Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Ukraine introduces export licences for key agricultural commoditiesedit
Devdiscourse – Online
Ukraine has introduced export licences for its key agriculture commodities wheat, corn and sunflower oil, Interfax Ukraine news agency quoted a government resolution as saying on Sunday. The document said that traders would also need licences to export poultry and eggs, the agency said. Ukraine is among the world’s leading producers and exporters of grain and vegetable oils. The world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil had also said it can export more than 60 million tonnes of grain, including 33 million tonnes of corn and 23 million tonnes of wheat in the 2021/22 July-June season. Earlier on Sunday Ukraine suspended exports of several agricultural commodities in the face of Russia’s invasion of the country. The government ...
Budget
Unpacking The Budget For The Agricultural Sector ?edit
BW Businessworld – Online
The recently announced Indian budget seeks to focus on accelerating growth in an inclusive manner, benefitting all sections of the society. It sets an overarching framework of advancing India’s progress on all fronts over the next 25 years, coined as “Amrit Kaal” of the next 25 years – from India at 75 to India at 100. For agriculture, there has been a 4.5 % annual increase over 2021-22 (revised estimates) [figure1] and restructuring of the budget heads through consolidation of schemes [table 1]. Agriculture has been a key priority area for policy in India with the action plan to double farmer’s income by 2022. Despite the challenges during the pandemic, agriculture has been a resilient ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Rainfall alert doubles harvesting pace in Tiruchy, over 2,000 ha covered in two daysedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Farmers in the district, who were kept on their toes following heavy rainfall alert for delta districts over the weekend, sped up harvesting works to cover as many as 2,000 hectares of paddy cultivation, which is twice the normal pace, officials said. No rainfall was, however, recorded in Tiruchy during the period. Being one of the largest cultivation seasons, more than 51,000 hectares were covered under Samba/Thaladi in the district, of which more than 70 per cent of the acreage has completed harvesting. A few places like Lalgudi and Pullambadi have, however, just commenced harvesting. Following the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing heavy rainfall alert for the delta districts, including Tiruchy, over the ...