Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
‘Finance sustainable farming for addressing climate change’edit
The Times of India – Online
The CFA Institute, a global association of investment professionals, has asked Indian banks, venture capital investors, multilateral development institutions, and policymakers to catalyse private capital for sustainable agriculture. Farming, which is a source of livelihood for about 58% of India’s population and which contributes to global food security, is vulnerable to climate change, says the institute’s report prepared in partnership with Climate Bonds Initiative. The institute organised a webinar on ‘financing sustainable agriculture in India, with Climate Bonds Initiative India project manager Sandeep Bhattacharya and Capital Markets Policy India director Sivananth Ramachandran presenting the findings. CFA Institute country head Vidhu Shekhar said: “The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow highlighted the need of making ...
Govt. Policies
Farmers to Get More Loan From NABARD To Boost Entrepreneurship In Agriculture Sectoredit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, has made a significant announcement in this episode. Priority will be given to increase farmer entrepreneurship in the agriculture sector. In fact, the National Rural and Agriculture Development Bank (NABARD) has anticipated that farmers in Madhya Pradesh will get 1 lakh 18 thousand 288 crore rupees for crop loans. In addition, it is expected to provide a total of 62,693 crore rupees in agricultural term loans. Simultaneously, a total loan of 2 lakh 42 thousand 967 crore is projected for the fiscal year 2022-23. Approximately 74% of this will be allocated to the agriculture. Let us tell you that under MSME 39 thousand 267 crore and other ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Kerala: Prices of paddy go up in open market in Palakkad due to rainsedit
The Times of India – Online
The price of paddy has gone up by Rs 4 per kg during the last one month in the open market in the district due to a decline in paddy production due to the continuing heavy rains. Paddy production has fallen by 30-40% in the district in the current first-crop season in comparison to the corresponding period last year, said the farmers. The price of paddy Jyothy matta has gone up from Rs 18 per kg in October to Rs 22 per kg in November. The price of Uma matta has gone up from Rs 18/kg in October to Rs 19/kg in November. The price of Jaya variety paddy has also gone up ...
Unseasonal rain calls for better ways to protect cropsedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The heavy rain across the state since September, which has damaged agricultural and horticultural crops, mainly in South Interior and Coastal Karnataka, has brought into focus the need for ways to scientifically mitigate flood- and heavy rainfall-related crop damage and insulate the farming community from losses. The effects of multiple cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea had a telling effect on Karnataka’s farming community as well as people. While South-Interior Karnataka received about 150 per cent excess rainfall, Coastal Karnataka received about 100 per cent excess, while North-Interior Karnataka was spared the wrath with just about 10 per cent excess rainfall. Although the quantum of loss is yet to ...
Extreme weather events and agriculture: what are the impacts and what’s in store?edit
Moneycontrol – Online
Mid-October saw extreme weather events, specifically unusually heavy rains in some parts of India. In Kerala, heavy downpours — an excess of 135% for the first 19 days of the month, and most of it over a span of three days — and the landslides that followed claimed more than 30 lives. Shutters of the Idukki dam had to be opened — for just the fourth time since its construction in 1973.A day or two later, all eyes turned to Uttarakhand: heavy rainfall here exceeded the normal by a whopping 1427% between October 14 and 20 alone.Such unusual rainfall patterns are becoming commonplace now: Hyderabad witnessed microbursts a few months ago, while large parts of western ...
Paddy in India
After Centre’s push, Telangana govt tells farmers not to grow paddyedit
The Times of India – Online
After the Centre made it clear that it would not procure parboiled rice in the forthcoming rabi season, the Telangana government has asked farmers not to cultivate paddy in the rabi season. The government has also decided not to allow paddy from other states to land at the procurement centres in the state and directed district collectors and superintendents of police to prevent vehicles carrying paddy from entering into the state. The government said it had taken this step to protect the interests of Telangana farmers. “Farmers who have tie-ups with seed companies and rice millers or for self-consumption can take up paddy cultivation at their own risk,” chief secretary Somesh Kumar said ...
Stubble Burning
Govt accepts farmers’ demands; Will Centre be able to curb stubble burning now? | The Urban Debateedit
Times Now News – Online
In this episode of The Urban Debate, with Tanvi Shukla, we will discuss the Central Government’s decision to decriminalize stubble burning. Amid the increasing air pollution, Agricultural minister Narendra Singh Tomar announces decriminalization of stubble burning. “The PM said they will form a committee for bringing MSP legal guarantee, but there is no need for it. The way they brought the laws, they can bring an ordinance for it,” says Adit Chaudhary, Farmer Activist & Media Incharge Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan. “When we talk about stubble burning, I would like to understand from our friends from Congress, that what are the other places doing? What are Delhi and Punjab doing about it? Because Haryana ...
Tractor industry
Top 10 Innovational Breakthroughs In Tractor Technology Over the Yearsedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Images of old man John Deere’s 1837 model steel walking plough may hover in the minds of 21st-century farmers as they click instructions onto touchscreens using their tractor’s artificial intelligence (AI) driven systems. The technology behind tractors has come a long way, from horse-drawn machinery to steam, gasoline, diesel, and even electric, resulting in a slew of astounding tractor improvements over nearly two centuries. And all of the field’s supporters are looking forward to the future. The following are ten of the most significant tractor advancements in history. In broad terms, though, it’s apparent that some contributions were watershed moments in history, serving as a springboard for a slew of subsequent inventions and advances. Throughout ...