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How tech helps Nellore ryots overcome labour shortage due to Covidedit
The New Indian Express – Online
At a time when the agriculture sector is facing shortage of workers due to the Covid pandemic, several farmers in Nellore district have started spraying fertilisers and pesticides in their fields using drones. Farmers in Kodavaluru, Kovur, Vidavaluru and Dagadarthi mandals have started using drones, which are available on rent. And guess what, farmers are happy with the outcome as they could save time and around 30 per cent pesticide by using the drones.
A team of officials led by agriculture officer Anitha have conducted demo classes on the utilisation of drones for spraying fertilisers and pesticides in the fields to farmers especially in villages of Kovur, Kodavaluru, Vidavaluru and Dagadarthi mandals in ...
Cauliflower blooms prosperity, self-sufficiency in Bihar villageedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Chakawara, home to about 1,000 people in Bihar‘s Vaishali district, is an example of how a village can prosper through self-sufficiency.
About 20 years ago, Chakawara was a poor place. Its youth had no jobs. But fast forward to 2021, residents of the village have most modern comforts at their disposal and a handsome amount in the savings bank.
So, what’s behind the Chakawara success story? The path to prosperity was laid after the villagers took up cauliflower seed cultivation.
BJP starts ‘Tiranga Yatra’, farmers counter it with mahapanchayatedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) kicked off its much-hyped ‘Tiranga Yatra’, a 40-kilometre journey on tractors from Bhiwani’s Behal to Loharu town, on Sunday.
The yatra received a massive response, especially from BJP’s youth workers. It is for the first time since November last year that the saffron party, which has been facing protests from farmers agitating against the Centre’s farm laws, managed a show of strength in the Jat-dominated belt.
The farmers decided against staging a protest against the BJP for fear of being labeled as anti-national, and instead decided to counter it with a mahapanchayat in Behal, the town where the BJP started its rally from.
The goal of doubling the income of farmers by 2022-23 is still elusive, writes Ajit Ranadeedit
Free Press Journal – Online
In 2016, the government led by Prime Minister Modi said that farmers’ incomes would be doubled by 2022. It was meant to convey an ambitious target. It was also a departure from targeting production to income. To this end, a committee was set up in April 2016, under the chairmanship of Dr Ashok Dalwai, an IAS officer who was additional secretary in the ministry of agriculture and farmers’ welfare. That committee submitted its massive 14-volume comprehensive report in September 2018. Popularly known as the DFI (doubling farm income) report, the entire report and related documents can be accessed at: https://agricoop.nic.in/en/doubling-farmers-income. The aim was to reach double income for farmer households by ...
Discoms to study PMBLDC motors for agri sectoredit
The New Indian Express – Online
As a part of its efforts to conserve energy on all fronts, the state energy department is in the process of introducing energy efficiency farm motors with the latest and globally acclaimed Permanent Magnet Brushless Direct Current (PMBLDC). AP State Energy Efficiency Development Corporation (APSEEDCO, a joint venture of power utilities, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Andhra University for preparing the design document, manufacturing and operational protocol, simulation, and a prototype to demonstrate the technology.
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25,000 agri-machines to be subsidised for paddy stubble management in Punjabedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Chandigarh The Punjab agriculture department has initiated a drive to provide more than 25,000 agri-machines and farm equipment to farmers for in-situ management of paddy residue with subsidy component of ₹250 crore in this fiscal.
Agriculture director Sukhdev Singh Sidhu on Sunday said that the department had already sanctioned about 430 applications of cooperative societies and panchayats on priority for balers and primary sowing machines.
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Andhra Pradesh to introduce revolutionary method in agricultural motorsedit
The Times of India – Online
The state is all set to introduce with the globally acclaimed technology – permanent magnet brushless direct current (PMBLDC).
According to the energy officials, PMBLDC is one such technology which will improve to 90% against the existing efficiency of 75% with induction motor technology. Even the life expectancy of the PMBLDC system is expected to improve to 15 to 20 years due to high grade materials as compared to the lifespan of conventional AC motors of around 10 years.
As a part of this endeavour, a joint venture company of AP power utilities, AP State Energy Efficiency Development Corporation Limited (APSEEDCO), has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.