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Agriculture Industry
Urban Agricultureedit
The Times of India – Online
UA As the name implies, farming within the urban area. With a growing population, the land-use pattern is compelling the population to adopt this method for food security. The sustainability of UA is through the network within communities. During the past year, during the COVID period, UA has increased its importance. Besides vegetables, the domain is expanding to bee-keeping and horticulture as well. In mega-cities like Mumbai UA is creeping into peri-urban areas also. Nearly 30% of the urban population is engaged in UA activity who are actively involved in the food for sale business. This is becoming very popular in Sub-Saharan Africa and low-income countries where food security is an issue. UA ...
Yara Fertilisers India Private Limited Working Towards Sustainable Agricultureedit
Outlook – Online
Founded in 1905, Yara is a purpose driven organisation with our mission “Responsibly feed the world and protect the planet”. Feeding the world embodies knowledge, economic empowerment and innovative ideas. Protecting the planet represents commitment to emission reduction and sustainable agricultural practices. At Yara we strongly believe that success can be celebrated only when it is achieved in the right way.
Yara today has a worldwide presence with sales to 160 countries and revenues of USD 12.90 billion in 2019.
We started our journey in India in 1993 operating a representative office managed by a small team of dedicated Yara employees. Our key role was to identify the key initiatives that we could make helping the farmers ...
ADB approves USD 2.5 million technical assistance for advanced biofuel development in Indiaedit
Financial Express – Online
Multilateral lending agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday said it has approved a USD 2.5 million (about Rs 18 crore) technical assistance to support advanced biofuel development in India.
The grant is funded from the Asia Clean Energy Fund, financed by the Government of Japan under the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility, and the Republic of Korea’s e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund.
In a statement, ADB said the technical assistance (TA) will support development of advanced bioethanol, bio-compressed natural gas, and biodiesel plants to demonstrate the best practices for suitable feedstock, efficient conversion technology, and sustainable biofuel value chain.
It will also support incorporating gender main-streaming design in the feedstock value chain to promote the ...
Dairy Farming
Agriculture must emulate the dairy modeledit
The Hindu Business Line – Online
Indian farmers remain gravely concerned and even suspicious about the new farm regulations despite repeated assurances from the government that their interests are fully protected under the proposed regime. The spectre of corporatisation and highly resourceful transnational companies seems to deeply influence their emotional sentiments leading to the fury against the government.
There is no denying the fact that there could be certain infirmities in the implementation process of the new laws that have become a rallying point to oppose the government, largely based on misinformation and suspicion.
Technology in Agriculture
Vodafone Idea, Nokia deploy smart agriculture solutionedit
ET Telecom – Online
Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) CSR arm, Vodafone India Foundation, Monday partnered with Finnish telecoms gear maker Nokia to deploy a smart agriculture solution in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra that aims to increase the productivity of farmers.
Currently a pilot project, it is being implemented across 100 cities in the states and will benefit over 50,000 farmers in the region, as per an official statement.
“To demonstrate the impact of technology in transforming agricultural practices in India, Vi CSR chose the agri-heartlands of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, and on-boarded Nokia as the IoT solutions provider, and Solidaridad for field implementation,” the telco’s CSR arm said.
Agri-Tech (India) Ltd leads gainers in ‘B’ groupedit
Business Standard – Online
Compucom Software Ltd, Tarmat Ltd, Oswal Green Tech Ltd and Adhunik Industries Ltd are among the other gainers in the BSE’s ‘B’ group today, 07 December 2020.
Agri-Tech (India) Ltd spiked 20.00% to Rs 38.7 at 11:59 IST. The stock was the biggest gainer in the BSE’s ‘B’ group. On the BSE, 7177 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 2615 shares in the past one month.
Tarmat Ltd surged 20.00% to Rs 48. The stock was the third biggest gainer in ‘B’ group. On the BSE, 12153 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 4968 shares in the past ...
Use of AI and big data analytics in agritechedit
Express Computer – Online
‘Technology’ as a broad concept has consistently had an enormous task to carry out with regards to relieving pressures and creases in age-old frameworks. Agritech is a more comprehensive and fairly new class inside the ‘innovation’ range and assists the agricultural sector.
The agricultural industry is one that upholds around 43 per cent of India’s work, subsequently, it is one of the main financial areas alongside being our prime source for sustenance. The world has now partaken in the tremendous test of how to increment farming creation to accomplish food security during the 21st century and feed the developing populace.