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Agriculture Industry
‘Number of farmer-producer entities double in Maharashtra during pandemic-hit 2020’edit
Devdiscourse – Online
The number of farmer-producer organisations FPOs in Maharashtra saw a jump in the lockdown-hit of 2020, an official from the Agricultural Technology Management Agency ATMA said. As many as 1,622 companies were formed in Maharashtra in 2020, which is more than double that in 2019, and the figure in the state this year has crossed the 5,000-mark, the official told PTI on Tuesday. Farmers in many areas came together and sold their agri produce directly to customers during the lockdown period.
Contribution of agriculture and allied sectors has increased 26.8% since 2013-14: Narendra Singh Tomaredit
The Economic Times – Online
The total contribution of agriculture and its allied sector has increased 26.8% – from Rs 16,09,198 crore during 2013-14 to Rs 20,40,079 crore during 2020-21 – in terms of value, said Narendra Singh Tomar, minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare while responding to a question in Lok Sabha on the role of research in development of agriculture use sector. “The total agricultural exports have also shown continuous rise and the total value of the export of agricultural and allied commodities during the period 2013-14 and 2020-21 was Rs 2,62,778.52 crore and Rs 3,10,338.47 crore respectively showing an increase of 18.1 percent,” he added.
Competition
Sonalika invests INR 200 cr in HP to set up plant to produce Combine Harvestersedit
The Economic Times – Online
Sonalika Group on Tuesday said that it is investing INR 200 crore to set up a new high-tech facility at Amb, Himachal Pradesh, to produce advanced quality Combine harvesters.
The new plant spread across 29 acres is designed with a multi-stage CED (Cathode Electric Deposition) paint process, normally seen only at car manufacturing facilities. Established with an investment of Rs 18 crore, the CED paint process involves a 14-stage treatment process that ensures rust-free and longer period of harvester performance, Sonalika said in a release.
Technology in Agriculture
IoT startup Atsuya Technologies gets Tamil Nadu grantedit
The Economic Times -Online
Atsuya Technologies, an Internet of Things-based sustainability startup, has received a grant from the Tamil Nadu government under its Guidance-ATEA Digital Accelerator Program. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin handed over the Rs 60.40 lakh grant amount to the company at the Investment Conclave 2021 in Chennai on Tuesday. Five startups from an applicant pool of 75 were selected for the Rs 3.5 crore total grant. The Digital Accelerator Program has been facilitated by Guidance Tamil Nadu, the state’s nodal agency for investment promotion and single-window facilitation, along with American Tamil Entrepreneurs Association (ATEA) to encourage innovation and automation through hand-picked technology startups.
Chennai-based Atsuya, set up in 2017, works with some Indian and global ...
India Needs Widespread Adoption of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Crop Productivityedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
In order to fulfil the rising food demand, great emphasis is being given to efficient farming through automation in the field and need based resource management in farm operations to improve the crop productivity. Though the scientific advances help us in understanding the crop, soil, weather and in what conditions it can grow better, some aspects of agriculture can become more efficient by monitoring and predictive analysis for understanding the accurate status of crops, input requirements and possible yield output.
Stubble Burning
Stubble Management: खत्म होगी पराली जलाने की समस्या, किसानों को सरकार दे रही 1000 रुपये प्रति एकड़, ऐसे ले सकते हैं लाभedit
Aaj Tak – Online
हरियाणा मेंमनोहर लाल खट्टर सरकार नेपराली जलाने (Stubble Burning) की समस्या सेनिजात दिलानेके लिए तरीका निकाल लिया है. राज्य सरकार के ताजा फैसलेसेपराली को जलानेकी जरूरत नहीं होगी और ऐसेमेंइससेहोनेवाले प्रदूषण सेभी लोगों को राहत मिलेगी. दरअसल, हरियाणा सरकार नेपराली न जलानेवाले किसानों को आर्थिक मदद देनेका फैसला किया है.
सरकार के इस फैसलेके मुताबिक अगर किसान खेतों मेंपड़ी पराली को स्ट्रा बेलर की मदद से गांठ या बेल बनाकर इसेइंडस्ट्रियल यूनिट्स (औद्योगिक इकाइयों) मेंदेतेहैंतो उन्हें 1000 रुपये प्रति एकड़ की प्रोत्साहन राशि दी जाएगी.