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Agriculture Industry
‘Precision farming’ scientific methods boost agriculture in India: Reportedit
ANI News – Online
‘Precision farming’ scientific methods boosts which involves the application of information technology in the field of agriculture will boost the farming sector in India. Immemorial, agriculture as a profession has had a lasting impact on the economy as well as the quality of life of the common Indian. However, even with the use of novel technology and rapid advancements in the field of research & development, there has been less than expected progress in the agricultural or animal husbandry or fishery sector over the past many decades, according to the Saudi Gazette. Precision farming would ensure that remote sensing is used to conduct various operations like finding out the best tillage, application of fertilizers, harvesting ...
Technology in Agriculture
Top 10 Applications of Robotics in Agriculture and Farmingedit
Analytics Insight – Online
The recent applications of robotics in agriculture are paving a way for a bright future for the farmers. The global population is predicted to reach 9 billion by 2025. With a dramatic rise on the way, it is time for the countries to think of new ways to feed their people. However, it is not simple. As the population moves from rural to urban grounds and no one is coming forward to take care of next-generation farming, now is the right time to infuse disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics in agriculture. Already robotics has invaded many commercial spaces like customer service, manufacturing, shipping, and transportation. Fortunately, the agriculture sector is next in line ...
Paddy in India
Uttar Pradesh procures 22 lakh-ton paddy this seasonedit
The Times of India – Online
The state government has procured about 22 lakh tons of paddy in the current kharif marketing season. Food and civil supplies commissioner, Sorabh Babu said that till December 10, paddy worth more than Rs 3,525.78 crore has been purchased from more than 3 lakh farmers, the payment for which has been made within 72 hours of purchase. Babu added that in the previous 24 hours, state government agencies and the Food Corporation of India had procured more than 1.29 lakh tons of paddy. He said that 4,457 procurement centres have been set up across the state to facilitate direct purchase from farmers this year, up from 4,166 centres which were set up in ...
Complaints of irregularities hit Bihar’s paddy procurement driveedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The state cooperative department’s bid to ensure timely procurement of paddy from the farmers has been crippled by the allegations of irregularities in payment and the general reluctance of the staff engaged in the procurement process of the major Kharif crop in the region. As a result, the department so far could procure only 3.02 lakh metric tonne (MT) of paddy from the farmers against the target of 45 lakh MT, set for 2021-22 fiscal. The state government started the procurement process on November 1 and scheduled to wind it up by January 31. The state government had authorised around 5,200 primary agriculture cooperative societies (Pacs) and Vyapar Mandals (VMs) out of the total 7153 ...
Stubble Burning
From pollution to power, what stops paddy straw from becoming the fuel of choiceedit
Moneycontrol – Online
The northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana garner a lot of attention during the paddy harvesting season every year, starting in October. The short window between the harvesting of paddy and sowing of wheat, besides the high cost of straw management, forces farmers to reach for the matchstick instead. This year, the window shrank further due to late rains that delayed paddy harvesting. The burning is often blamed for the severe air pollution in Delhi in these months. The share of farm fires to the capital’s pollution, however, depends on daily instances of fires and the weather conditions like wind speed and direction. This year, the contribution of farm fires to particulate matter (PM) 2.5 ...
Is there a way to handle the stubble better? Better alternatives, lesser burning and a more sustainable destinyedit
The Indian Wire – Online
Well, it is not easy for anyone during the winters around Delhi, to ignore the smog. Noticing the same is easier, as it becomes difficult to breathe in toxic air. We, Indians, wait for it to appear every year like a festival or a season to visit us. This does not happen all of a sudden and is a chaos built of ground action by multiple factors like spiraling-in western disturbances, air pollution through bursting crackers, burning crop residue (parali) etc. in tandem. Consequently, Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) touches beyond 400, becoming worse than ever, posing a severe category threat to anyone who takes in the toxic air. An analysis made by ...
Will use stubble for biofuel: Environment Minister in Lok Sabhaedit
The Indian Express – Online
The government is working to convert stubble into biofuel in an attempt to reduce crop burning, Union Minister for Forests and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav Friday said in Lok Sabha. He was speaking during a debate on climate change which also saw Opposition members questioning the government on setting a net-zero emissions target by 2070 at the Glasgow climate summit. On Friday, Shiromani Akali Dal member Harsimrat Kaur Badal stated that Punjab farmers were being “defamed” over stubble burning. She asked the Union government to provide farmers with resources to deal with the issue. Yadav, in his intervention, said the state-run NTPC Ltd had recently procured around 3,000 tonnes of stubble to be used ...