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Late summer crop caught in rainedit
Paddy cultivated late during summer and ready for harvest now got submerged in water due to the latest spell of rain in Thiruvidaimaruthur and Thirukattupalli areas.
Farmers in Thiruvidaimaruthur and Thirukattupalli areas have taken up summer cultivation on about 100 acres and 50 acres, respectively. The paddy cultivated by them was ready for harvest. However, the sudden downpour witnessed in these areas resulted in the crop submerging in water as the drainage channels were not desilted properly.
Emerging Indian economy after the pandemicedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the ‘India Ideas Summit’ organised by the US-India Business Council (USIBC) emphasised that India is an open economy with no shortage of opportunities and options. He also stated that this is the best time to invest in India. But this optimism contradicts the claims made by leading economists and research organisations.
We have come across such a contradictory state of affairs when the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal announced that India in the month of June 2020 has turned out to be a ‘trade surplus’ economy thereby breaking the record of the last 18 years, wherein our export earnings have exceeded import payments. This declaration ...
Digital Agriculture for Viable Foodedit
Digital Agriculture, according to Burno Basso, Professor in the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University is-where agriculture Science policy and education intersect. Putting that data to use, requires an effective balancing of competing economic and social interests while minimizing trade-offs. Technologies like genetic modification and crop production automation help produce more food than we need to survive. And while the modern food system is a monument to human ingenuity and innovation, it is not without problems. Agriculture’s contributions to greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution and Biodiversity loss show that major agricultural system are on a largely unsustainable trajectory. And as the population increase energy demands and pollution scale accordingly. There are too many barriers, ...
21.77 LMT food grains allotted to Bihar under PMGKAY-IIedit
Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said that 21.77 lakh metric ton (LMT) food grains have been allocated to Bihar for five months from July to November under the Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)-II.
Mr Paswan directed the Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD), Food Corporation of India for successful implementation of the scheme.
Following the successful implementation of the scheme from April to June this year, it has been extended for another five months, the minister said in a release.
SLBC decides to step up farm lendingedit
The State-Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) meeting held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy resolved to increase the quantum of farm loans by 11.90% and overall lending by 9.78% compared to the previous year.
The target for agriculture loans for 2020-21 was fixed at ₹1,28,660 crore, which is more than half of the total loan outlay of ₹2,51,600 crore, according to an official release.
Thaoyuriya will save kharif crops from the rains, after eight years of research, Agriculture University made a contingency planedit
Farmers will be able to save the kharif crop from drying out even when the rains are less. For this they will have to sprinkle Thayuriya manure. Agricultural scientists claim that this will keep moisture in the field for about 10 days and the leaves will not turn yellow with the protein intact in the crop. Scientists of Maharana Agricultural and Primary University (MPUAT) have prepared this contingency crop plan after eight years of research. This research was started in the year 2012. It has recently been completed after several trials.
India can be among top-5 agriculture goods exporters with effective policies: WTC Reportedit
By shifting its focus on cultivation and effectively handholding farmers, the country can be among the top-five exporters of agro commodities, according to a report by the World Trade Centre.
The report comes at a time when the government has announced some reforms in the farm sector by allowing farmers to sell produce outside the regulated APMC markets, and relaxing the Essential Commodities Act, among others, which can help boost exports.
Competition
All fundamentals of rural demand very strong right now: Mahindra & Mahindraedit
Mahindra & Mahindra reported record sales of tractors in June, as incomes in rural India have remained firm. Rajesh Jejurikar, Executive Director, Auto and Farm Sectors, M&M, in an interview with Malini Bhupta, explains demand-supply dynamics in rural India.
The bright part in this entire terrible pandemic is that the rural demand is strong. How rural India is behaving?
One of the big drivers of rural demand is the government spending in rural India which is both state and central. Now, since December we were beginning to see a very good uptake in rural demand and in tractor demand as well and that was, of course, triggered by very good rains. So, we think ...
Dairy Farming
Covid effect: Milk procurement stalled in 23 societiesedit
Gayathri G R, Hassan, JUL 29 2020, 22:03 ISTUPDATED: JUL 29 2020, 22:06 IST With Covid spreading fast in rural areas of Hassan district, the Health department has issued directions not to procure milk from the villages reporting high cases, for the next 10 Days.
As a result, around 23 milk producers cooperative societies of the district, have stopped procuring milk from dairy farmers. This has come as a blow to hundreds of families depending on dairy farming. They are left with litres of milk, as they cannot supply it to the societies.