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Imagining The Post-COVID Future: Sustainable Development Will Be Keyedit
The world is facing the COVID-19 pandemic. Humans are confined to their homes with restricted outdoor mobility. This epidemic is destroying the socio-economic framework of nations and is resulting in human suffering, social upheaval and economic damage. It is said that environmental degradation and ecological imbalance are responsible for this pandemic. It is the result of anthropogenic climate change and deforestation.
In 2019, atmospheric CO2 concentration was 47% above the pre-industrial level. At present, Earth is under severe pressure due to emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs).
India’s farmers can keep economy running in Covid crisis. But who will tell Modi govt that?edit
As many states in north India begin their food grain procurement operations and more and more news begin to filter in from rural India, we can see one of the biggest blunders of the ongoing coronavirus lockdown strategy: it might turn India’s biggest asset during this crisis into our biggest liability for a long time to come.
Discolouration of wheat: Central team visits Patiala grain markets on Day 1edit
A four-member team of the Union department of food and public distribution on Wednesday visited several grain markets in Patiala district as part of their two-day visit to Punjab over problem of discolouration and shrivelling of wheat grain due to inclement weather.
The team led by Dori Lal, assistant regional director of the department’s quality control cell, is on a visit to Punjab after chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh took up the issue of the Food Corporation of India (FCI)’s refusal to purchase shrivelled wheat, which got damaged due to rain and hailstorm.
The state has 35 lakh hectare of area under wheat cultivation. The total wheat arrival is expected to surpass the targeted 135 lakh tones ...
Turning wasteland into green land, the Banka wayedit
A set of black pipes, part of a drip irrigation set-up, on a 17-acre patch in Ghutia village of Katoria block symbolises a transformation in Banka district. Around 42,000 acres of virtually uncultivable land in this semi-hilly area is now a profitable green patch. Farmers here grow mangoes, Arjun trees, lemon and khas grass.
Through drip irrigation and rainwater harvesting structures, digging up ponds and making check dams, the Banka district administration took up an initiative to convert this land, consisting mostly of red laterite soil, into cultivable land. It started the drive in March 2000, spreading awareness about government subsidies for raising ponds, rainwater harvesting structures and drip irrigation. Now, at least 5,000 farmers, who would ...
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CLAAS Shareholders’ Committee elects new managementedit
The CLAAS Shareholders’ Committee has named Helmut Claas as Honorary Chairman. Cathrina Claas-Mühlhäuser was chosen as the new Chairwoman and has taken over the role from her father.
Helmut Claas held the position of Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee for 25 years. During this time, CLAAS intensified its international presence in countries beyond Europe. New production and sales locations were opened in India, the USA, Russia, China, South America and elsewhere. An important strategic milestone was reached in 2003 with the acquisition of the French tractor manufacturer, Renault Agriculture.
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FARMING BY SATELLITE launches ideas competition – sponsored by CLAASedit
Mid-March saw the start of this year’s FARMING BY SATELLITE competition which is once again being supported by CLAAS as a sponsor. An initiative of the European GNSS Agency (GSA) and the European Environment Agency (EEA), FARMING BY SATELLITE is aimed at young farmers as well as trainees and students, principally in the fields of IT, mechanical engineering and agricultural sciences. The competition promotes the continuous development of the use of GNSS and Earth observation systems in European and African agriculture. Its objective is to support sustainable farming practices, improve efficiency and resource usage and so reduce the impact on the environment.
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Telangana seeing highest ever agricultural productivity: Janardhan Reddyedit
Telangana State has seen highest agricultural productivity ever in its history with 10 million tonnes of paddy cultivation, said Dr B Janardhan Reddy, Telangana Agriculture and Co-operation principal secretary.
Paddy was cultivated in more than 90 lakh acres across the state. Maize production reached 15 lakhs MT and cotton 17 lakh MT. About 65,000 MT sweet oranges were cultivated in Nalgonda and Mahabubnagar.