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‘Update farmers on weather data to avoid farm losses’edit
Data collected by the meteorology department after conducting a thorough research on weather pattern and predictions should reach farmers so that they could take precautionary measures to avoid losses, said Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday. He raised concerns over lack of communication among kindred departments at the inauguration of the Regional Users Meet 2020, organized by the Indian meteorology department at Vanamati, Dharampeth. The theme of the conference was ‘Weather forecast and associated services’.
Farmers have been in distress since independence, will bail them out: BSYedit
Reiterating his commitment towards protecting the interests of the farming community, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday said that his government in the budget has provided the maximum support to farmers. Talking at the valedictory function of the three-day Krushi Mela in Honnali, he said that amid a financial crisis, his government has reserved Rs 5,000 crore for the lift irrigation programme, and if needed, more money will be released for irrigation projects.
Punjab’s scheme to treat sewage water for irrigation purposes proves to be roaring successedit
Often, government schemes to help people go awry. But in four villages near Phagwara, around 1,050 acres of land involving 260 farmers which had gone to seed has come alive after a project to treat sewage water for irrigation purposes proved a roaring success. A Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) at Phagwara connected with a 12-km underground pipeline network has reduced dependence of farmers on overexploited underground water and is now saving thousands of families from going to ruin.
Rajasthan Ministers Take Stock Of Crop Damageedit
Rajasthan ministers on Sunday took stock of the damage to crops in parts of the state due to recent rainfall and hailstorm. Chief minister Ashok Gehlot had instructed them to assess the damage in 18 of 33 districts in the state.
“The state government is standing by farmers. Compensation will be given to affected farmers. Assessment is being conducted by officials in all affected districts,” Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria said.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal visited affected areas in Jaipur and met farmers. He assured them that the government will give compensation against the losses. Technical Education Minister Subhas Garg visited affected areas in Bharatpur while Minority Affairs Minister Shale Mohammad visited Bikaner.
Farmers receive training in maize pest managementedit
During the year 2018-19, an invasive pest — maize fall armyworm (FAW), or spodoptera frugiperda — destroyed a majority of maize crop in Vellore district and brought down the area of maize cultivation. Maize is cultivated in over 3,000 hectares in the district in all seasons. In order to contain the pest and encourage maize cultivation, front-line demonstrations and implementation of the technology capsule developed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) were being done in the Agaramaru sub-basin by scientists of Agricultural Research Station, Virinjipuram under Tamil Nadu Irrigated Modernisation Agriculture (TNIAM) project.
Telangana government announces waiver of all farm loans up to Rs 1 lakhedit
The Telangana government on Sunday announced waiver of all outstanding crop loans of farmers up to Rs 1 lakh, starting this month, in four installments.
State finance minister T Harish Rao, who presented the annual budget of the state for 2020-21, said an amount of Rs 1,198 crore would be released immediately to waive off outstanding crop loans of below Rs 25,000 belonging to 5.83 lakh farmers at one go.
“The amount would be distributed to each farmer individually in the form of cheques through their respective local legislators,” he said.
Women-run milk co-operatives grow 3-fold in a decade in Gujaratedit
Women milk co-operatives in Gujarat, famous for being cradle of India’s White Revolution, have grown three-fold in the last one decade. The state counted for 1,871 village dairy co-operative societies (DCS) that were purely managed by women in 2009-10. Today, Gujarat is home to 5,125 such DCS that are managed by women dairy farmers, according to Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), that markets brand Amul. Around 20 km from India’s milk city Anand, a decision that Meena Patel, a resident of Ode village took, changed the course of her family. When Meena got married in 1996, the family had only one cow and a buffalo. Meena’s husband – Vasant — a farmer, was keen to purchase ...
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Dept seeks report on crop damageedit
A day after heavy rainfall, gusty winds and hailstorm hit parts of the state flattening wheat crop, the Agriculture Department on Saturday issued an advisory to farmers to drain out rainwater from their fields immediately.
Secretary (Agriculture) Kahan Singh Pannu has directed field officers of the department to get in touch with affected farmers for giving them advice in this difficult time.
Test of patience for farmers reporting loss to Agriculture Departmentedit
Farmers are struggling to get registration of damaged crops done with the insurance firm after two days of rain and hail left a trail of destruction in many villages of Hisar and Bhiwani districts.
Farmers rushed to the mini-secretariat to complain about crop loss with the insurance firm. The Agriculture Department office had only one computer. Farmers complained that they were waiting with all documents since the morning to register their complaints.