The Tribune – Online

To relax the lockdown for shops selling fertilisers, pesticides, agriculture machinery and tools have come as a respite for the agriculture community which these days is busy planting nursery for paddy crop. The farmers stated that due to the closure of markets they were facing trouble in getting seed, chemicals and machine parts.

The paddy transplantation is scheduled to start from the first week of June. With around a month left, the farmers are busy planting nurseries and preparing fields for the next crop.

“The agriculture machines and tools often need repairs and service before they are put to use in fields. Usually such works are done after the harvesting of wheat. But by the time, ...

DownToEarth – Online

What does it take to sustain an experiment like this for almost two centuries?

Broadbalk is one of the several agricultural field experiments established by John Lawes and Henry Gilbert between 1843 and 1856. Lawes supported the experiments with funds from his fertiliser-manufacturing business and eventually established the Lawes Agricultural Trust to ensure that the experiments continued after his death.

The management of the experiments was subsequently taken over by the British government as part of their support for agricultural research and development.

Some of the experiments continue today and are supported by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (part of UK Research and Innovation) and the Lawes Agricultural Trust, under its experimental facility, the ...

Krishi Jagran – Online

Syngenta Crop Protection AG together with Valagro S.p.A. would like to confirm that the two companies have submitted a non-binding expression of interest to the Board of Directors of SICIT Group S.p.A,  listed on the MTA, Star Segment, of Borsa Italiana. Their non-binding expression of interest is submitted on an open, transparent and friendly basis to SICIT Group and its key stakeholders.

Safex Chemicals India Limited, announces acquiring Mumbai-based Shogun Organics Limited. The acquisition will provide Safex a platform to backward integrate into the agrochemical technical segment and enter the Home Care & Agrochemical Technical Manufacturing segment. Meanwhile, the promoters of Safex, Mr. SK Chaudhary, Mr. Neeraj Jindal, Mr. Rajesh Jindal and Mr. Piyush Jindal will join the board of Shogun Organics.

The Nation – Online

Subsidies in the agriculture sector are used as a tool to encourage a positive behaviour shift among farmers, leading to sustainable and structural changes in agriculture.

The Punjab Government is cognisant of the need to make subsidies supportive and targeted for the agriculture markets to facilitate growth while ensuring transparency. Historically, the subsidy programmes introduced for the farmers of Pakistan and around the developing world created market distortions and inefficiency. These interventions reduced other investments required to enhance agricultural productivity and assigned unsustainable fiscal burdens on the governments.