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Agriculture Industry
Mighty challenges in Indian agricultureedit
WION – Online
Current focus of public discourse in agriculture is on marketing system in the backdrop of the three contentious farm laws enacted last year. Early this year, the Supreme Court ordered a temporary stay on their implementation and appointed an expert committee whose report is lying unactioned since March. The Government’s offer to seek suggestions on specific changes in the law have fallen on deaf ears and the protests seeking outright scrapping of laws have now turned distinctly political.
This focus on marketing has eclipsed attention on important issues of growing water deficit, soil erosion and environmental degradation – particularly nitrogen pollution or air and water — caused by current farming practices. Here is a brief explainer ...
Amazon, Microsoft swoop in on $24 billion deposit of farm-data in Indiaedit
Mint – Online
Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. are among technology giants lining up to harness data from India’s farmers in an ambitious government-led productivity drive aimed at transforming an outmoded agricultural industry.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration, which is seeking to ensure food security in the world’s second-most populous nation, has signed preliminary agreements with the three U.S. titans and a slew of local businesses starting April to share farm statistics it’s been gathering since coming to power in 2014. Modi is betting the private sector can help farmers boost yields with apps and tools built from information such as crop output, soil quality and land holdings.
Digitizing agricultureedit
The Times of India – Online
At present around 58% Indian population is engaged in agriculture as primary source of income. With the aim of becoming global economic powerhouse by 2024-25, increasing income of this large chunk of population becomes inevitable.
The government of India has drafted a policy to double farmer’s income and also announced budget for the same. With highest yield of pulses, milk, jute and second highest yield of groundnut, vegetables, rice, wheat, fruits, sugarcane, and cotton; production is not a matter of concern for Indian agricultural sector. But the major concern lies in small size of land owned by many of farmers which do not provide sufficient income to them. And above all, negative impact ...
Dairy Farming
ROBOTIC MILKING: A PROCESS THAT IS ADVANCING THE DAIRY FARMSedit
Analytics Insight – Online
Robotic milking is the process of milking dairy animals, particularly dairy cattle, without the need for human labor. Automatic milking is another name for this robotic milking procedure. The automatic milking system (AMS) was created in the late 20th century. Since the early 1990s, it has been commercially accessible. A sort of agricultural robot is at the heart of such systems that allow total automation of the milking process. Computers and specific herd management software are used in most systems. It was also used to keep track of the health of cows.
Technology in Agriculture
New Technologies & Modernisation Of Agriculture Sectoredit
Outlook India – Online
The global hyperspectral imaging in the agriculture market is expected to reach $56.88 million by 2026, with a CAGR of 11.93% during the forecast period 2021-2026, according to a recent study.
The study, titled “Global Hyperspectral Imaging in Agriculture Market: Focus on Product, Application, and Country Analysis – Analysis and Forecast, 2020-2026”, says that the growth rate in the market is because of the increased emphasis on precision farming around the world.
The report asserts that due to the increasing global food demand, growers must adopt better ways for growing to maximize their yield increase production.
Farmers body FAIFA lauds Centre’s promotion of digital technologies for agricultureedit
The Economic Times – Online
Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) has lauded the steps taken by the Union ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare to promote digital technology in the farm sector and has has urged the government to take appropriate steps for smooth implementation and execution of the digital agriculture mission.
FAIFA comprises farmers and farm workers of commercial crops across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Gujarat . The farmers’ body feels that the agriculture-friendly steps by the government will give added impetus to the pace of major farm sector reforms in the country and help in increasing farm income.
Stubble Burning
Delhi govt submits audit report on stubble decomposing solution to Central Commissionedit
ANI – Online
Senior officials of the Environment and Development departments of the Delhi government on Thursday submitted the ‘Third Party Audit Report regarding stubble decomposition (/topic/stubble-decomposition) using the bio-decomposer (/topic/bio-decomposer), to the Commission for Air Quality Management (/topic/commission-for-air-quality- management).
This audit report is conducted by the Central Government’s agency WAPCOS, regarding the impact of spraying of biodecomposer on stubble. In the detailed report, it has been mentioned that WAPCOS has included in its audit report the effect of spraying Pusa BioDecomposer in about 1,935 acres of non-basmati paddy fields of 310 farmers in 39 villages of Delhi.
SHGs to help deal with paddy straw burningedit
Tribune India – Online
To deal with the issue of burning of paddy straw, the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department in Ambala has come out with a pilot project, in collaboration with the Haryana State Rural Livelihoods Mission (HSRLM), for converting the straw into manure for mushroom. Self-help groups (SHGs) will be roped in for the project.
According to the Agriculture Department, the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) will train women for the project and then, the mushrooms grown will be sold to a Kurukshetra-based farm.
Speaking to The Tribune, Deputy Director Agriculture Dr Girish Nagpal said: “To curb the paddy straw-burning menace and turn it into a source of livelihood and additional income for farmers, the department is collaborating ...
PPCB to come down hard on stubble burning, 10 districts on its radaredit
Hindustan Times – Online
Ludhiana The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has started monitoring stubble burning incidents from September 15 and no case of paddy residue burning has been reported yet, said new chairman Adarsh Pal Vig on Thursday.
Vig, who was attending a seminar on the World Ozone Day at the Pal Auditorium of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), said, “We will pay attention on the 10 districts that reported most stubble burning cases in 2020. Some of these are Sangrur, Ludhiana, Moga, Bathinda, Ferozepur and Patiala. We will also zero in on villages with a similar poor record.”
Stubble burning: Beware! Violators to have red entry in revenue recordsedit
Tribune India – Online
The Deputy Commissioner has asked the Revenue Department officials to make red entry in the revenue record of farmers, who flout ban on burning of crop residue in fields.
The instructions are aimed at deterring farmers from burning stubble, which causes pollution.
Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khaira held a meeting with all 47 cluster officers and tehsildars from the district to issue directions to check stubble burning. He asked officials to coordinate with panchayats at village level and persuade farmers not to flout the ban orders.