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Agriculture Industry
Making small Indian farmers prosperousedit
The Hans India – Online
Born to a big farmer from a small village in Telangana, I could experience the advantages of a big farmer and challenges small farmers faced in my village Muthyampet. Whether it is agriculture or any other production-linked occupation, the big player has a natural advantage over the small. However, this parity need not remain the same. This disadvantage can be reversed by applying fundamental business sense.
Amul is a classic example of how marginal dairy farmers could unite to build an unmatched national brand in milk and allied products from Kaira in Gujarat. Dairy farmers who could only produce one or two litres a day were unable to sell their produce independently and the British ...
Agri-startups value addition can help in doubling farmers income: Union Ministeredit
Tech observer – Online
Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Virtual Agri-hackathon 2020 being organised by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare in association with IARI, Pusa, New Delhi.
Speaking on the occasion Tomar said agriculture is the backbone of the country and plans are afoot to strengthen this backbone with youth engagement, employment generation, technology & digitization.
The two-months long hackathon is focused on to bring together different stakeholders from industry, government and startups to explore the use cases and create solutions that can help the agriculture sector in the country.
To make Agriculture profitable and attract youth towards agriculture are challenges of the Agri-hackathon: Narendra Singh Tomaredit
India Education diary – Online
Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Virtual Agri-hackathon 2020 organised by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare in association with IARI, Pusa, New Delhi today. Speaking on the occasion Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said that besides the hard-work of the farmers the research of scientists has led to self-sufficiency in foodgrains. Agri India Hackathon is the largest virtual gathering to create dialogues and accelerate innovations.
The 2-month long event is the first of its kind & the largest virtual event in the history of Indian agriculture. It will bring together the most important stakeholders from industry & government alongside India’s young bright ...
Technology in Agriculture
Should You Buy Origin Agritech Ltd. (SEED) in Agricultural Inputs Industry?edit
Investors Observer – Online
A rating of 86 puts Origin Agritech Ltd. (SEED) near the top of the Agricultural Inputs industry according to InvestorsObserver. Origin Agritech Ltd.’s score of 86 means it scores higher than 86% of stocks in the industry. Origin Agritech Ltd. also received an overall rating of 63, putting it above 63% of all stocks. Agricultural Inputs is ranked 85 out of the 148 industries.
Funding outlook seen bright for agritech in 2021edit
The Hindu Businessline – Online
Despite weak economic conditions triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic impacting valuations, the investments in Indian agritech ecosystem are estimated to be in around $300-350 million in 2020, almost the same as that of previous year as the start-ups attracted funding from both new and existing investors.
Rising technology adoption among farmers, development innovation applications, and farm sector reforms are seen driving investments in the agritech arena and venture capitalists are optimistic about better prospects in the new year.
Agrochemicals: Unlocking the potential for crop production and protectionedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
The economic impact of the pandemic has been alarming with the majority of industries facing the wrath of this crisis. The agriculture sector showed resilience to help keep the economy afloat and leading it on the path of a rapid recovery.
India, being an agrarian economy has a high growth potential for the crop protection industry on the back of its diverse agro-climatic conditions and impetus to agricultural productivity. This, coupled with the increased emphasis on food safety, is creating a shift towards the adoption of safer and new technology crop protection chemicals in the country.
Agritech start-up, Gramophone bags INR 25 Cr in round led by Siana Capitaledit
Techstory – Online
Gramophone is an agricultural technology start-up that helps farmers to harvest better yields by providing them with all necessary information and education about agriculture. Recently, the start-up has announced via press release to have raised INR 25 crore or USD 3.4 million in its latest Series B funding round.
The funding round was led by India-based investor, Siana Capital Management. Existing investors including U.S-based Better Capital, Delhi-based impact investor- Asha Impact and Infor Edge also participated in the company’s Series B funding round.
According to the company profile on CrunchBase, the total funding received by the company till date is worth USD 7.9 million in over 4 financing rounds.
Stubble Burning
Farmers Protest: Issues of stubble burning, power subsidies sorted, say leadersedit
ET Energy World – Online
A consensus was reached on stubble burning and safeguarding power subsidies, two of the four issues that were on the agenda for talks between protesting farmers and central ministers on Wednesday.
Speaking to media, Rakesh Tikait, Spokesperson, Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), said: “Issues related to stubble burning and electricity were sorted in today’s meeting. Two of our main issues still need to be resolved. We will discuss topics related to MSP and repealing of three Farm laws in the next meeting on January 4.”
The repeal of three farm market reform laws and a legal guarantee for minimum support prices (MSPs) for farm produce are among the biggest demands of the farmers.
Stubble burning may have been decriminalized, but can it be prevented?edit
Times Now – Online
As part of negotiations with farmer groups, Centre has agreed to exempt farmers from the penalty on stubble burning as per guidelines of the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region. This may seem a dampener in efforts to control air pollution in the national capital, notorious for its poor air quality.
Apart from vehicular and industrial emissions, stubble burning remains a large source of air pollution which contributes to a smog covered winter in North India. Despite multiple court orders and government diktats, here’s why stubble burning refuses to stop every year.