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Agriculture Industry
Telangana Agriculture Minister Unveils a Crop Diversification Strategy for Profitable Farmingedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Telangana Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said that now the State government has planned to create a cotton research facility in Adilabad, a red gram seed research center in Tandur, palm oil processing factories, and a cold storage facility at Koheda fruit market over the coming days. Niranjan Reddy, who presided over a review meeting with officials from Agriculture, Horticulture, Marketing, Warehouse, Oil Fed, and other allied departments and corporate entities in Hyderabad, stated that actions were being taken to assist in crop diversification and enhance seed yield and quality, to make farming lucrative with long-term provisions in place. He stated that a committee was being formed to monitor the quality of oil palm from the ...
Manoj Ahuja Appointed As New Agriculture Secretary in a Bureaucratic Reshuffleedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
According to a decision made by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Tuesday, Manoj Ahuja, currently Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education, would take over as Agriculture Secretary when incumbent Sanjay Agarwal retires at the end of March. For the time being, he has been assigned to the Agriculture Ministry as an ‘Officer on Special Duty’. Ahuja, an IAS officer of the 1990-batch is currently serving as the Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, in the rank of Secretary to Government of India. He holds a B.E (Mech.) Degree from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, MBA from Punjab University, Chandigarh and Masters in Public Administration (International ...
Competition
Escorts’ Q3 results are in-line; all eyes now on demand recoveryedit
Mint – Online
Escorts Ltd’s December quarter results (Q3FY22) are not particularly exciting, but they aren’t bad either. Standalone revenues fell by 3% year-on-year (y-on-y) to about Rs1958 crore. Late monsoon rains and delayed harvest of Kharif crops impacted cash flows, leading to subdued rural demand in Q3. This means tractor and construction equipment volumes declined. This was, though, partly offset by price hikes and favorable mix. While the domestic tractor industry was down by 13.5% y-o-y, Escorts saw an even steeper fall of 22.4% y-on-y in its domestic tractor volumes. As such, growth in export volumes and improvement in net realizations by 13.5% y-o-y restricted the fall in Q3 tractor revenues to 9% y-o-y to Rs1505.6 crore.
THIS NEW Tractor Powered by Cow Farts Will Amaze You: Here are the Detailsedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
The T6 Methane Power model is the latest addition to New Holland’s T6 line of tractors and the company’s next move toward a 100% carbon-neutral agricultural cycle. With a field-to-energy-generation-to-field cycle, this tractor will “close the loop” on energy production and usage. Farmers can cultivate energy crops and use waste material or excrement to make biomethane fuel for the T6 Methane Power tractor. Livestock and dairy producers can extend this cycle by making biomethane from manure, which removes CO2 from the atmosphere and results in a carbon-negative footprint. Farmers may then employ the bio digestion by-products as natural fertilizers on their fields, thereby closing the energy loop. “The T6.180 Methane Power is the result of ...
Dairy Farming
Meghalaya produces 12 lakh liters of milk , but consumption is over 200 lakh liters, says CMedit
The Economic Times – Online
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday said that state have production of about 12 lakh liters of milk but at the same time consumption annually is over 200 lakh liters. Sangma on Wednesday laid the foundation for construction of “Dairy Complex” at Mukhla village in West Jaintia Hills in presence of local MLA Wailad Shylla. The Dairy Complex is constructed at an approximate cost of over 9 cr and is funded by the National Programme for Dairy Development, Government of India. The project is part of Meghalaya’s flagship programme of Dairy Mission. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that the project on completion will provide job avenues to about ...
Technology in Agriculture
Five Technologies That Can Transform The Agriculture Sector For Goodedit
News18 – Online
Agriculture is the largest sector of India contributing almost 75 percent to the nation’s GDP through farming or other agricultural services. With time, agriculture has seen a boom with the changing technologies and advancement tools. The animal sowing has been replaced with tractors and now, with other machines. The cutting of crops is not a manual activity anymore. Just like this, technology has proven to be the magic spell for the agriculture sector. Recently, the government announced the digital expansion of the sector which will give space to digital start-ups to intervene and bring a revolution in the sector. Agriculture still needs revamping and involvement of many technologies. Let’s look at some of the innovations which ...
Stubble Burning
There has been a reduction in stubble burning due to awareness among farmersedit
Amar Ujala – Online
Foundation Day of Krishi Vigyan Kendra Panipat was celebrated at Krishi Vigyan Kendra Ujha. On this occasion 125 farmers from different villages of Panipat district participated. The main title of this program was Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan. On this occasion, Dr. Rajbir Garg, Senior Convener of the Center said that due to the awareness among the farmers, there has been a decline in the cases of stubble burning. While discussing the main activities of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, he said that the central government had started working on crop residue management in the year 2012-13 itself. As a result, the cases of stubble burning have come down. Apart from this, Krishi Vigyan ...