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Agriculture Industry
Rythu Bandhu loans a blessing for Chilli farmers of Khammamedit
The Rythu Bandhu scheme has come in handy for chilli farmers in Khammam district who could not sell their produce due to the coronavirus lockdown.
It might be noted that the State government had formulated the scheme to provide short-term advances to farmers to prevent distress sale of the agri produce. The advances were being given to the needy farmers, who have Rythu Bandhu card, against the pledge of stock.
Uri farmers aghast over non availability of seeds at government storesedit
The farmers of different village of border town Uri are up in the arms against the department of agriculture who according to them failed to provide them different kinds of seeds at crucial farming season.
The farmers from Garkote, Nambla, Salambad, Jabla and other on Monday said that despite assurance from the Director Agriculture and other officials of the concern department that they will provide all the commodities at door steps in any situation, however, we are facing hardships due to non availability of seeds like maize and other for our lands. They said the our lands are ready and season is on its peak but when it is not available in government stores what can we ...
States raise Covid-19 concern to check stubble burningedit
As stubble burning cases are trickling, the northwestern states are banking on the looming health emergency caused by Covid-19 to dissuade farmers from lighting up agricultural remnants this kharif season. The open field burning of stubble is suspected to rise this month even as the authorities are deeply engrossed in battle against the pandemic in states.
Record sales of fertilisers in lockdown period; govt ensures full availability before kharif sowingedit
Even as nationwide lockdown has brought almost all sectors of the economy to a standstill, fertiliser sales have reached a record level during this period. The sale of fertilisers shot up by 45.1 per cent on-year in April 2020. Even in the first 22 days of April 2020, POP sale of fertilizers to farmers was 10.63 lakh MT which was 32 per cent higher than the last year sale of 8.02 lakh MT during the same period and dealers purchased 15.77 lakh MT fertilizers which was 46 per cent higher than last year sale of 10.79 lakh MT during the same period, said the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Small Farmers, Big Crisis, and SMS is no Solution, Say Farm Leadersedit
It is a cruel irony that in the sixth week of the nationwide lockdown, the government is talking up omnibus agriculture “reforms” as if they can mitigate the growing distress in rural India. Reforms, no doubt, implies stricter compliance with online registration and payment rules, more focus on market-based pricing, and other such changes, which small and marginal farmers have always struggled to comply with.
India to Boost its Economy with Bamboo Resources Post Covid-19edit
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that Bamboo is vital to India’s Post- COVID economy and will provide an opportunity for India to emerge as an economic power with the support of its Bamboo resources.
Haryana CM urges farmers to diversify from rice to pulses, maizeedit
Haryana chief minister, Manohar Lal has appealed to the farmers to adopt crop diversification and sow crops which consume less water like Maize, Arhar, sesame, Guar, Moong, etc, instead of Rice.
Giving detailed information about this, the Chief Minister said that the dark zone, depleting level of groundwater and its excessive exploitation has become a challenge for us and we have started to solve these challenges for the coming generations.
Agriculture Reforms In MP: Why Chouhan’s New APMC Measures Are Even More Significant Than They Lookedit
Madhya Pradesh (MP) Chief Minister (CM) Shivraj Singh Chouhan recently announced sweeping reform to the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) structure in the state.
APMCs were set up to promote market access for small and marginal farmers. Instead, they have evolved as instruments of arbitrage for trades, where they have been pocketing much of consumer surplus — the farmers do not make enough money and retail food prices remain high more often than not.