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Agriculture Industry
What Does Each Farm Bill Propose And What It Means For The Farmersedit
Youth Ki Awaz – Online
India is a country with a mixed economy. However, we cannot deny the fact that there is an autonomy of the highest-earning sector of the economy — agriculture. As we are aware of the fact that India is an agrarian country where farmers play a vital role in all the apparent sectors of the economy, namely primary, secondary and indirectly tertiary, there is a lot of expectation from this portion of the money-making sector. It is also true that despite being the largest contributor in the Indian economy, the agriculture sector is not fully developed.
Not to blame the weather, but due to certain manmade errors or blunders — namely poor industrial waste management, pollution, ...
‘Private investment in agriculture key to boost farmers’ income’edit
SME Times – Online
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Parshottambhai Rupala said that PM’s ambitious target of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022, can be achieved through private sector investment and participation in agriculture.
Addressing a summit, Mr Rupala said that farmers will be interested in the cultivation of maize only if it’s profitable. “We must project maize as a surplus crop,” added the minister.
He mentioned that the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is committed to the development of the sector and has been working towards bringing various reforms and putting efforts to increase farmers’ income through every possible aspect.
Rupala further highlighted the importance of hedging and the need to include it in ...
Reforms must extend to making available the best technologies to farmersedit
Indian Express – Online
Lifesaving vaccines such as Covishield and Covaxin are products of modern biotechnology, as are drugs developed in recent times for treating many ailments. The potential of genetic engineering is immense, with gene editing opening up the possibility of cures to hereditary diseases. Similarly, genetically modified (GM) crops are making big strides in bringing about improvement in crop productivity across farming nations.
By 2019, the area under precision agriculture of GM crops had increased 112 times from 1996, when the first biotech crop was introduced, making it the fastest adopted crop technology in recent years. During 2019, 79 per cent of cotton; 74 per cent of soybean; 31 per cent of maize and 27 per cent of canola acreages ...
Andhra Pradesh’s Natural Farming Model, Could Increase Sustainable Agriculture Practices In Indiaedit
EDTimes – Online
We need to help fix agriculture in India – our present framework is shifty for both our farmers and the climate. Today, nearly all public spending in agriculture supports input-intensive practices that have only deepened the crisis. As we are currently revamping agriculture strategies, manageability should be key in contemplating a wellbeing net for farmers.
Technology in Agriculture
Importance of data in agricultureedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The old adage- Knowledge is power is as true in today’s world as before. Today knowledge, including latest information and analysis is a requirement in all walks of life. Agriculture might not be the most organized sectors but is cannoned by multiple variables and challenges, that require support in informed prediction and decision making.
The ambiguous nature of the process makes information-based tools imperative for agriculture. On the other hand, development of such tools is most challenging. Most data driven tools are based on the historical data, patterns and future predictions, making them as good as their input information. The accuracy, depth and volume of the data used, determines the efficiency and utility of the digital ...
FPOs all set to prepare tech-savvy farmers in Telanganaedit
The Hans India – Online
From now on, Farmers Producers Organisations (FPOs) in the State can transact their activities online through the farmers mobile application. According to sources in the Agriculture department, the mobile application facilitates the FPOs to get details about different crops being cultivated by the farmers within the organisation. Every farmer who is a member of the FPO can enter details like the variety of crop cultivated, the time of sowing, harvesting, transporting to the market for sale, quantity of the produce, its sale and price and others. Besides, a farmer can also register the vehicle used for the transportation of the agricultural produce.
Gurugram based startup ZunSolar is helping farmers to use solar energy with its network of more than 1000 dealers across Indiaedit
Orissa Diary – Online
India being an agriculture driven country, farmers of India have been one of the most important drivers of prosperity and growth for the country. In 2020, India had more than 16.6 million farmers working tirelessly to feed the nation. These farmers face hundreds of difficulties on daily basis like water shortage, irregular rainfall, lack of knowledge of modern farming and local trade challenges. As the country grows and farmers move ahead to solve all these problems all across the nation, technology is becoming their primary tool to know more and do more to live better lives. With internet, modern Indian farmer is not illiterate and oblivious to latest schemes and technologies to grow better produce from ...
Agriculture 4.0 and the future of farming technologyedit
Dataquest – Online
We are at a momentous time in history with technology redefining how we address the most pressing agricultural challenges of the 21st century. Governments and businesses are putting the onus upon themselves to restructure a system that has often been affected by inefficiencies, and wastage of produce.
According to a report by Oliver Wyman launched during the World Government Summit in 2018, the rising global population will require 70% more food by the year 2050. India, being the second-most populous country and a net exporter of agricultural produce, is yet to find large-scale solutions to such challenges alongside the prevailing ones.