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Agriculture Industry
How Punjab can shine again with nutritional security and climate-friendly agricultureedit
The Indian Express – Online
As per the latest Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of agricultural households conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO), an average Indian farmer earned Rs 10,218 per month in 2018-19 (July-June). Across states, the highest income was received by a farming household in Meghalaya (Rs 29,348) followed by Punjab (Rs 26,701), Haryana (Rs 22,841), Arunachal Pradesh (19,225) and Jammu and Kashmir (Rs 18,918) while the lowest income levels were in West Bengal (Rs 6,762), Odisha (Rs 5,112) and Jharkhand (Rs 4,895). But this is not a fair comparison as holding sizes vary widely across states. The moment one normalises these incomes of agri-households by their holding sizes, as in the SAS, Punjab’s ranking on per ...
CLAAS Mentions
Punjab CM holds meeting with German companies operating in stateedit
The Times Of India – Online
As a precursor to two-days Progressive Punjab Investors Summit-2021 on October 26 & 27, the Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday met delegation of German Companies operating in the state. Notably, the chief minister had similar interactions few days back with the prominent industrialists based in Punjab and is again meeting more industrialists on Monday for their valuable suggestions and feedback before the Progressive Punjab Investors Summit. MD, Claas India, Sriram Kanan apprised the chief minister that robust connectivity and peaceful labour relations without domicile condition in Punjab are very encouraging for the Industry.
Events
The Launch of tractornews.in & Webinar on Farm Mechanizationedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Krishi Jagran is organizing an event ‘The Launch of tractornews.in & Webinar on Farm Mechanization’ on Friday, 29th October 2021 at 11 am. As we know, Farm Mechanization plays a crucial role in increasing agricultural productivity. The Indian farmer community has been well-received and adopted farm mechanization as one of the important elements of modernization of agriculture, enhancing agricultural productivity and consequently rural prosperity.
Farm Mechanization
Why over 1 lakh machines are not enough for Punjab?edit
The Indian Express – Online
Punjab grows rice on over 3 million hectares which produces over 20 million tonnes of stubble. To manage it, the state has 21,000 super seeders, which are used for sowing wheat in standing stubble after harvesting with super SMS attached combined. There are 15,000 happy seeders that can sow wheat in standing stubble, 7,000 mulchers, which mix chopped stubble in soil, 7,000 reversible MB ploughs that reverse the land and bury stubble in soil. The state has 6,000 Super SMS machines, which cut stubble to a large extent at the time of harvesting and spread it the field evenly, 15,000 zero-till drills (used to sow wheat after managing stubble with various machines). There are ...
Govt. Policies
Bihar: A gift to the farmers of the state, 328 agricultural machinery banks will be made in 13 districts, 80 percent will be givenedit
Live Hindustan – Online
The government will set up 328 agricultural machinery banks in 13 districts of the state. Apart from this, 25 special custom hiring centers will also be set up in Patna and Magadha divisions. In both the schemes, the government will give 80 percent subsidy on the machines. But the maximum grant amount has been fixed at eight for Yantra banks and 12 lakh for special banks.
Paddy in India
Rain, hailstorm damage paddy crop across Punjab, girdawari orderededit
Hindustan Times – Online
Paddy harvesting in parts of Malwa, Majha and Doaba regions of the state is set to get delayed as heavy rain coupled with high-velocity winds and hail flattened the crop and drenched the harvest. The untimely rain that started on Saturday evening continued intermittently till Sunday afternoon, flooding fields and grain markets. According to the government figures, nearly 70 lakh tonne paddy has reached the grain markets, which is roughly one-third of the total yield expected this season. Last year, the 210 lakh tonne of paddy was procured in the state. Paddy, including basmati varieties, is sown on nearly 31 lakh hectares of land in the state this year.
Fewer farmers ready to shift from paddy to other cropsedit
Deccan Chronicle – Online
Farm officials worked hard in shifting paddy farmers to alternative crops, but could convince only small numbers of them in this district. Some peasants responded to such calls and came forward to raise horticulture crops and pulses instead of paddy. Farmers used to raise paddy over 2.26 lakh acres in this district and agreed to shift to other crops for no more than 12.57 per cent. Officials have chosen nine mandals — Wyra, Tallada, Nelakondapalli, Mudigonda, Kallur, Kusumanchi, Chintakani, Bonakal and Madhira — for crop change. The least response came from Chintakani, Madhira and Bonakal mandals. Crops like sunflower, palm oil, sesame, groundnut, jowar, green gram, black gram and sugarcane have been proposed as alternatives. ...
Saturday night’s heavy rain, hailstorm damages crops, likely to delay paddy harvesting in Punjab by 4-5 daysedit
The Indian Express – Online
Heavy rains, coupled with hailstorms and strong winds in some places of Punjab, have not only delayed the harvesting of paddy by 4-5 days but have also caused major damage to the crops, particularly basmati, in various districts. The late October rainfall is also likely to pose a major challenge to paddy stubble management owing to delay in harvesting, the 20-25 day ‘window period’ between paddy harvesting and wheat sowing in Punjab is likely to shrink further. Overall the state has recorded 16 mm rainfall on the night of October 23 alone. Before that, On October 24 the overall rain recorded in the state was 29.5 mm. The normal rain required in October (till ...