Media Monitor
Farm Mechanization
National campaign on farm mechanization organisededit
The Times of India – Online
The National Campaign on “Farm Mechanization” organized by the ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering held recently discussed agricultural mechanization in India and the challenges involved. V K Tewari, Director, IIT, Kharagpur spoke on the challenges and opportunities in smart farm mechanization in India and said that the country should come-up with make in India initiatives on sensors which can be used in the smart farm machinery. S N Jha, deputy director general (Agricultural Engineering), ICAR said that there was a need for undertaking more solution-oriented research on mechanized agriculture in India. More than 450 farmers, scientists and government officials demonstrated modern technology and machinery which can be used on farms as part of ...
Paddy in India
Where to store fresh stock of paddy?edit
The Hans India – Online
Although the State government took a bold decision to procure paddy produced in the Rabi, it has to overcome a set of mind boggling problems once the arrivals begin. With the paddy ready for harvesting, the State has three major challenges apart from finances – storage, transportation and gunny bags. According to officials, 90 per cent of the godown space in erstwhile Warangal district is already occupied with the old stocks. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is yet to clear existing stocks from its warehouses in the State thus leading to an unprecedented shortage of godown space for paddy. On the other hand, the rice millers also have no space to store new ...
Govt begins hunt to procure 15cr gunny bags for paddyedit
The Times of India – Online
The state government requires 15 crore gunny bags to procure 60 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of yasangi paddy from farmers in Telangana. Presently, the state has 2.50 crore gunny bags, which would be sufficient for procurement of paddy until April-end and would require the new stock from May onwards. Any delay in getting new gunny bags might result in delay of paddy procurement and may result in losses for the farmers as the paddy may get damaged due to unseasonal rains and other factors. Civil supplies minister Gangula Kamalakar on Saturday said the state government has written to the Jute Corporation of India to supply 15 crore gunny bags. The government would also ...
Stubble Burning
10 wheat straw burning casesedit
The Times of India – Online
Ten cases of wheat straw burning were reported on Sunday, taking the total to 55 so far in the ongoing season. Stubble burning cases so far are much higher as compared to previous two years. As per data sourced from Punjab remote sensing centre dashboard, there were only 13 stubble burning cases till April 17 in year 2020 and these were 36 in year 2021. Against 10 burning cases on Sunday, these were only 2 cases in 2021 and no burning case in 2020 on April 17.