acres this year. Last year, only 59 lakh acres were covered till October end.

The Indian Express

IN RESPONSE to the crop damage due to unseasonal rain, the state government has decided to relax the condition of individual farmers filing claims for accessing compensation for their insured crop. State Agriculture Minister Sadabhau Khot said the his department will file cumulative claim for post-harvest losses.

The Times of India

The inspiring story of how a collective effort by agriculture officials, local residents and farmers revived a paddy field at Amballoor near Technocity is now turning sour as the entire field has been waterlogged following the showers. According to Kazhakkoottam agriculture officer Reeja S Dharan, the crops that are turning ripe are submerged in water and this could affect the quantity of harvest. “If the crops were not ripe, the water-logging wouldn’t be a concern. The ripe crops being immersed in water would cause serious damage and decay to the rice grains; so we are not sure how much can be recovered. There were plenty of canals around the farms but as farms died ...

The Times of India

The state’s rabi season sowing would be delayed by 15 days to a month because of October rain, which wreaked havoc on kharif crops in Maharashtra. The state agriculture department officials claimed that around 40-50% farmers had not started rabi sowing yet because fields were largely waterlogged. Farmers would have to wait for the soil to reach the ideal condition for sowing.

The Times of India

As chief minster Devendra Fadnavis convened a special meeting to assess the agricultural losses due to unseasonal rains, it has been reported that crops in 13 lakh hectares of farmland in Vidarbha have been hit. Sources say the area may increase after a detailed village-wise survey is conducted. In the state on the whole, more than 50 lakh hectares of area under cultivation has been affected, says the initial report put up in the video conference convened by Fadnavis on Friday. The highest damage is in the Aurangabad division which covers the Marathwada region where 22 lakh hectares, spread in 72 talukas, have been impacted, says the report.

The Times of India

A Naraingarh sugar mill is planning to buy 1 lakh tonne of paddy stubble to run its power generation plant.  meeting between mill representatives and Ambala deputy director of agriculture (DDA) took place on Wednesday. The mill want the paddy stubble for power generation at the plant on its premises at Banondi village in Shahzadpur block. However, the administration is not offering any financial assistance to the mill to purchase the stubble. “In Ambala, around 85% of paddy has been harvested. The mill asked for paddy residue late, so not enough stubble will be available,” said DDA Girish Nagpal.

The Times of India

Germany has told India it can play key role in doubling farmers’ income as the European nation has the expertise in farm mechanisation and post-harvest management, the government said on Friday. German Food and Agriculture Minister Julia Klockner met her Indian counterpart Narendra Singh Tomar and discussed various issues on the agriculture sector. The two ministers also signed a ‘joint declaration of intent’ on cooperation in agriculture market development, the agriculture ministry said in a statement.

The Times of India

Unseasonal rain in October has ruined kharif crops on over 54 lakh hectare of the 140 lakh hectare under cultivation in Maharashtra, with officials estimating the losses to rise, affecting this year’s production.  Agriculture minister Anil Bonde told TOI on Friday that nearly one-third of the total area under cultivation or crops on over 54 lakh hectare have been affected by the unseasonal rainfall.

The News Indian Express

Confusion and distress seem to reign supreme among farmers in the State. Unable to contact the companies providing them insurance under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, many farmers who have suffered crop damage due to the recent rains and thunderstorms are turned helpless. According to data obtained from the agriculture department, crops in at least 37,000 hectares have been damaged due to heavy rains across the State, impacting over 39,000 farmers.

Saur Energy

That there simply isn’t enough land that meets the requirements of sunlight, proximity to the transmission grid, and a ready market to make the industry a provider of first resort when it comes to the power grid. That is one reason floating solar, despite its higher costs, has been catching on increasingly and is set to grow well above industry growth rates for the next few years now. In India too, thanks to our massive agrarian economy, there have already been rumblings about allotment of land and the impact of solar parks on the local ecosystems in some cases.

Down To Earth

“The people in my village thought I had gone mad when I decided to give up maize and grow wild marigolds in 2017,” says Pawan Kumar, a farmer in Himachal Pradesh. “The rebukes grew stronger when the flowers failed to bloom the first season,” recalls the 45-year-old resident of the backward Talla village in Chamba district that does not even have a motorable road. Today, Pawan has become a role model for most farmers in the district. He earns a phenomenal Rs 1.2 lakh a hectare — which is roughly five times what he would earn from maize cultivation.

Geospatial World

Celexus, Inc. announced today its  new research and development division. In conjunction with small businesses and entrepreneurs, the Arizona-based agriculture organization is developing proprietary software using blockchain algorithms specific to the complexities of hemp biomass transactions. Additional technology in development includes drone mapping, soil nutrition, and data analytics, among others. To support its mission of growing a sustainable tomorrow, Celexus is investing in the technologies that will move agriculture, especially industrial hemp, into a growth market with far-reaching economic and environmental impact.

United News of India

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, met German Minister of Food & Agriculture Julia Klockner here on Friday. The Ministers signed a Joint Declaration of Intent between India and Germany on cooperation in agriculture market development. During the meeting, Mr Tomar said, ‘India’s priority has shifted from production centric to farmer centric, and the goal of doubling farmers’ income by 2022 by improving productivity, lowering input cost, creating competitive markets and strengthening the value chain for agriculture and allied sectors.’

The Times of India

A number of cultivators in Punjab and Haryana have said only an economically viable solution can convince them to give up setting paddy residue on fire. And farmers who are ready to make the switch complain of a shortage of machines. “The government needs to provide heavy duty machines, which can be collectively used by a group of farmers at village-level to make bundles of paddy straw so that it can be sold to the power generating units or to other units requiring the same. Most farmers cannot afford the heavy-duty machines on their own. The cost of diesel is another factor. In general, farmers find it easy and cheaper to burn the stubble than ...

The Indian Express 

Ahead of the paddy harvesting season this year, the Punjab government announced to provide more than 28,000 agro-machines to farmers at subsidised rates. The government said it has allocated Rs 278 crore in the current fiscal under first phase of in-situ management of paddy residue. The move initially drew good response from the farmers. The government in early August had claimed to have received around 12,000 applications from farmers, farmers’ groups and primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACS) for the subsidised machinery.

The Wire

Only 4.12 crore farmer families in the country are eligible to receive all the four instalments that will be due by the end of March 2020 under PM Kisan, according to information provided by the CEO of the scheme, Vivek Aggarwal. This is because the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has decided to not make payments with retrospective effect. So only those farmers – numbering 4.12 crore – who had been registered in the first time period will be eligible to receive all four instalments.

The New Indian Express

The Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce and Livestock Contract Farming and Services (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2019, that has come into effect is seen as a major step towards making agriculture an entrepreneurial enterprise. The legislation, the first by a state, facilitates a foolproof mechanism to ensure farmers and those who own livestock get a fair deal.

The Hans India

The government has introduced e-crop system to help the cotton farmers secure minimum support price. Under the system, the details of farmers will be posted online as per the guidelines released by the government. As many as 43 centres will be set up in the State and in Srikakulam district one centre at Rajam will be established.As per Agriculture Department estimation, total cotton crop area in Srikakulam during current season is 5,708 hectares.

The New Indian Express

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday said the State government would set up soil fertility testing centres in all villages.   The AP Seed Corporation will purchase produce directly from farmers to produce quality seeds, he said. The decisions were taken at the review meeting held by the Chief Minister with Agriculture department officials.

The New Indian Express

Prakasam farmers are staring at losses as severe damage to crops is being reported from different parts of the district. As per estimates made by the district agriculture department, around 3,400 acres of the crop has been damaged in 10 mandals. According to the officials, damages to cotton and mirchi crops in 1,000 acres each, millets (Korralu) in 600 acres, paddy in 500 acres, and groundnut in 300 acres have been reported so far.

Krishi Jagran

Organic Mahotsav 2019 is the 7th in series of the popular biennial conventions held by the Organic Farming Association of India. The event is being held in Udaipur (Rajasthan) at Shilpgram from 29th November to 1st December, 2019. The convention provides a platform for organic farmers from all over India to share, learn and grow. Renowned scientists, policy makers, seed savers, innovators come together to bring the developments in organic farming to a common platform – the ultimate goal being growth of our farmers while also replenishing our natural resources.

The Indian Express

Directions to sow paddy a week earlier than last year could help Delhi beat another pollution peak owing to crop residue burning in Punjab. According to K S Pannu, agriculture secretary, Punjab government, the peak number of fires has already been reached earlier this week and a large percentage of grain has also arrived at purchase centres. Data collected by NASA’s MODIS tool between 2012 and 2019 shows that the number of fires usually sees a spike in the first week of November. So far this year, the number of fires in the fields of Punjab has already exceeded those recorded last year. The worst year in the recent past was 2016. “We had advanced the ...

Yahoo India

An increase in stubble burning in Haryana and Punjab and calm surface winds have kept Delhi under a blanket of a smoky haze but an imminent western disturbance is likely to ameliorate the situation, the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor, SAFAR, said on Thursday. According to data from Punjab and Central Pollution Control Boards, the state has recorded a whopping increase of 7,842 fires — from 12,027 on October 27 to 19,869 on October 30. While Haryana has recorded an increase of 476 cases — from 3,735 on October 27 to 4,211 on October 30.

The Times of India

Intensifying its campaign to prevent the stubble burning, the teams of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and agriculture department imposed penalties on 20 farmers found burning the paddy stubble in the district on Thursday. Farmer Satnam Singh of Butter village was issued a challan of Rs 15000 for burning stubble in more than 5 acres, Subha Singh of Daudhar Garbi, Varinder Singh of Butter, Teja Singh of Ramuwala Nava, Tarsem Singh of Dhurkot Kalan, Parveen Kaur of Jalalabad Purbi, Chanan Singh of Indergarh village were asked to pay Rs 5,000 each as they have land over two acres.

The New Indian Express

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged the governments in neighbouring Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh to provide necessary machinery and equipment alternative modes of disposing crop residue. Addressing a press conference at the Secretariat on Wednesday, the chief minister listed the measures undertaken by his government to check rising air pollution. He said, “On behalf of the people, I urge the Centre and governments of NCR states to help us in our fight against pollution.”

Krishii Jagran

Krishi Jagran (India’s largest Rural Network) and Agriculture World (the Pulse of Global Agriculture) Join hands with OFAI (the largest Network of Organic Farmers in India) to bring the developments in Organic Mahotsav 2019 to a common platform before the Global Network. The ultimate goal of this partnership being knowing the growth of our farmers, getting to know better Our farmer and Our Food.

The Tribune

Officials of the Agriculture Department have said happy seeder machines for direct sowing of wheat without having to till the land and burn stubble could be a convenient and economical option for farmers. The department stated that well aware farmers had been using the machine for years now and had no regrets. “Not only farmers save money on diesel which is used to plough the fields again and again to make it ready for wheat sowing, but also the yield is even better,” said Agriculture Engineer Ranbir Singh Randhawa.