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Scientist Helps 50000 Farmers Switch To ‘Madagascar Method’, Increase Yield By 50%edit
The Better India – Online
In Madhya Pradesh’s Shahpur Khurd village, Kavita Singh is busy cutting her freshly harvested sikiya variety of rice, which stands tall at 1.5 metres on her three-acre field. Judging from the heavy-looking grains and tillers (stems produced by grass), Kavita predicts this is going to be her best-ever harvest in terms of yield. The high yields are also reflected in her other crops, including maize, mustard and chickpeas.
Her situation, she says, was very different three years ago. At that time, she was growing only rice in a cramped space and shallow water, just like other farmers in the Panna district region. While she was planting more seeds per square metres in the conventional method, the yield ...
FMC India launches Science Leaders Scholarship Program to promote Agricultural Researchedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
FMC on 8 April 2021 announced that it will launch a multi-year scholarship program to major agricultural schools across eight states in India in April 2021. The FMC Science Leaders Scholarship Program is aimed at creating greater opportunities for aspiring scientists to develop their aptitude in agricultural research.
Every year, 20 scholarships will be awarded to 10 students pursuing PhDs and another 10 students pursuing MSc studies in agricultural sciences. FMC will work directly with the universities to identify their brightest students and groom their keen interest and passion for science and research. 50 percent of the scholarships has been earmarked for female candidates to encourage more women in India to pursue a career in agricultural sciences and research. This is ...
Agriculture University to help Gaddis during migrationedit
Tribune India – Online
HK Chaudhary, Vice-Chancellor, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, said the university was planning to extend mobile advisory services to the Gaddis farmers during migration. He was interacting with goat farmers after distributing 19 superior Gaddi breeding bucks among them.
Chaudhary said these breeding bucks were being provided to the farmers with the objective to bring overall breed improvement. He said the scientists of the department of animal genetics and breeding, Dr GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (COVAS), had raised these bucks after two stages of selection and scientific management. They were free from any disease that could be transmitted to progeny through the bucks, causing heavy economic losses to the farmers, he said. ...
Agriculture Insurance Company of India collaborates with Gramcover for rural insuranceedit
Plunge Daily – Online
The Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited has joined hands with Gramcover to collectively enhance rural insurance penetration. It will achieve this by utilizing the expertise of Gramcover in rural insurtech space; this partnership aims to target 25 million farmers across the aspirational districts.
Under the MoU, Gramcover will work on Market research and identification of widely grown crops and need-based rural insurance products. It will also work on the feasibility report to assess the suitability, requirement and affordability of insurance products in each aspirational district. Gramcover will explore marketing and distribution channels and integration of underwriting process, and claim settlement protocols, i.e., from Market requirements to issuance of policies to claim settlement
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World’s Farming Land At Risk Of Pesticide Pollution, India Farmers Have Bigger Problemedit
India Times – Online
Pesticide is a chemical or biological agent intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest. They represent the last input in agriculture and are used to prevent the spoilage of crops from pests such as insects, fungi, weeds, etc., thereby increasing the overall productivity.
Pesticide pollution a cause for worry
But a new study has found that 64 percent of agricultural land all over the world had levels of pesticide chemicals higher than what industry standards consider ‘no-effect concentrations.’ A third were considered high-risk, with pesticide levels more than 1,000 times higher than no-effect concentrations.