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Agriculture Industry
Govt. Reveals Big Plans For Natural Farming, HP to Be Top Player In Countryedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
In Himachal Pradesh, the Jai Ram Thakur-led government has decided to encourage natural farming in a big way. By the end of 2022-23, a goal of bringing 50,000 acres of land into natural farming has been set. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur declared in the state assembly when presenting the budget estimates that at least one model of natural farming will be built in each of 3,615 gram panchayats of states. He believes that this will benefit the training of farmers in the nearby areas. According to Thakur, at least 100 villages would be established as natural farming villages under Government of India guidelines, and natural farming farmers will be registered. A total of 50,000 ...
Budget
Karnataka budget: Major push for agriculture & irrigation; Mekedatu project gets Rs 1,000 croreedit
The Times of India – Online
Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has earmarked Rs 1,000 crore for the Mekedatu project, which is a bone of contention between Karnataka and neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Bommai has also come under pressure to allot a significant chunk of funds towards irrigation projects to show his government’s commitment towards farmers after the opposition Congress undertook a 165km padayatra from Mekdatu to Bengaluru. Even though the project is yet to get environmental clearance from the Centre, the CM has made the allocation knowing that the opposition would make it an issue ahead of the assembly polls next year. The CM has increased the allocation for agriculture and allied sectors to Rs 33,700 crore, which is Rs ...
Competition
Kubota Introduces All New L3302 And L3902 Compact Tractors With Premium Featuresedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Kubota is bringing many of the hydraulic advancements and features of premium machines to a new generation of compact tractors with the introduction of two new tractors to the company’s historic L Series compact tractors. Both gear drive and hydrostatic transmissions are offered on the Kubota L3302 and L3902 four-wheel-drive variants. Fast travel speeds and forward/reverse control are provided by the hydrostatic transmission, which is operated by merely pressing down on the floor pedal. The hydrostatic variants additionally have a separate PTO that may be engaged using a switch. With eight forward and eight reverse speeds, the gear-drive transmission delivers a wide range of pulling torque and tractive effort. The “L02” series has two ...
Technology in Agriculture
Adopt digital technology for faster growth in agriculture: Andhra Pradesh Governoredit
ThePrint – Online
Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan asserted that the farmers should adopt digital technology for faster growth in agriculture. He was virtually addressing the 51st Convocation of the Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University held in Mahati Auditorium in Tirupati on Friday. According to the release by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), the state Governor and Chancellor of ANGRA University, presided over the 51st annual convocation of the university. While delivering the convocation address, Biswa said, “To keep pace with the growing demands on food security, technology development and adoption should be at a faster rate and the Indian agriculture needs to adopt digital technologies that have the potential to offer out of the ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
TN farmers gear up to save harvest after rain alertedit
The Statesman – Online
With the Meteorological department reporting the possibility of heavy rains in northern Tamil Nadu in the next few days following a depression in the southwest Bay of Bengal, farmers have geared up to save the harvest by shifting it to Direct Procurement Centres (DPCs) of the Civil Supplies department. Yellow and Orange alert has been issued on Thursday in delta and coastal districts of the state for the next 48 hours. The state agriculture department has also directed the farmers to plan the harvest, if any, before the rains using more manpower and to take steps to save the harvest-ready crops. The Met department has stated that the depression in the Bay of Bengal is ...
Paddy in India
Paddy procurement emerges bone of political contentionedit
Deccan Chronicle – Online
The state government expects a harvest of 70 lakh metric tonnes of paddy in the ongoing season despite the ‘no paddy in rabi’ policy it had announced in November. It had made it clear that it would not procure paddy in rabi at MSP (minimum support price) citing the Centre’s refusal to procure boiled rice from Telangana. However, rather than go in for alternative crops, farmers sowed rice over an extent of 36 lakh acres, which is higher than the normal area of over 31 lakh acres. This will mark the first time in the state that there would be no government paddy procurement centres in rabi. Meanwhile, Opposition parties are pressuring the government to ...