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Agriculture Industry
PM MODI Awarded Haryana Agriculture Department Under Oil-seeds Promotion and Productionedit
For achieving remarkable success specifically under Oilseeds promotion and production, Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi awarded the Haryana Agriculture Department today.
Haryana Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister, Mr. Jai Parkash Dalal received the award at the commendation Award Ceremony in Oilseeds Category for 2017-18, held at Bengaluru today. The award consisted of a citation and an amount of Rs.one crore.
193 farmers approved for paddy procurementedit
The process of paddy procurement in the block area was accelerated in packs. As of January 1, a total of 416 farmers of the block have applied online. These include 283 ryots and 133 non-ryot farmers. According to information received from the Block Cooperative Office, so far 193 applicant farmers have been given departmental approval for paddy procurement. While the application of 126 farmers is pending verification. Application of 97 farmers has been rejected due to error in online application and upload of incomplete papers.
Paddy Procurement: Chief Minister set up committee to give Rs. 2500 price to farmers, effect of rain on purchaseedit
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Agriculture Minister Ravindra Chaubey to ensure payment of paddy purchased at the minimum support price to the farmers of the state at the rate of 2500 per quintal. Tribal Development Minister Dr. Pressasai Singh Tekam, Forest Minister Mohammad Akbar and Food Minister Amarjeet Bhagat have been made members of the committee. This committee will submit recommendations in one month after examining the schemes related to the cash assistance to the farmers by the Government of India and other state governments and after consulting with all the concerned parties.
Sonalika Launches Chhatrapati tractor- Specially Designed for Maharashtra Farmersedit
India’s youngest & one of the fastest growing tractor brand, Sonalika Tractors, addresses the growing demand of its popular tractor & re-launches specially designed Chhatrapati tractor in Kisan Pune Mela for farmers of Maharashtra well known as Emperor of the fields.
States eye fresh harvest, cold to imported onionsedit
In less than a month, the government is staring at problem of plenty as states appear reluctant to lift imported onions with the arrival of a fresh crop beginning to cool prices On Thursday, the onion price in Lasalgaon, the country’s largest wholesale onion market, was Rs 3,500 per quintal as against a record-high of Rs 8,600 last month.
Maharashtra Farmer Suicides: 300 Farmers Killed Selves in November 2019 After Unseasonal Rains Lashed Stateedit
Three hundred cases of farmer suicides were recorded in the month of November 2019, the first time in four years. According to a Times of India report, the numbers had crossed 300 several times in 2015. The rise in suicide cases is mainly due to unseasonal rains, which destroyed almost 70 per cent of Kharif crops
State Bags Agri Awardedit
Odisha bags “Commendation Award” in agriculture for total food grain production in the year 2016-17. Arun Kumar Sahoo, Minister, Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment received the “Commendation Award” in Agriculture from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tumkur at Bengaluru on 02 January.
Dairy Farming
Importing milk to cut prices is actually a very bad idea: Amul’s RS Sodhi INTERVIEWedit
Indian dairy industry has been wary of the entry of foreign players and the country even decided to pull out of the RCEP deal after facing protests from the dairy players. While importing milk may decrease milk prices for the time being, the same will result into a monopoly of foreign players such as New Zealand and Australia, RS Sodhi, managing director, Amul, told Financial Express Online in an interview. He also talked about why the recent milk price hike is not much, India’s self-sufficiency in producing milk and how Indian farmers will suffer if the country allows imports.
Technology in Agriculture
Dynamic modelling to help improve farm outputedit
Can policy makers ‘see’ the outcomes of their decisions even before implementing them? Researchers at the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) are trying to make it happen with the click of a mouse.