Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
INSIGHTS INTO EDITORIAL: REFORM OF GRAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMedit
Insights on India – Online
With GDP growth rate plummeting to 4.5 percent and with the agriculture GDP (GDPA) growth at 2.1 percent in the second quarter of this fiscal year, everyone concerned with the economy is anxious.
Technology in Agriculture
Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture in Indiaedit
The CSR Journal – Online
Artificial intelligence in agriculture in India has immense potential. Farmers are unable to predict weather patterns or crop yields accurately, making it difficult for them to make informed financial and operational decisions. Since 2016, three various farming applications have been developed and applied for use in these communities. Here’s how smart farming in India has helped increase crop yield by as much as 30%!
Escorts, from pioneering farm mechanisation to next-gen techedit
The Hindu Business Line – Online
The company that pioneered farm mechanisation in India is today busy with yet another innovation — giving ‘brains to metal’ by making the tractor smarter.
Govt. Policies
Water policy for rainfed areasedit
India Waterportal – Online
The new national water policy should take up a comprehensive and integrated view of water resources development with a focus on rainfed areas.
At pre-budget meet, sops for rural sector, SC/STs among suggestionsedit
Hindustan Times – Online
A senior party functionary said that the focus of the annual budgetary exercise will be the upliftment of the poor, expansion of the reach of benefits to the poorest and the most deprived and a financial boost to job-generating sectors such as like agriculture and small enterprises.