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Can agriculture in India play a key role in limiting Climate change? A study defines how.edit
The Indian Wire – Online
Every greenhouse gas emission made in the world, adds greatly up to its own perils. A carbon unit produced and released by the human activities can simply disturb different ongoing processes, shatter millions of lives though indirectly, yet with insurmountable helplessness. This warming world is a bigger problem as the climate change reduces productivity while an increasing population (for now) demands more, threatening the overall productivity and food security. Therefore, agriculture seems to be extremely vulnerable and responsive towards minute moderations arising out of climate change. According to a recent report by CFA Institute along with Climate Bonds Initiative, agriculture is particularly vulnerable to climate change as well as the best player to ...
Withdrawal of farm bills unfortunate: key agriculture bureaucrat Ashok Dalwaiedit
Moneycontrol – Online
For Ashok Dalwai, chairman of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most ambitious projects, the withdrawal of the three farm bills is `very unfortunate’. “It is bad for the economy. We were going on the right track. We need to know what we stand to lose. I feel that all stakeholders should take a larger view of the situation. We should have implemented the laws and then see what changes are needed. The government was more than keen to incorporate changes,” Dalwai told Moneycontrol. In his view, the Modi government was even keen to keep the laws in abeyance for two years. Looked at the withdrawal of the bills from ...
Paddy in India
All set for crucial meet on paddy procurement in Delhi todayedit
The Hans India – Online
All eyes are on crucial meeting between the Union and the State governments on paddy procurement in New Delhi on Friday. The State official delegation led by Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy would meet their counterparts and present a factual report on the paddy cultivation in the State. They will also explain the challenges faced by Telangana farmers in the cultivation of paddy in the ensuing Yasangi season. Officials said that Union Minister for Industry and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal and Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar raised doubts on the extent of paddy cultivation taken up by farmers in every agricultural season, as the figures finalised by the centre contradicted the statistical data prepared ...
Kerala govt upholds order to convert paddy landedit
The Times of India – Online
The state government has rejected the contention filed by environmentalist Thomas Lawrence challenging the conversion of land for the development of Phase III Technopark campus and alleging destruction of wetland for the purpose. The order rejecting the allegations of Thomas Lawrence was issued by Chief Secretary V P Joy based on a hearing held in August following a direction from the High Court on the petition filed by Lawrence. The High Court had disposed of the petition directing the Chief Secretary to hear and pass orders. Additional secretary, electronics & information technology department, District Collector, Thiruvananthapuram and the chief executive officer, Technopark, were present during the hearing. District Collector said in the hearing ...
FCI procures more than 2 lakh quintal paddy from HP farmersedit
The Statesman – Online
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has procured more than two lakh quintal mark for procurement of paddy in the state and it was due to the consistent efforts of the Himachal Pradesh government, an Agriculture department official said on Thursday. The official informed that the FCI has bought paddy of farmers through Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee at nine procurement centers in the state. In a special move, the payment of paddy purchased from the farmers is also being made within 24 hours and more than Rs 38 crore have been transferred to the accounts of approximately four thousand farmers through direct benefit transfer scheme.
Kharif paddy procurement begins in Odisha amid harvestingedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The district administration has begun lifting of paddy for kharif season in Kalahandi from Thursday. The process was initiated at procurement centres in Ranmal in Jaipatna block and Tarapur in Dharamgarh. Around 40 per cent of harvesting has already been completed and the remaining is expected to be done within the next fortnight. In the first phase, a target of 40,25,000 quintal of paddy procurement has been allotted to the district. Around 107 agencies have been entrusted with the task of running 207 purchasing centres. Seventy-four primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACS) and 33 women self-help groups (SHGs) will run 174 and 33 purchasing centres, respectively. Of the 62 custom millers who will be ...
Stubble Burning
Stubble burning continuously in the fieldsedit
Amar Ujala – Online
The practice of stubble burning in the fields of different areas of the region is not stopping. Pollution is spreading due to the smoke rising due to stubble burning, but the administrative officers are not seen in action. The fertility of the fields is also decreasing. Knowing everything, the top officials are sitting on their hands. Despite the strictness of the administration in various villages including Pipridih, Bhar, Rakvaredih, Usmanpur, Onhaich, Ahilad of Pardahan block area, farmers are continuously burning paddy straw in the fields indiscriminately. Awareness programs are being run by the Agriculture Department and the local administration to not burn the residue after the harvesting of paddy, But some farmers are not shying ...
Punjab will Invest in Biofuel Projects to Reduce Stubble Burningedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
The Renewable Gas Association of India (RGAI) was formed to provide solutions for increasing and optimizing renewable gas production and utilization. Subodh Kumar, former Executive Director of Indian Oil and RGAI President, said in response to the signing of the pact, “This will serve as an advocacy voice for the protection, preservation, and promotion of renewable gas to create additional and diverse market demand for renewable gas.” Maninder Singh, General Secretary of the RGAI, stated that they will encourage the production of renewable gas from all feedstocks, using competing and sustainable technologies for all end-use applications. “This will help to scale-up the potential, owing to the abundance of unutilized agricultural feedstock- an estimated 140 million ...
Stubble burning is not the only culpritedit
The Statesman – Online
Another winter is upon us and with it once again toxic smog descends across India’s capital. Over the last few weeks, Delhi’s air pollution levels fluctuated between the ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ categories. This is a scenario that repeats every year. Yet the administration fails to put sufficient effort into designing and implementing sustainable solutions. As Delhi’s winter smog worsens, crop stubble burning gets the most blame. However, the rising levels of air pollution in the capital are caused by a number of factors – vehicular emissions, pollution from industry and large-scale construction activities are some of them. All the causes need to be addressed by the government if the city’s air is to become ...
New stubble burning cases in Punjab fall to 34edit
The Times of India – Online
New crop residue burning cases fell again in Punjab on Wednesday, as only 34 fresh incidents were reported in the state. The overall count for the season reached 71,215. In 2020, there were 76,590 crop residue burning cases in the state. Muktsar district recorded just six new cases, the highest during the day in the state. Sangrur has so far recorded 8,002 cases. It is followed by 6,515 in Moga, 6,284 in Ferozepur, 5,814 in Ludhiana and 5,363 in Patiala. The air quality index in most monitored cities of Punjab remained moderate or poor. The AQI was 163 in Amritsar, 272 in Bathinda, 146 in Jalandhar,173in Khanna, 252 in Ludhiana,113in Mandi Gobindgarh, 200 ...