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Agriculture Industry
Impact of climate change on livestock productionedit
Climate change is one the main hindrances for progress and development of various sectors and has an adverse effect on sustainable development of agriculture-cum-livestock sector-cum-the people whose livelihoods are involved directly or indirectly with it. This obstacle is more pronounced in the developing countries like India where a large section of the population mostly dependent on agriculture-cum-livestock sector.
Punjab, Haryana farmers protest Centre’s ordinances. This is whyedit
Farmers in Punjab, Haryana and certain parts of Uttar Pradesh are up in arms against what they call is the government’s “anti-farmer” move to corporatise agriculture and leave them at the mercy of market forces.
They are protesting against three ordinances introduced by the government for agriculture reforms, saying they will result in the involvement of big corporate houses in marketing and are an attempt by the government to abolish the minimum support price (MSP).
Union Jal Shakti Minister and Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare highlighted Indian Government’s priorities in G-20 Agriculture and Water Ministers’ Meetedit
A virtual meeting of G-20 Agriculture and Water Ministers held today was attended by G-20 Member countries and special invitees. Minister of Jal Shakti Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Minister of State (MoS) for Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare Shri Parshottam Rupala attended the meeting. In his opening remarks Shri Shekhawat thanked Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the current Presidency of G-20 and complemented Saudi Arabia for its exemplary leadership during this Covid-19 pandemic for successfully facilitating the dialogue among the member countries through virtual meetings. The Minister stated that technology plays a critical role in the prevailing pandemic situation and applauded India’s IT expertise which India shares with the whole world. He also praised Japan for its ...
TMC to protest BJP’s agri policy on Sept 16, Mamata likely to joinedit
The farmers’ organisation of the Trinamool Congress, Paschimbango Trinamool Kisan O Khetmojur Congress, will organise protests against the Centre’s agricultural policy across the state on September 16. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to take part in the protest.
Planning the protest in a unique way amid the Covid-19 pandemic, agitators will queue up at their agricultural fields while maintaining social distancing and raise slogans against the Centre’s “lack of steps for the welfare of farmers”.
SAD appeals to Centre not to enact laws on farm ordinances till redressal of farmers’ fearsedit
The SAD on Saturday appealed to the BJP-led Centre not to present the three farm ordinances for approval in Parliament until “all reservations” expressed by farmers are “duly addressed.” A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the SAD core committee which was presided over by Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal here.
The core committee felt that it was its responsibility to get the reservations of the ‘annadaata’ (farmers) addressed and asserted that it was committed to taking up all issues raised by farmers with the Union government, said a party release here.
The statement came, amid a widespread criticism by many farmers’ organisations of the three farm ordinances promulgated by the ...
This week in auto: Tractors become first to beat previous year’s sales even as cars, bikes struggleedit
While all eyes are on reviving sentiments impacting the automobile industry, there is one segment that has quietly outperformed. The COVID-19 disruption notwithstanding, tractor volumes for the period January to August have sailed past volumes of the same period last year, thus becoming the first segment to achieve this. More on this later in the story, but before that here is a complete look at what made headlines in the auto space this week.
Farmers protest: Haryana sets up panel to address concerns after facing backlash over police actionedit
The Bharatiya Janata Party and alliance partner Jannayak Janata Party in Haryana have begun negotiations with farmers’ bodies to address their demands after hundreds of them protested Narendra Modi government’s farm ordinances over the last few days, NDTV reported on Saturday.
Three ordinances are the focal point of their protests – The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020. The biggest demand of the farmers is introduction of a law to assure them of a minimum support price. They also fear that an amendment in the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, will lead ...