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Agriculture Industry
Explained: How Punjab mandis procure more paddy than state produces; the UP-Bihar linkedit
For the past few years, mandis in Punjab have been procuring at Minimum Support Price (MSP) more paddy (non-Basmati) than the state produces. This is because a large amount of paddy from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar is illegally brought to Punjab, to be sold at the higher price it would fetch in the mandis here.
Several cases have been registered in the recent past, including during the current procurement season, against this practice. The government’s action generally ends at confiscating some trucks, carrying a few thousand tonnes of paddy, and registering some cases.
The illegal trade, however, is of far more than a few thousand tonnes of paddy. If the total production and total purchase of paddy ...
Assess damage and give farmers input subsidy, Jagan tells officialsedit
Taking stock of the damage caused by the heavy rains and floods in Krishna and Guntur districts, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday directed officials to finish estimating the extent of crop damage at the earliest. He told them to provide input subsidy to farmers so the money can be used as an investment for Rabi crops.
Jagan, along with Home Minister Mekathoti Sucharita and Civil Supplies Minister Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao, conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit regions of Krishna and Guntur districts. He also assessed the damage in Nandigama, Avanigadda, Penamaluru, Mylavaram and Tadikonda constituencies.The State government has been providing free ration and essential commodities in the flood-hit regions of Krishna, ...
New farm bills in India: Focusing on farms or farmers?edit
India recently got three crucial bills related to farmers and related sectors. These three bills are The Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (promotion and facilitation) Bill 2020 and The Farmers (empowerment and protection) Agreement Bill 2020 and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020. While the first bill allows farmers to sell their produce anywhere in the country, bypassing mandis and without paying any cess and fees, the second bill facilitates contract farming and the third one removes restrictions regarding production, storage, movement, and sale of essential foodstuffs like cereals, pulses, edible oil, and onions.
Over 50% farmers do not favour new farm laws: surveyedit
A survey on the recently passed three agriculture laws in the country showed that more than fifty per cent of farmers did not favour them. However, more than one-third of farmers opposing the laws were not acquainted with the details of these laws.
According to a survey by rural media platform Gaon Connection on ‘The Indian Farmer’s Perception of the New Agri Laws’, it was found that every second respondent farmer opposed the three laws, while 35 per cent farmers supported these acts. However, it was also found that of the 52 per cent opposing the agri laws, over 36 per cent were not familiar with the details of these laws. Similarly, of the 35 per cent ...
Rotting crops, unsold produce, falling incomes — How India’s hopeful rural economy has crashededit
India is rejoicing its second straight year of above-normal monsoon, a first in six decades, but in a quiet corner of the Haripar village in Gujarat’s Rajkot, a 75-year-old farmer is finding it hard to cheer.
Laljibhai Bhura’s groundnut farm is rotting away after suffering severe damages due to excess moisture. Bhura fears his entire crop will fail quality checks, ruling out any government procurement.
ACE is proud to announce the launch of their New Generation Tractor 6565 V2edit
One of India’s leading Construction Equipment and Agriculture Machinery manufacturer, ACE is engaged in manufacturing and exporting quality equipment to over 25 countries around the world. The annual turnover of the company is around 1200 cr.
The company was incorporated in 1995, and possess an excellent capacity in providing high quality equipment like Tractors, Combine Harvesting Machines, Pick and Move Cranes, Backhoe Loaders, Compactors, Motor Graders, Threshers, Implements, Other Heavy Equipment etc. ACE is currently manufacturing 30 to 90 HP Tractors with K (Kirloskar) and NG series engines for use in agriculture and commercial fields. It has an installed capacity of 8000 Tractors.
Dairy Farming
Researcher uncovers evidence of earliest known dairy production in Indiaedit
In the fertile river valley along the border of modern-day India and Pakistan, the Indus Valley Civilization built some of the largest cities in the ancient world. Feeding such a large population would have been a significant challenge. New research from Kalyan Sekhar Chakraborty reveals one of the ways the civilization was able to sustain so many people. The postdoctoral researcher at the University of Toronto Mississauga has shown that dairy was being produced as far back as 2500 BCE. It is the earliest known dairy production in India, and could have helped produce the type of food surplus needed for trade.
Stubble Burning
As Pollution from Stubble Burning Makes Headlines Again, Here Are the Issues at Stakeedit
As farmers in India’s north finish harvesting their rice crop, thick, dark plumes of smoke and soot have risen into the air over the Indo-Gangetic plains. The state of Punjab has banned stubble-burning, but for many farmers – especially those running smaller scale operations – simply setting fire to the paddy straw remains the fastest way to clear the land and begin sowing wheat.
The fundamental issue is that, from 2009, the Punjab government has had farmers delay the start of the rice crop so that seasonal rains could replenish the groundwater first before being diverted to agriculture. On the flip side, however, there are only a couple weeks between the rice and wheat seasons, making combustion ...
Paddy stubble can decompose in 25 days with microbial solution: ICARedit
Initial results from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) about trials on the effectiveness of a microbial consortium to decompose paddy stubble show that the latter can decompose within 25 days amid reports of Delhi-national capital region (NCR) and several other north-western states battling “poor” air quality index (AQI), which has become an annual phenomenon in the past few years around this time of the year.