Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Only 60 lakh tonnes paddy to be procured by Telangana govtedit
Telangana Today – Online
With the Central government refusing to purchase paddy beyond the allocated quota, the State government will procure only 60 lakh tonnes of paddy through the procurement centres for the Vaanakalam (Kharif) season. The officials of Agriculture Department were asked to sensitise people in this regard. The State government had procured the entire yield during the past three crop seasons since Yasangi 2019-20 to ensure that farmers do not suffer losses due to the Covid pandemic and subsequent lockdown. At a high level meeting on ‘crop cultivation and paddy procurement’ held at Pragathi Bhavan on Sunday, the officials stated that following the Centre’s decision not to purchase boiled rice, the rice mills in the State were ...
Maharashtra: Pests affect paddy farming across 250 hectares in districtedit
The Times Of India – Online
Pest attaacks have affected different varieties of paddy, including the popular Indrayani, cultivated across 250-hectare area in the hilly region of seven tehsils, including Maval and Mulshi, in the district. “We have so far recorded white grub attack on 250 hectare of the total 61,000 hectare of the paddy cultivation in seven tehsils. This usually occurs when there is a lack of rainfall. The white grubs grow under the soil and eats the roots of the crop,” district agriculture officer Dnyaneshwar Bote told TOI.
70% of agricultural households possess land less than 1 hectare, finds surveyedit
The Times Of India – Online
A total of 54% of the rural families are agricultural households, with 70% of them possessing land less than 1 hectare, the latest survey on land holdings and rural households has found. It is further been found that just 0.4% of the agricultural households possess land above 10 hectare. In contrast, of the total non-agricultural households, which forms 46% of the total rural households, those possessing land less than 1 ha is almost 99%. The survey, carried out by national statistical office for the year 2019, has found that nearly 77% of the agricultural households are self-employed, with 69% into crop production. The remaining households which are into employment include 7.7% as into ...
Events
Opportunities for Agriculture in a Low Emissions Futureedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Opportunities for Agriculture in a Low Emissions Future will be organized by Farmers for Climate Action on 15 September 2021 in virtual format. Join this event at 10 am to see the Report Launch, which we commissioned EY to produce. Purpose of Event: To explore how good climate policy can help farming families to diversify their incomes, and increase productivity and profit next Wednesday at the launch of a landmark new report from Ernst & Young, commissioned by Farmers for Climate Action. Find out how good climate policy can help farming families diversify their incomes, and increase productivity and profit.
Govt. Policies
Govt extends scope under transport & marketing scheme for agricultural exportsedit
The New Indian Express – Online
In order to enhance agri exports,the central government has enhanced the scope of Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) scheme for specified agriculture products by increasing rate of interest and including dairy products under its purview, and extended the scheme till March 31, 2022. “Enhanced assistance under the revised scheme is expected to help Indian exporters of agricultural products to meet rising freight and logistics costs,” the ministry of commerce said in a statement on Friday.
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Rains threaten kharif crops, onion pricesedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Moisture-propelling weather patterns across India have re-activated the monsoon system again, flooding several states and risking key summer-sown or kharif crops, including onion, a widely consumed price-sensitive food item. A cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, dumping heavy rainfall in West Bengal, moisture drafts due to a low-pressure formation over northern states and a rainy trail across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha has flooded large parts of several states, endangering crops.
Silage
Grass turns greener for tribal farmers, migrants the silage wayedit
The New Indian Express – Online
For tribal farmers – and more importantly migrant labourers of Kalahandi – the grass foliage on farm fields or fallow lands never seemed to have possess a greener and more economic prospect until recently when a farmer producer group started using it for silage production. Involving farmers from around 27 villages including 19 migrants in search of work, silage production unit set by the group only last year has started raking in profit, thereby enabling farmers to earn more. Silage is fodder made from green foliage crops which is preserved by fermentation and fed to cattle, sheep and other such ruminants.
Tractor industry
Escorts confident of double-digit growth in tractor sales in FY22edit
Business Standard – Online
Farm machinery and construction equipment major Escorts Ltd is confident of clocking a double-digit growth in tractor sales in 2021-22, having registered good volume in the first quarter, according to a senior company official. Despite the uneven spread of monsoon in its strong markets of north and east parts of the country, the company is confident that it will be able to continue its growth momentum. However, it is expecting some slowdown as a result of increase in commodity prices resulting in higher cost of tractors.