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Agriculture Industry
Agtech 2022 looks forward to sustainable technology, digital access for farmers & precision agricultureedit
The Tech Panda – Online
Tech has entered almost every sector in Indian industry. Still, is agtech where it should be? The Tech Panda gathered some expert agtech opinions, who say that the focus of agtech in 2022 will be on sustainable technology, digital access for farmers, and precision agriculture. When compared to sectors like EdTech, Healthtech, and FinTech, the farming sector in India has been left behind in catching up with the technology trends. However, 2021 has been a watershed year for the agritech sector in India with a significant number of new technologies having made a foray in smallholder farmer markets like India, says Anuj Kumbhat, CEO and Co-founder, Weather Risk Management Services, a smart and sustainable ...
Wheat sowing down marginally at 333.97 lakh hectares so far this rabi season: Agriculture Ministryedit
The Economic Times – Online
Area sown to wheat, the main rabi crop, was down by 1.71 per cent at 333.97 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing 2021-22 rabi season as there was less coverage in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, according to the latest data released by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday. Sowing of rabi (winter) crops like wheat begins in October and harvesting from April onwards. Wheat was sown in 339.81 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. As per the data, area sown to wheat was less by 3.11 lakh hectares in Uttar Pradesh, 1.35 lakh hectares in Haryana, 1.20 lakh hectares in Maharashtra and 1.14 lakh hectares in Madhya Pradesh. Coverage of wheat was ...
Dams and Indian Agriculture
TN river filled to brim but farmers unable to use water as irrigation canals yet to be builtedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The Kottarai dam across the Marudaiyar river in Perambalur district was filled to the brim twice in the last three months due to rains — in the first week of November 2021, and on January 1 this year. However, farmers could not make use of it for irrigation as the construction of the dam and irrigation canals is incomplete. Farmers and locals have reiterated their demand to complete the work at the earliest. Work on the 211 million-cubic-feet capacity dam, estimated at a cost of Rs 149.4 crore, was started in 2016. About 464 acres of land in Kottarai village and 180 acres in Adhanur village was acquired for the project. The authorities ...
Harvest Machine
Combine harvester is a machine to help in farming and increase earnings, agricultural scientist gave important informationedit
Janta se Rishta – Online
Farmers are doing new experiments in agriculture every day. In such a situation, the use of machines is benefiting the farmers a lot. Now a machine which is most effective for farming. That from Combine Harvester Machine. It is a versatile machine, which can do the work of harvesting and cleaning simultaneously, with the help of this machine, the work of harvesting and cleaning of paddy, wheat, soybean, mustard etc. can be done simultaneously. It takes relatively less of both time and cost. After harvesting by combine harvester (cutter cum spreader) the stubble is cut and scattered in the field itself. According to TV9 Digital, Dr. Rajkumar Jat, in-charge and senior scientist of Borlaug ...