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Agriculture Industry
Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Jhajjar Develops First-Ever Agro Tourism Center in Haryanaedit
Krishi Vigyan Kendra – Jhajjar is going to be the first center in the state, where a live model of livestock-based Integrated Farming System has been established. The center will be regarded as a part of agriculture tourism because of this model.
Not only the farmer community, but the general public will also be able to understand the usefulness of the system. The exhibition unit will have a set up of 14 different units including a cow rearing exhibition. The units in the region could become a milestone as the land hoarding has now reduced.
Adityanath Government Steps In To Help Daily-Wage Workers Affected By Shutdown To Contain Spread Of Covid-19edit
In the wake of the Covid-19 threat, the Yogi Adityanath government has announced that it will give financial assistance to daily-wage workers, who will be hit by shutdown in Uttar Pradesh.
Growth of organic farming not to affect chemical fertilizersedit
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said in Lok Sabha that overall area under organic farming in the country is very less and hence it would not impact the chemical fertiliser industry.
The Minister, however felt that the requirement of bio fertiliser would grow in due course. He said govt has been promoting balanced and judicious use of fertiliser in conjunction with organic fertiliser, bio fertiliser on soil test-based recommendations.
All India Consumption of major fertilizers namely Urea, DAP, MOP, Complexes and SSP, during the year 2018-19 was 562.09 LMT, Tomar underlined.
Maharashtra: After coronavirus, rain and hailstorms destroy rabi cropsedit
Hit by the market slowdown because of the COVID-19 outbreak, farmers in Maharashtra have received another blow with hailstorms and rain affecting grape, pomegranate, banana, orange and mosambi orchards. Tracts of wheat and vegetables were also destroyed in parts of the State due to the heavy downpour in the last two days.
All eight districts in the Marathwada region were hit by hailstorms and heavy rainfall, affecting rabi cultivation. Along with wheat and vegetables, a huge amount of bajara and mango was destroyed in the Aurangabad region. In Jalna, an estimated 400 hectares of cultivation has been affected by the rains. Grape cultivation in the region stands affected. Crops in Latur, Beed, Osmanbad, and Nanded are ...
Coronavirus Rumours and Misinformation Are Wreaking Havoc on India’s Poultry Sectoredit
India’s poultry industry is one of the few examples of success in the country’s rural sector. Not only is it the fastest growing sub-sector of agriculture – posting a growth of 10% in 2017-18 and handily beating Brazil (7%) and China (2.1%) – but it is why New Delhi is the third-largest producer of eggs and contributes about 7% of the world’s production
In the case of broilers, India is the world’s fifth-largest producer, with 5% of global production. In 2015-16, it was valued at about Rs 80,000 crore.
It is a tragedy, therefore, that the sector has in recent times succumbed to misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. This has the potential to destroy lakhs of rural ...
Competition
New Holland Agriculture celebrates 500,000 tractor milestones in Indiaedit
New Holland Agriculture India, the first brand in the country to offer an advanced range of mechanized solutions have rolled out its 500,000th tractor this month. With an expanding base of satisfied customers in India and a growing network of more than 1,000 customer touch points, New Holland has further strengthened its leadership position both in terms of market reach and popularity. The brand has been helping farmers by offering advanced range of agricultural equipment which eliminates the need for crop burning and enhances crop productivity and profitability.
Technology in Agriculture
Teaching New Technologies to the Farmers through Electronic Mediaedit
Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar informed in Rajya Sabha that the DAC&FW is training farmers through the use of electronic media in many ways. Below we have mentioned all the ways in which the department is educating the farmers;
All the crop related advisories are sent regularly to the registered farmers via SMSs on mKisan Portal (www.mkisan.gov.in). Kisan Suvidha mobile app facilitates dissemination of information to cultivators on important parameters viz., Weather, Plant Protection, Soil Health Card, Market Prices, Input Dealers (Seed, Pesticide & Fertilizer) Farm Machinery, Cold Storages and Godowns, Veterinary Centres & Diagnostic Labs.Stubble Burning
Discontinue sowing oldest paddy variety to check stubble burning: Centre to Punjabedit
One of the oldest paddy varieties, PUSA-44, cultivated on at least 1/6 (16%) of the total area under the crop in Punjab will soon not be grown.
The Centre’s department of agriculture research has asked Punjab to stop cultivating the variety, grown for around 40 years, from the upcoming kharif season. The Centre has also directed state procurement agencies and the Food Corporation of India (FCI) not to procure the paddy variety after harvest. The greater quantity of biomass (stubble) that the variety produces is said to have prompted the decision at a meeting that the central department held for in-situ (at its original place, without transport) management of paddy stubble.
PUSA-44 is a 130-day crop, which ...