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Agriculture Industry
World Food Day 2021: History, significance, theme, messages, quotes and imagesedit
India Today – Online
Every year World Food Day is observed on October 16 and is celebrated to raise awareness on the issue of hunger and healthy food habits for all. It marks the founding day of the Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO). World Food Day is celebrated by organisations like the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agriculture Development. But this year the day will be jointly be led by organisations like FAO, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme (WFP). According to the United Nations, this year’s events will take place in around 150 countries across the world with multiple partners and government involvement.
Farm Mechanization
PAU’s Happy Seeder Machine- A Solution to Punjab’s Stubble Burning Problemedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
With the onset of winter on the horizon and the sowing season of rabi crops coming up, we all in the national capital region have to get ready for the oncoming of the infamous drop in air quality in Delhi for the winters. Though the air quality in India’s capital has risen a few notches due to the lockdown restrictions due to the pandemic, the pollution caused by the stubble burning of farmers in the Punjab and Haryana region is a looming threat to Delhi’s air quality index. According to a report released by the ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare in 2019, the total paddy straw produced in Haryana and Punjab together in 2018 ...
Crop residue equipment is necessary with combine harvesteredit
Amar Ujala – Online
During harvesting, crop residue management equipment along with combine harvester will be mandatory. Action will be taken by registering a case against the harvester operator if he is found harvesting the paddy crop without it. The DM has issued an advisory and instructed the officers to follow the rules. The government has directed the district administration to curb the burning of crop residues in the field after the harvesting of crops. On the instructions of the government, DM Arun Kumar has issued an advisory and directed the concerned officers to fully comply with the rule.
Govt. Policies
Karnataka agriculture department plans fuel subsidy for farmersedit
The Times Of India – Online
Agriculture minister BC Patil on Friday said the government was planning to provide a subsidy of Rs 20 per litre on diesel and petrol used by farmers for agricultural purposes. With diesel price breaching the three-digit mark and petrol rate hovering around Rs 110 in Karnataka, the BJP government is under pressure to bring them under Rs 100 a litre. Patil, speaking at an event in Chitradurga, said he would discuss the subsidy plan with chief minister Basavaraj Bommai soon. “Farmers are facing a lot of hardships and providing subsidies will help them a bit,” the minister said.
Stubble Burning
On Dussehra, ‘satisfactory to moderate’ AQI for Punjab cities, seven Haryana cities come under poor categoryedit
The Indian Express – Online
ON DUSSEHRA day, the Air Quality Index (AQI) of cities of Punjab came under the ‘satisfactory to moderate’ categories, while seven cities of neighbouring Haryana came under the ‘poor’ AQI zone. Experts said this is good from an environmental point of view as farmers have already started burning their fields to clear stubble before sowing of the next crop. However, they warned that air quality may deteriorate at night because effigies of Ravana are burnt in the evening. According to data available on the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) website on Friday, Amritsar’s AQI was ‘moderate’ and Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) per cubic meter (mg/cm) was 116. RSMP between 0-55 /cubic meter (mg/cm) in ...
Stubble burning dropped drastically this year: Ministryedit
The Indian Express – Online
Paddy residue burning incidents have dropped by 69.49 per cent in Punjab, 18.28 per cent in Haryana and 47.61 per cent in the eight NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh in the one-month period beginning September 15 from the same period last year, said the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The data is the result of monitoring of paddy residue burning events from September15 in the states of Punjab, Haryana and the NCR areas of UP by the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) to curb and abate air pollution during the ongoing harvest season. The CAQM has held a series of meetings with state government officials, including ...
Tractor industry
Driverless Tractor: The Future of Smart Farming In Indiaedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Around 58 percent of India’s population, agriculture is their primary source of income. This itself makes India as an Agricultural superpower. No other country in the world grows as many food crops and non-food crops as India does. This is the very reason why innovation is needed in various fields related to agriculture in India. This innovation might come in the form of creation of higher yield variety seeds, grafting to create better varieties of plants etc. And one place where the farmers need innovation more than any is in the Driverless Tractor region of agricultural technology. The advent of self-driving electric cars in the market, courtesy of tesla its high time driverless tractors were ...