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Agriculture Industry
Govt. to ensure good income for farmers: CMedit
The State government is committed to finding good markets for agricultural produce and ensuring good income to farmers, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday.
As part of its Subhiksha Keralam project, the government aims to launch wholesale markets, district-level procurement centres, and block-level and weekly markets, the Chief Minister said, inaugurating the Thiruvathira Njattuvela markets and Karshaka Sabhas and the distribution of one crore fruit tree saplings and coconut saplings via videoconference.
Monsoon edge for rural sector stocksedit
Indian stock markets have had a long affair with monsoons. A good and timely monsoon ensures a good Kharif crop, low food inflation and robust equity market performance. One can argue that agriculture forms a very small portion of India’s GDP but that is missing the point. Here is a look at how various sectors contribute to the Indian economy.
Mahindra Launches New Sarpanch Plus Tractor Range In Maharashtraedit
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Monday said it has introduced its new Sarpanch Plus range of tractors in Maharashtra, with the launch of the 575 Sarpanch Plus model priced at ₹6.60 lakh (ex showroom, Maharashtra).
The 575 Sarpanch Plus is an upgrade of the company’s popular 575 Sarpanch and the new series offers models spanning multiple horsepower-points from 30 HP to 50 HP category, M&M said in a statement. It offers 2 HP more power, higher max torque and back-up torque, to cover more land quickly, the company added.
The new Sarpanch Plus series comes with a 6-year warranty and can be booked online for an initial payment of ₹5,000 and is available with special finance and customer ...
Good monsoon brings ‘achhe din’ for farmers! Kharif sowing jumps 39%edit
The start of this year’s monsoon season has been good and fruitful for farmers. Led by the strong monsoon, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer Welfare said the sowing area of important Kharif crops more than in the corresponding period last year. Also, the ministry pointed out that there was a big jump in area coverage under Oilseeds, Coarse Cereals, Pulses and Cotton.
Data given by the ministry reveals that there were 39.38% rise Kharif crops sowing to 131.34 lakh hectares compared to 94.23 lakh hectors in the same period of the previous year. Meanwhile, the country has received the rainfall of 108.3 mm against the normal of 82.4 mm during the period from June 01 ...
Early sowing, but soyabean seeds fail to germinate in Maharashtra districtsedit
Soyabean farmers in parts of Maharashtra have started reporting early germination failure, which has put them in a fix.
Growers in some parts of the state have blamed inferior quality of seed, while in some cases, insufficient soil moisture is being blamed for the failure of the seed to germinate. Agriculture Commissioner Suhas Diwase confirmed the problem but said it is restricted to some talukas of particular districts.
Rs 5,294 crore of Rythu Bandhu funds deposited in farmers’ bank accountsedit
The State government on Monday deposited a whopping Rs 5,294.53 crore into the bank accounts of 50.84 lakh farmers towards financial assistance under the Rythu Bandhu scheme. In a record of sorts, the entire amount was disbursed on a single day as per the directions of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao who wanted the amount to reach the eligible farmers to enable them commence farm operations in a smooth manner.
Podcast: Are India’s agriculture reforms likely to double farmers’ incomes?edit
In the past few weeks, the government of India has made significant announcements on reforming agriculture, particularly the regulatory framework for managing markets across the country. The reforms have been described as path-breaking, long-term changes that will significantly alter the terms of trade in favour of the farmer.
What are these reforms, what do they mean in practice, and what impact are they likely to have on the everyday lives of India’s farmers and markets?
Dairy Farming
Major emissions rise for biggest dairy companies, report findsedit
The total combined greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 13 of the largest dairy corporations rose by 11% in just two years (2015-2017), with some increasing their emissions by 30%, a new report has revealed.
‘Milking the Planet: How Big Dairy is heating up the planet and hollowing rural communities’ has been released by Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).
It calls attention to the expansion of the corporate dairy industry and its link to increased GHG emissions and farm loss, a problem further compounded by the COVID-19 crisis.