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Second COVID-19 wave not to impact India’s agriculture sector: Niti Aayogedit
Telengana Today – Online
Niti Aayog Member (Agriculture) Ramesh Chand on Sunday said the second COVID-19 wave will not impact the Indian agriculture sector in anyway as rural areas saw spread of infections in May when agriculture activities remained at bare minimum. In an interview with PTI, Chand said that India’s policies on subsidy, price and technology have remained too much in favour of rice, wheat and sugarcane, and there is need to make the procurement and minimum support price policy favourable to pulses.
Agri sector incurred losses of more than Rs 2400 cr due to Yaas: Reportedit
Millenium Post – Online
With around 2.22 lakh hectares of agricultural land getting affected, the preliminary report prepared by the state Agriculture department revealed that the sector witnessed a loss of more than Rs 2400 crore due to Cyclone Yaas. It is the sesame plantation that got mostly affected in the state. The report revealed that the sesame crop on 1.20 lakh hectare was badly affected. Though a prior advisory issued by the department on May 19 helped in completion of the harvest of boro paddy using combine harvester machines, the same on 29063 hectares were affected. Similarly, peanut cultivation on 37964 hectare, pulses on 4329 hectare, maize on 5021 hectare, 22898 hectare, sunflower on 145 hectare and sugarcane ...
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Swaraj Tractors launches new initiative to groom engineersedit
Mint – Online
Swaraj Tractors, owned by Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, has announced a programme for young engineers wherein the company will help improve their technical knowledge by allowing them to work as interns and subsequently offering them permanent jobs in the company. This initiative is aimed at developing a talent pool of engineers. “The programme is designed to expose first-year engineering students to critical and holistic industry experiences necessary for long-term career development. Students from top engineering colleges offering agriculture engineering will be targeted for this programme,” said the company in a statement.
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Seize the monsoonedit
The Indian Express – Online
The farm sector grew by 3.6 per cent even as GDP fell by 7.3 per cent in 2020-21. This standout performance — all previous economic contractions in India were accompanied, if not caused, by droughts — came largely on the back of a good monsoon. That was some consolation amid the havoc wreaked by Covid-19. With the India Meteorological Department forecasting a third consecutive good monsoon this year, it is natural to expect agriculture to deliver the goods yet again. True, the pandemic has spread to rural India, unlike last year. But there is respite even here, with the number of cases declining. The second wave should hopefully subside by mid-June, when plantings for ...
Vijayawada: Agriculture Department prepares action plan for kharifedit
Hans India – Online
With monsoon rains predicted in the second week of June this year, the Agriculture Department is gearing up to implement the action plan for the kharif season-2021 with estimated crop area of 3.34 lakh hectares in Krishna district. Last kharif season, the farmers cultivated crops in 3,30 lakh hectares. This year, the officials estimated the crop area at 3,34 lakh hectares. Paddy is the main crop in the kharif season with estimated area of 2,50,000 hectares.
The Indian Metereology department has predicted normal rainfall this year. Last year, the crops were cultivated in 3,30,826 hectares. Paddy was the main crop with 2.5 lakh hectares. Normal crop area in Krishna district is 3,23,196 hectares. Due ...