Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Using Hyperspectral Imaging for Precision Farmingedit
EET India – Online
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations predicts that the world population will grow by more than 30% by 2050, reaching some 9 billion people. It is essential to provide food for everyone. Farmers need to adopt new precision farming processes that enable them to produce more crops and more efficiently. The variability of the environment and its interpretation require tools that can manage all biophysical and productive factors in their complexity.
Remote sensing techniques have exponentially evolved thanks to technological progress with the spread of multispectral cameras. Hyperspectral imaging is the capture and processing of an image at a very high number of wavelengths. While multispectral imaging can evaluate the process with three ...
India’s 2021-22 wheat exports seen 26% lower on year at 2 miledit
S&P Global – Online
The US Department of Agriculture’s India attaché sees the country’s wheat exports reaching 2 million mt in the 2021-22 trade year, 26% lower on the year, as output is also forecast to decline.
The trade year begins in July for all countries. India’s wheat production will be 105 million mt in the 2021-22 marketing year, the New Delhi attache said, down from 107.86 million mt a year earlier, according to the report published on the USDA website on May 4. India’s wheat marketing year runs from April through March.This startup is helping farmers get better yieldedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The Covid-19 pandemic has shut down many businesses, but it has been an opportunity for online service providers to strive. As distancing is the mantra, more and more people, including farmers, are looking towards the internet for their daily needs.
Madhapur-based Kisanwala was launched last year to make farmers self-reliant. This startup, incubated at T-Hub, is the brainchild of Parag Modi and Suresh Atluri. It has over 1,000 registered users in Telangana, Maharashtra and Haryana, and they plan to make inroads into more states after the pandemic eases.
Stubble Burning
Huge spike in Punjab stubble burning cases after wheat harvestedit
The Times of India – Online
With the surge in the Covid-19 cases, stubble burning too has picked up pace in Punjab. The crop residue burning cases in the ongoing wheat harvest season have registered a sharp increase compared to the last two years. Even though stubble after wheat harvesting is not as high as compared to crop residue burning after paddy harvest yet the cases have seen a sharp rise this year. A total of 203 stubble burning cases were reported on May 6, taking the total cases in the ongoing season to 3,267. Against it, only 243 crop residue burning cases were reported till May 6 in 2020. In 2019, 888 stubble burning cases were recorded till May ...
Tractor industry
Tractor sales down in April, but experts and manufacturers expect a reboundedit
The Economic Times – Online
Tractor sales in India lost steam in April, dropping for the first time in 10 months, but experts and manufacturers said they expect a rebound after the fresh wave of Covid-19 infections subsides.
Retail sales in April were down by 40-45% from the preceding month, according to data from Crisil, as lockdowns were imposed in several parts of the country to check a massive surge in Covid-19 infections.
The decline in wholesale was narrower at 20-25%, as manufacturers increased channel inventory which was running low after months of high sales.
India’s First Fully Automatic Hybrid Tractor Launched with No Battery Packs – HAV Tractors Series S1edit
Businesswire – Online
Proxecto launches India’s First Fully Automatic Hybrid Tractor with no battery packs. With over 2 dozen industry-first features to call itself the most innovative tractor of India. HAV tractors which were first showcased in the world’s largest Agritechnica event in Germany in November 2019, is already making noise in the Indian market for being the first made-in India Hybrid Tractor with no battery packs. After receiving accolades from across the globe for its advanced eco-friendly technology, HAV S1 Series is finally ready to greet the Indian farmers.
Tractor sales set to hit speed bumps as pandemic reaches the hinterlandedit
Business Standard – Online
Tractor sales, a proxy for the health of the rural economy, are set to be disrupted as Covid-19 spreads into the hinterland. So far, the segment has remained relatively insulated from the adverse impact of the pandemic.
But that is changing now as sentiments have turned negative due to the persistent increase in cases and with farmers saving cash for health-related exigencies. Tractor makers fear if the situation persists and the pandemic doesn’t recede in two to three weeks, it will mark a dry spell for them as tractor purchase, unlike cars, is linked to a season.