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Agriculture Industry
Paddy transplantation to begin on June 10 in Punjabedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The Punjab agriculture department has decided to advance the start of paddy transplantation in the upcoming kharif season. The decision to begin the sowing on June 10 came considering the shortage of labour due to ongoing pandemic. The decision will also facilitate staggered paddy sowing so that social distancing protocols could be maintained. The state authorities are cautious as the virus has spread its tentacles in the rural areas of Punjab.
Production, Transportation, Economics and Marketing of Major Agricultural Commodities: An Overviewedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
It is very important to understand the dynamics behind production of agricultural commodities, in addition to economics and marketing. These aspects will be used regularly in relating with fundamental analysis of agricultural commodities. Therefore understanding these aspects will make the fundamental analysis activity quite relevant in near future. Production of Agriculture crops requires many skills including biology, agronomy, mechanics, and marketing, apart from covering a variety of operations throughout the year. As known to the majority, agriculture in India is a major economic sector and it also creates plenty of employment opportunities. Speaking in terms of agricultural production, India holds the second position all over the world. In 2020, around 41.49 percent of the workforce ...
LMU: Global Food Security: Climate Change Adaptation Requires New Cultivarsedit
India Education Diary – Online
Global agriculture both is one of the major drivers of climate change and strongly affected by it. Rising temperatures are among the main reasons for yield reductions. Therefore, the agricultural sector is faced with the major challenge of adapting to climate change in order to ensure food security in the future. According to a new study carried out by international researchers, the use of locally adapted cultivars can significantly contribute to achieve this goal. The study was led by LMU geographer Dr. Florian Zabel.
For four different climate scenarios, he and his colleagues simulated the impacts of climate change on the global production of maize, rice, soy and wheat and investigated how locally adapted ...
State mulling over giving fertilizer subsidy: Desaiedit
The Times Of India – Online
Expressing concern over rising price of fertilizers, state cabinet minister Subhash Desai on Monday said the government was contemplating to provide fertilizer subsidy to the farmers. “There is considerable rise in price of fertilizers that will affect the farming community at large. The state government has decided to hold discussion with the Centre with a demand of slashing the prices. In the meantime, we are thinking to offer subsidy at the level of the state government,” he said.
Coronavirus second wave hit aggregate demand more than supply, says RBI bulletinedit
The Economic Times – Online
The Reserve Bank of India said on Monday that the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India has had a bigger impact on aggregate demand than on aggregate supply, and it believes the economic slowdown was not as severe as a year ago.
RBI said the impact of the second wave is appearing to be U-shaped with agriculture and technology forming the shoulders of the letter U and most vulnerable being blue collar groups and these will warrant a priority in policy interventions.
Govt. Policies
Modi Government’s Two Recent Initiatives to Double Farmer’s Incomeedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
According to a press release from the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the Indian government is making fertilisers such as urea and 22 grades of Phosphatic & Potassic (P&K) fertilisers such as Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP), Muriate of Potash (MOP), and Single Superphosphate (SSP) available to farmers at a subsidised rate via importers and fertiliser manufacturing firms. With effect from April 1, 2010, the NBS Scheme has regulated the subsidy on P&K fertilisers.
Deficits & Debt: Modi govt must rethinkedit
The Dispatch – Online
India is profligate. Its economic policies are away from realism, dependent on only one aspect of development – build, build and build more. The real estate has virtually busted with little activity anywhere else at a time when the fiscal 2020-21 touched Rs 14.1 lakh crore deficit, 76 per cent of revised estimates of Rs 18.5 lakh crore, 31 per cent more than last year’s corresponding level of Rs 10.4 lakh crore.
It is a reflection of the agriculture policy that is not serving the growers. How the three new farm bills would impact farm health should be a matter of concern. But retail inflation is to see additional headwinds in May and June as ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Paddy not being purchased in Khammam, says Kisan Morcha chiefedit
Bharatiya Kisan Morcha state president Kondapalli Sridhar Reddy said on Monday that farmers are suffering due to the non-lifting of paddy at Indira Kranthi Patham centres.
Sridhar Reddy, who visited the paddy fields at Patharpadu in Tirumalayapalem mandal, said the government failed to put a plan in place to lift the paddy. The paddy was placed on thrashing floors and the farmers were worried over approaching rain. Paddy stocks for sale in some mandals were hit by unseasonal rain, he said.