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Agriculture Industry
Kaveri Seeds wins “Masters of Risk in Agriculture” award at the India Risk Management Awardsedit
APN News – Online
Hyderabad based India’s premier seed company Kaveri Seeds, has been honored with the “Masters of Risk in Agriculture“ award , Mid-Cap Category at the 7th CNBC – TV 18 India Risk Management Awards 2020-21 .
Setup in 1976 by Mr. GV Bhaskar Rao, with an objective to fuel India’s Green revolution, Kaveri seeds today is India’s leading agriculture company specializing in Hybrid Seeds.
The Seed business is influenced by several variables as a result of which it is imperative to have in place sound and well defined processes and policies. Inability to manage a particular risk can considerably impact performance.
Seeds are an extremely important input for high quality agricultural output – a good quality seed can ...
‘Centre wants to double farmers’ income by 2022’edit
The New Indian Express – Online
Stating that at least 50 per cent of the population in India is dependent on agriculture for livelihood, Department of Agriculture Research and Education secretary Dr Trilochan Mohapatra said the Centre wants to ensure that farmers’ income is doubled by 2022 to mark 75 years of the country’s Independence.
Speaking at the fourth convocation of YSR Horticulture University at Venkataramannagudem in West Godavari district on Monday, Dr Mohapatra, also the Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), praised the institution for contributing to the growth of horticulture by providing human resources and extending technological help to the farmers through its ‘VC to Village’ (Mana Gramam Mana Viswa Vidyalayam) programme.
You harvest the future when you invest in communitiesedit
LiveMint – Online
A powerful African proverb sums up what a community can achieve: “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Mondelēz International truly believes in the value of building a promising future for cocoa-farming communities. In its vision to create a future where the people and the planet thrive, the company has set long-term targets for sustainable growth that help in reducing the impact on the environment, thereby creating a positive circle of influence.
Emerging from that vision, Cocoa Life is one such initiative that collaborates with communities in six cocoa-growing regions across four continents: India, Indonesia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, the Dominican Republic and Brazil.
Indian-American energy expert appointed to key position in agriculture departmentedit
The Economic Times – Online
The Biden administration has appointed an Indian-American climate and energy expert, who spent three years deploying solar energy solutions in rural India, to a key position in the agriculture department.
Bidisha Bhattacharyya on Monday was appointed as Senior Policy Advisor in the Farm Service Agency (FSA).
She was earlier posted as Director of Climate and Energy Policy at the Centre for American Progress.Prior to joining American Progress, Bhattacharyya was vice president of Emerging Markets at the impact-investment firm Village Capital, where she led a global team across India, Mexico, and East Africa to invest in high-impact startups innovating to solve problems across clean energy deployment and financial inclusion.
Budget
Health, agriculture sectors get big boost as Odisha presents Rs 1.7 lakh crore Budgetedit
India Today – Online
Agriculture, health and infrastucture sectors were the thrust of the Odisha government as Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari presented a Rs 1.7 lakh crore Budget for the 2021-22 fiscal. Besides, tourism and sports also got the highest-ever allocation in the Budget.
Presenting the Budget in the Assembly, Pujari said economy was showing signs of recovery and the state government was expecting to see a growth of about 10 per cent by end of the current year. In a first, the budget was tabled in the assembly through an electronic system using the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA).
In the Agriculture Budget, the finance minister proposed to provide Rs 17,468 crore for the sector in FY22. Stressing on enhancing ...
Technology in Agriculture
Agri-Tech Startup Unnati Launches New Card To Enable Farmers To Improve Net Incomeedit
Businessworld – Online
India’s agriculture sector is one of the largest in the world. However, farmers often face several challenges including lack of access to credit, farming products, and marketplaces, resulting in lower income. To address this issue and help farmers improve their net income, Unnati, a tech-driven agri input and agri produce selling startup, has launched a first-of-its-kind digitally integrated card linked to its platform and includes the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides. Co-branded with Paytm Bank, the card will also enable farmers to access a larger market to obtain their farm inputs.
The newly launched card will help farmers boost their net income through both reductions of seed fertilizer cost and enabling them to get better rates ...
Nokia and Vi CSR initiative Introducing IoT in Agriculture in Indiaedit
The CSR Journal – Online
India is still considered to be an Agro-based economy, especially as the majority of its population (about 58 per cent) is engaged in agriculture. However, the contribution of the agriculture sector to the country’s GDP is less than 20 per cent. One of the reasons responsible for this huge gap is the lack of technological development in the sector.
Most Indian farmers do not have large landholdings on which they can do commercial level farming. In their small pieces of land, they cannot apply ‘economies of scale’ and making an investment in technologies unaffordable for them. This forms a vicious cycle where the agriculture sector does not get upgraded, thus, the revenue generated from it ...