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Tripura Govt Launches Agro Entrepreneur Facilitation Deskedit
The Tripura government has launched an ‘Agro-Entrepreneur Facilitation Desk’ to help the entrepreneurs of the state to get subsidies and incentives from Central government funding agencies. A proposal for setting up the facilitation desk was approved by the council of ministers in its recently held meeting, senior minister and Cabinet spokesperson, Ratan Lal Nath told reporters on Friday.
Madhya Pradesh amends Mandi Act to provide maximum value of produce to farmersedit
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said that the state government has made amendments in the Mandi Act with a view to provide farmers with the maximum value of their crops.
He said that with its implementation, farmers will be able to sell their grain, fruits and vegetables to private traders from home. Farmers will continue to have the option to go to the mandi to sell their produce at minimum support price, he said.
Privatisation enters agri market: For the first time, farmers will have option other than govtedit
Farmers in Madhya Pradesh can now sell their produce at more competitive prices, that too, without going to mandis. MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that exporters, traders, food processors, etc, can open a private mandi and can buy the agriculture produce by visiting the farmer’s land or house. The amendment in the mandi rules is aimed at giving freedom to the farmers to sell their produce at a better price, and on their own choice. The minister called the move revolutionary and highly progressive for farmers’ benefit. The private mandis will be operating apart from the normal mandis.
India’s international sporting stars flex their muscles on family farmsedit
Poonam Rani Malik, 28, has played over 200 international matches for the Indian hockey team; she was the forward of choice at the Rio Olympics. Like most of her teammates—in fact, like most elite athletes in India—Malik comes from a farming family. Yet, Malik, who was born and raised in a village called Umra in Hisar, Haryana, had never been a part her family’s most anticipated task—the harvesting—till now. This time, because of the lockdown, Malik finds herself at home in Umra for the harvest season. Add to that an acute shortage of farm labour, and Malik is spending hours every day with a sickle in her hand, going through golden wheat fields with her brother and ...
Profitability zooms as Maharashtra farmer groups market produce via new models during lockdownedit
The current lockdown across the country due to the outbreak of Covid-19 has forced farmer producer companies (FPC) and farmer groups in Maharashtra to look at direct marketing models to reach out to consumers using technology. The model has turned out to be a success with groups earning in crores since the middleman is eliminated and better profit margin reaches farmers.
Govt begins procurement of chana amid shortage of jute bags, labouredit
Procurement of chana (gram) by the Central government has started in Gujarat. The Gujarat State Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited (Gujcomasol) opened 25 centres across the state on Friday, even as the procurement agency said that it was facing shortage of empty jute bags and labour.
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Farming By Satellite Launches Ideas Competition- CLAASedit
Satellite imaging and technology can provide a considerable boost to the agriculture sector. However, very few bear an explicit knowledge of applying this technology efficiently. Further, the use of satellite technologies in the agriculture sector leads to sustainable agricultural practices.
Thereby, farming by satellite has come up with an ideas competition to escalate this process and bring the available technology into agriculture. Also, with the availability of Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus along with the support from CLAAS, farming by satellite was introduced to benefit the agriculture sector of India.