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Non-Agriculture Smart Irrigation Controller Marketedit
The Sentinel News – Online
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1,094 farmers’ panels formed to purchase farm machineryedit
The Hindu – Online
East Godavari Joint Collector G. Lakshmisha on Wednesday said that 1,094 groups comprising local farmers had been constituted to run the agricultural machinery centres set up at the Rythu Bharosa Kendras in the district by April.
According to Agriculture Minister K. Kannababu, the State government has framed a policy, providing agricultural machinery on rent to local farmers to minimise the input cost.
Mr. Lakshmisha and other district officials on Wednesday held talks with the companies dealing with agricultural machinery to decide price, models of machinery and types of machinery required for farming in various sizes of land holdings.
Central Govt’s agri laws anti-farmer: Brahmpuraedit
The Tribune – Online
Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) chief Ranjit Singh Brahmpura condemned the centre for its alleged anti-farmers policies to favour corporates in the country and called all the sections of society to come forward and fight such policies.
Brahmpura was addressing his party workers, besides farmers, commission agents and shopkeepers at his native village.
He said the three controversial agri laws were not only affecting the farming sector, but would also ruin small scale industrialists and shopkeepers.
Manage insects for improved crop yield, say agri expertsedit
The Tribune – Online
A team of experts of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, SAS Nagar (Mohali) after visiting various fields in the district have observed that some farmers are unable to differentiate between beneficial and harmful insects. Wrong identification of insects and the amount incurred on insecticides to control these insects will lead to heavy economic loss to the farmers. “Keeping record about life cycle of the harmful insects is the first step for their effective management which requires important information regarding appearance of particular insects and their numbers. This record keeping will help the farmers to effectively plan and manage the target insect in the coming years. Insect attack on the crop depends upon crop variety, crop cultivation practices and ...
Agritech Firm Leads Connect Picked By Agri. Ministry To Conduct Crop Cutting Experiments on Pilot Basis in 100 Districts In Indiaedit
IndianWeb2 – Online
Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture has appointed Leads Connect Services Private Limited, a Noida based Agri-tech company, along with two other independent private agencies — Agriwatch and IAR Insurance Surveyors & Loss Assessors Pvt Ltd, to conduct the Crop Cutting Experiments (CCE) in 100 districts across India. This is a part of Government of India’s flagship scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) under which the agency will be conducting large-scale pilot studies for technology-based Gram-Panchayat level yield estimates.
Leads Connect, with its cutting-edge technologies such as Remote Sensing and GIS, artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics frameworks, will co-observe the CCEs conducted by state Government for PMFBY. In addition to this, Leads Connect ...
Socio-Economic Status of Rural Farm Womenedit
Daily Excelsior – Online
Women in India are the backbone of the society and important human resource. They play a significant and crucial role in agriculture and allied operations and household activities. Economic well being of India depends on the agricultural development since the livelihood of 60 per cent of the population is based on Agriculture and allied occupation. Women workers make a mammoth contribution in agricultural development but their socio economic condition is not quite appreciable due to cultural and political reasons. India as one such country is highly depending on agriculture resources, where the majority of its agriculture workforce is dominated by women. In India, adult population of women consists of nearly 50 per cent and about 77 ...
Technology in Agriculture
Dhanuka Agritech sees firm growth prospects, rising inputs prices pose challengeedit
LiveMint – Online
Dhanuka Agritech Ltd, after having gained almost 125% in the last year, remains in a sweet spot. The good Rabi season sowing, full reservoir levels and improved farmer income keep prospects of the company firm like other agrochemical players. However, the Street now remains watchful as rising input prices that can pose some challenges on margins. Also, the company had reported moderate Q3 performance and thereby recovery in Q4 can help lift street sentiments.