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Agriculture Industry
Women cultivate a new voice in Indian farm protestsedit
Deccan Herald – Online
Women farmers during their ongoing protest against new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi. Credit: PTI Photo India’s agriculture sector is notoriously male-dominated, but thousands of women have become a pillar of the farmer protests blocking roads into New Delhi that have become a huge challenge to the government. Women of all occupations and ages — from those who tend cattle or toil in the fields, to city professionals and grandmothers in wheelchairs are braving the freezing winter temperatures in a bid to make the government withdraw market reforms.
Women In Agriculture: Potential And Gapsedit
Businessworld – Online
As farmers, entrepreneurs and labourers, women are pivotal to the success of agriculture. In a lot of rural settings, they act as collectors of water, fodder and manure which is an imperative add on to declining soil quality. In addition, they also perform major agricultural tasks such preparing the soil, sowing, and threshing. However, a lot of their labour goes unpaid, due to which they are not counted in the organised workforce, landowners, or primary care givers.
As per India Human Development Survey (IHDS), 83% of agricultural land in the country is inherited by male members. This despite The Hindu Succession Act (2005), which granted coparcenary rights to daughters and equal inheritance rights. The draft release of ...
Dairy Farming
Dairy Products In India: Where Does India Stand?edit
Businessworld – Online
Dairy plays a crucial role in India’s food choices and local cuisines. From sweets, ghee, butter to pure milk and curd, it is consumed across the spectrum. India has emerged from a dairy deficient country to the leading milk producer in the world today, with estimated production of milk in 2018-19 at 187 million tonnes.
The National Sample Survey Office’s (NSSO) 70th round survey shows that 23 per cent of agricultural households with exceedingly small pockets of land, less than 0.01 hectare have reported livestock as their principal source of income. Dairy industry has thus emerged as one of the key alternatives available to the Indian farmer. It is inclusive in nature, and available for farmers across ...
Technology in Agriculture
India needs low-input, high-output agriculture. This cannot be achieved without science and technologyedit
Indian Express – Online
In the current debate on agricultural reforms, an important aspect has been forgotten — the role of agricultural R&D in supporting the farming systems. Supposing farmers in Punjab, Haryana and western UP, who are in the forefront of the current agitation, had alternative crops that could replace rice and wheat or both and were as remunerative as the two cereal crops, would they be braving the cold and COVID-19? The answer is they would have already moved on.
The current debates are mainly on minimum support price, reducing farmers’ debt liabilities, reducing post-harvest losses, cash transfers to keep farming viable for the smallholders, and marketing reforms. Very little attention is being given to reducing the ...
Pune-based AgriTech Company FarmERP becomes the Member of The Global Good Agricultural Practicesedit
Punekar News – Online
FarmERP joins hands with The Global G.A.P., becoming the member of this renowned worldwide organization that is a trademark, along with being a set of standards for Good Agricultural Practices (G.A.P.).
Back in 2001, at a time when there was little to no connection between agriculture and technology, a Pune-based startup, Shivrai Technologies, founded by technology entrepreneurs Sanjay Borkar and Santosh Shinde, developed the FarmERP platform that began to bridge the gap between these two industries. Today, FarmERP is not only a pioneer in the AgriTech industry, but it is also the leading solutions provider to various industries spanning the entire Agricultural Value Chain.
Farm-to-fork agritech startup Otipy to raise 10 mn in 2021edit
The Statesman – Online
Social e-commerce venture of farm-to-fork agritech startup, Otipy, on Monday announced it is planning to raise $10 million this year to expand its presence in the country.
According to a statement from the startup, it aims to empower more resellers and further build its business across India. The company is in active discussions to raise $10 million in 2021.
Otipy has already raised $ 2 million in 2020 from Inflection Point (IP) Ventures and the Smile Group.
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Current rainfall good for rabi crops: Agriculturistsedit
Times of India – Online
The current spell of rainfall has brought smiles on the faces of farmers and agriculturists across west Uttar Pradesh. The weather has proven to be highly advantageous for rabi crops such as wheat, mustard and lentils. The light rainfall has replenished the depleted soil moisture in sugarcane fields as well. Dr Shailendra Singh Dhaka, an agricultural scientist at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Pilibhit, said the cold wave and rainfall would increase yield of wheat by 15-20%, and augment the production of lentils and mustard by 25-30%.
According to RS Sengar, professor of biotechnology at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Agriculture University at Meerut, says, “Rainfall, accompanied by thunder, is ideal for sown rabi crop, including wheat, ...