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Agriculture Industry
Golden period of agriculture under PM Modi: MoS Jitendra Singhedit
The Times Of India – Online
Union minister of state for science & technology Jitendra Singh on Sunday said the central government is giving special impetus to agriculture startups and that India is experiencing a golden period of agriculture under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Attending the concluding ceremony of five-day Northern India Regional Agriculture Fair-2021 at SKUAST Jammu, the minister said, “This is the golden period of agriculture in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and technological interventions, research and innovation in agriculture under his leadership will double the farmers’ income by 2022.”
India needs a carbon policy for agricultureedit
The Indian Express – Online
The Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group – 1 has literally issued a “code red” to humanity as we rush towards a 1.5 degree Celsius hotter planet by 2040. The UK is set to host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (CoP26) in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12 with a view to accelerate action towards the Paris Agreement’s goals. Union minister for environment, forest and climate change, Bhupender Yadav, says that the focus should be on climate finance and transfer of green technologies at low cost.
Punjab govt’s proposal to use paddy straw as cattle feed in gaushalasedit
The Indian Express – Online
Producing over 20 million tonnes of paddy straw every year, most of which is burnt in fields by farmers, leading to widespread air pollution that even spreads to neighbouring states, Punjab has now proposed to use the paddy crop residue as fodder for animals, especially cattle. We explain what research the Punjab government is citing to back its proposal. A research report prepared by the state’s only vet varsity — Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana — was submitted to the government under the project ‘Preparation for the control of stubble burning during Kharif season 2021’, which has recommended usage of paddy straw as animal feed. The report says that ...
Farm Mechanization
10,750 hiring centres to boost agriculture in Andhra Pradeshedit
The Times Of India – Online
Government will set up 10,750 community hiring centres across the state at a cost of 2,133 crore. They will be affiliated to Ryotu Bharosa Kendras. State government will also set up 175 high tech hubs in each of the assembly constituency. This programme will be implemented under YSR Farm Mechanisation Service Scheme. There will also be 11,035 cluster-level combined harvester community hiring centres in East and West Godavari, Krishna and Guntur districts. Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has decided to provide modern agriculture facilities without additional investment, management burden to small and marginal farmers through the scheme. As part of the scheme, the state government will provide subsidy on hiring of agricultural ...
Technology in Agriculture
Agri-tech may change the face of crop insurance in Telanganaedit
The New Indian Express – Online
griculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy stating in the Assembly how crop insurance policies have failed to benefit farmers in the past and that there’s a need for farmer-centric insurance schemes has put the emerging agri-insure tech industry in focus. With the State government signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a period of two years with Wingsure recently, all eyes are on what the company plans to do differently, at a time when farmers have become apprehensive about crop insurance schemes.
Stubble Burning
How Centre plans to combat stubble burning by using biomass pellets in coal-fired plantsedit
Jagran – Online
The stubble burning season is about to begin in India — mainly in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh — with the onset of winters. Stubble burning continues to be the prime cause of air pollution in the Delhi-NCR as the air quality index (AQI) turns “hazardous”. The problem of stubble burning not only leads to the deterioration of the AQI in the Delhi-NCR but has also become a political issue for Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh with states blaming each other for the yearly problem.