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Why we have to stop seeing farmers through prism of dated archetypesedit
Times of India – Online
In the last few days, many of us have been discussing farmers in our living rooms. They are also the dominant subject of our social media conversations. Chances are that many of us have become semi-experts in the farm laws. But this article is not about farm laws or the protests. From the discussions around the topic, one can clearly see two dominant narratives. One, a stream of reverence and support for the farmers by people who are expressing and garnering support and putting them on a pedestal calling them “annadaata” and building from the “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” archetype.
And then, there is the other side which argues that these are not real farmers ...SIETZ inaugurates farm machinery manufacturing plant in Haryanaedit
Rural Marketing – Online
SIETZ Technologies India, today commenced operations at its newly upgraded manufacturing plant at Prithla Industrial Area, near Faridabad in Haryana expanding its capacity to manufacture wider range of its farm implement portfolio under SOILTECH brand. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, the plant is aimed to expand SOILTECH range of products from rotary tillers, disc harrows, disc ploughs and MB ploughs to new products such as super seeders, reversible ploughs, laser levellers and mulchers in the coming months. The new plant has advanced manufacturing assembly line all the way from fabrication to the final testing.
Speaking on the inauguration of the manufacturing plant, Kranti Deepak Sharma, CEO – SIETZ Technologies India said, “Farmers have started using advanced machines to increase quality and productivity of various crops ...
Kathua Agriculture Dept Takes 50 Farmers On Visit To SKUAST To Improve Farming Practicesedit
Business World – Online
The Kathua Agriculture Department organised a visit of 50 farmers to Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu, on Friday so that they could improve their farming practices. “This visit was organised under ATMA scheme which is also known as National Mission of Agriculture and Technology (NMAT). A group of 50 farmers visited SKUAST to learn new techniques of farming and producing quality crops from scientists,” said Om Prakash Bhagat, District Development Commissioner Kathua while flagging off the event. Bhagat also said that the scientists of the University will also answer farmers’ queries related to soil and land. They will also solve problems which farmer face while growing crops. Talking about the objective of ...
Initiative Towards Securing The Future Of Sustainability In Sugarcane Supply Chain Sector In Indiaedit
Business World – Online
India is the world’s largest consumer of sugar. The country’s sugarcane industry, second only to cotton in size, relies on more than six million smallholder farmers and countless labourers to produce its sugar. However, sugarcane farming is highly water-intensive, and recent years have witnessed significant depletion of ground water resources—threatening food security, economic growth and livelihoods of the farmers. Solidaridad, along with its consortium of partners, brought together multiple stakeholders in a policy consultation event on Friday to deliberate on the moot issues and the way forward for sustainability in sugarcane farming in India. The diverse cross-sectoral participation led to a milieu of strategic discussions on creating an enabling environment for resource-efficient supply chains in the ...
Budget
Budget 2021: Amid farmer protests, what to expect for agricultureedit
Forbes India – Online
The year 2020 has seen a lot of conversation about agriculture and farming. The sector forms an important part of the budget every year, with successive governments proposing new policies. All eyes will be on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 as she announces plans for economic revival from the wrath of Covid-19, including for the agricultural sector, amid farmer protests that continue unabated since November 26. 70 percent of India’s rural sector depends on agriculture for livelihood, and much more needs to be done to ease the excessive burden on the sector. In 2020, with the introduction of several policies and new laws—from the announcement of the Agri infra fund of Rs 1 lakh ...Budget 2021: Agriculture sector grew during pandemic & further interventions needed to continue growth momentumedit
CNBC – Online
In the last few years, the finance minister’s budget speech in Parliament is as much about policy announcement as it about the central government’s financial position.
Agricultural sector has always found a prominent place and I see no reason for this year’s budget to be different. In fact, we can look forward to significant reforms across the board in order to bring back growth in the economy. Bear in mind that agriculture was the only sector to grow at 4 percent plus in the first two quarters of FY 2020-21, after the distress caused by the coronavirus.
Policy making is an ongoing process and certainly many initiatives are in the pipeline undergoing a rigour test. It would ...
Budget 2021: Technology push to farming, increased credit on agritech startups’ agendaedit
YourStory – Online
India’s agriculture sector, which has defied the overall economic slowdown this fiscal year, must enhance the use of newer technologies such as artificial intelligence to improve yields and farmers’ incomes, agritech entrepreneurs say. The entrepreneurs also expect Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to heavily focus on the agriculture sector in her upcoming Budget next week as she attempts to revive the fortunes of the struggling Indian economy.
To be sure, the farm sector has been the sole bright spot, recording a growth of 3.4 percent each in the April-June and July-September quarters of 2020-21 even as the broader economy entered a recession. In the last year’s Budget, Sitharaman had allocated Rs 2.83 trillion for agriculture and related sectors ...
Technology in Agriculture
Drone Technology in Agriculture : A Viable Solution to Address Food Security Issueedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Significance of technology in agriculture has its own importance because it is mostly associated with provide results, for feeding a nation’s population. On the back of environmental degradation, pollution, and water scarcity, finding our ways for food security is always a priority based question that needs to be addressed.
India is yet to enhance productivity and efficiency in the sector to reach the highest potential, regardless of Indian agriculture’s contribution to the GDP. There are number of areas and concerns that are necessary to identify, and after identifying they be addressed with resolutions.
This agritech startup aims to empower India’s 126M small farmers with technology and dataedit
YourStory – Online
For Amith Agarwal, there was nothing new about starting an agritech business. Having founded StarAgri and StarAgri Finance, Amith already had tremendous experience in the field, working with small farmers and agri-communities across India. He and his team had realised that small farm owners generally faced challenges that are disproportionate to their size and resources. “We noticed that technology providers mainly focus on the needs of large enterprises, so we thought of starting Agribazaar to focus on small farmers. The idea is to create a level playing field for the 126 million farmers in our country. Our vision is to empower farmers by delivering efficiency, transparency, and traceability in the agri-value chain through technology,” says Amith.