Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Digital technology is redefining business modelsedit
Digital capabilities will increasingly determine which companies create or lose value. Digital technology is redefining competition and changing even the business models across industries.
Micro-chipped clothes today could tell washing machines how to treat them. Smart traffic systems are reducing the waiting time at traffic lights and better distribute cars through the city. Data from factory robots allow algorithms to predict when the machines will break down and schedule maintenance to ensure that they don’t.
Need for farmer awareness to deal with stubble burning: NGT Chairmanedit
National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairman Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel on Saturday said there is need to create awareness among farmers to effectively tackle the problem of stubble burning as growers still fear that their fields will not be ready for sowing of the next crop without burning paddy straw.
He also said the enforcement of environmental laws was not intended to stop or harm industrial activities which would instead get a major boost if appropriate compliance of such laws was ensured.
Dairy Farming
Dairy farmers urged to look inside their farmgate before considering further expansionedit
Dairy farmers were urged – by Teagasc’s Lawrence Shalloo during last week’s Teagasc National Dairy Conference – to look inside their own farmgate, to see where efficiency gains can be made, before considering any further expansion.
The Dairy Conference was held last week on both Tuesday, December 3, and Thursday, December 5, in Killarney, Co. Kerry, and in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
Stubble Burning
India Sets up Waste-2-Energy Plants to Reduce Air Pollution from Stubble Burningedit
Stubble burning in the neighbouring states surrounding Delhi during crop cultivation during this year was cited as one of the major reasons for air pollution in the Indian capital.
The federal government has now set up two pilot plants to use paddy straw to produce green coal, which would be used to generate power. Federal Secretary for Housing and Urban Affairs Durga Shankar Mishra took to Twitter to announce the setting up of the plants in the northern state of Punjab, a farming-oriented state in India.
IIT Madras is planning to power thermal stations with paddy straw, could reduce stubble burningedit
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is taking up academia-industry collaboration for technology development in thermal power generation using paddy straw as fuel. This will be a major boost to tackle ‘stubble burning’, considering that Punjab and Haryana alone produce 35 million tons of paddy straw per year.
Need for farmer awareness to deal with stubble burning: NGT Chairmanedit
National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairman Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel on Saturday said there is need to create awareness among farmers to effectively tackle the problem of stubble burning as growers still fear that their fields will not be ready for sowing of the next crop without burning paddy straw.
He also said the enforcement of environmental laws was not intended to stop or harm industrial activities which would instead get a major boost if appropriate compliance of such laws was ensured.