Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Global agriculture faces climate reality: Corn production to fall 24% by 2030, wheat yields to riseedit
India Today – Online
s world leaders converge in Glasgow to chart a new course of action to prevent the world from catastrophic climate change, the effects could be aggravated sooner than we anticipated. As extreme weather events become common across the world, climate change is set to hit the production of food crops by as early as 2030. Production of maize (corn) and wheat could be affected by climate change as early as 2030 under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario. The projected increases in temperature, shifts in rainfall patterns, and elevated surface carbon dioxide concentrations from human-caused greenhouse gas emissions will lead to a major change in crop yields. Maize crop yields are projected to decline 24 ...
Govt. Policies
Krishi UDAN scheme to benefit farmers, exportersedit
The Times Of India – Online
As per the Krishi UDAN 2.0 plan released by Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday, special attention will be paid to the transportation of agri-products and fruits by strengthening the cargo-related infrastructure at Nashik airport to boost the farmers’ income. At present, Nashik-based Halcon, a joint venture between Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and Container Corporation of India (Concor), is involved in exporting various agricultural and horticulture products from Nashik. Also, a bulk of the products are sent to Mumbai from where they are exported overseas — either by air or by cargo ships. Nashik also sends around 700 tonnes of vegetables to Mumbai and Gujarat daily.
Paddy in India
New Variety Of Paddy: Agricultural University has developed such paddy, the plant will not fall due to strong windedit
Naidunia – Online
Chhattisgarh, which is called the bowl of rice, has immense potential for developing new varieties of paddy. In such a situation, there is good news for the farmers of the state. Indira Gandhi Agricultural University has developed one such new variety named Chhattisgarh Paddy 1919. Which will not affect the plants even if strong wind blows. The paddy plant will not fall. This will save farmers from loss and production will also be high in this variety of paddy. Dr. Deepak Sharma, Professor and Scientist of the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding of Agricultural University, said that the University has tested the latest variety Chhattisgarh Paddy 1919 and it has been released for the farmers. ...
Don’t impose ban on sale of paddy seeds in Siddipet: HC to State govtedit
The Hans India – Online
The High Court single bench of Justice T Vinod Kumar on Tuesday heard a plea filed against Siddipet Collector P Venkatram Reddy for reportedly threatening the farmers and seed sellers of dire consequences if they resort to paddy cultivation and selling of seed in the district. The bench directed the Telangana government to not to impose a ban on sale of paddy seeds in the State. The plea was filed by Bathula Narayana, a farmer from Imambad village of the district.
Stubble Burning
As Delhi pollution rises, farmers explain why they’re still burning crop stubbleedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Farmers across Punjab have been burning paddy residual despite a ban on stubble burning. Farmers said they are helpless and burn paddy stubble to minimise the cost of production. The farmers claim that the paddy stubble causes only 8% of the total pollution. They, however, accused the state govt of not providing agricultural machinery to control stubble. On Sunday, Punjab reported this harvest season’s highest stubble burning instances. Nearly 28,000 incidents of stubble burning were reported until October 31 last year. Watch this report for more.
Kolkata: Stubble burning back in New Townedit
The Times Of India – Online
Locals spotted grass burning in New Town once again next to the Silicon Valley plot on Tuesday morning. The New Town Forum and News (NTFN), an umbrella organization of resident forums in New Town, and the Eco Park Police were informed and the news circulated in WhatsApp groups. Cops went to the spot to douse the fire. Last year, local resistance groups were formed in coordination with New Town Kolkata Development Authority and the police to prevent the burning of grass and biomass on open land which had caused a lot of air pollution, leading to the death of many birds in the area.
Stubble Burning: Some Sustainable Management Practices to Overcomeedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Paddy stubble poses major challenges in north India. The quantity of the crop straw and stubble is humongous and the window for disposing of it is too small. The article focuses on several existing initiatives and challenges in the management of crop residue for a clean and rejuvenating environment. Stubble burning is intentionally setting fire to the straw that remains after crop harvest. Farmers in Punjab, Haryana, and some parts of Uttar Pradesh burn straws of paddy and wheat which has been cited as a major cause of air pollution in Delhi NCR. In late September and October month every year, Punjab and Haryana farmers burnt about 23 million tons of paddy straw in their ...
Tractor industry
M&M eyeing price hike in November; says company’s tractor market share at 40% plusedit
CNBC TV18 – Online
According to Hemant Sikka, President – Farm Equipment Sector at Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M), the month of October has shaped up quite well for the tractor industry. The company is almost 2 percentage points higher on market share compared to last year. “At YTD level, our market share is upwards of 40 percent. Both our brands Mahindra and Swaraj are doing very well in the market and we hope to continue to do well,” he said, in an interview to CNBC-TV18.