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Agriculture Industry
World Bank officials inspect agri modernisation worksedit
The New Indian Express – Online
After the Covid-induced gap of two years, a team of officials from the World Bank inspected works under the State’s agriculture modernisation project in Chennai, Tiruchy, and Madurai regions. The inspection, which started on Monday, was wrapped up on Thursday. According to a source in the Water Resources Department (WRD), World Bank makes an evaluation of ongoing projects before sanctioning funds. The officials asked the farmers about water management and the irrigation technologies and agricultural business opportunities available to them. A senior official told TNIE that under the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation Project (TNIAMP), works, including the revival of 4,778 tanks and 477 anaicuts, were underway across the State. The total project ...
Global Warming & Large-Scale Monoculture Agriculture Are Posing a Threat to Insectsedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Climate change and habitat loss from large agribusiness are working together to suffocate world insect populations, according to a new research, with each problem exacerbating the other. Insects, which include gorgeous butterflies and fireflies, are important pollinators of plants that feed humans and help to make soil more productive. Scientists have detected a substantial decline in both total bug populations and insect species variety, describing it as a “death by 1,000 cuts.” Pesticides and light pollution are among the areas where cuts are being made. Big single-crop agriculture, which leaves less habitat and leafy food for bugs, and rising temperatures from climate change are both huge problems for insects, according to a new study published ...
CLAAS Global Mentions
Claas Trion scoops Farm Machine Award 2022edit
Irish Farmers Journal – Online
Every two years, the Farm Machine Awards take place, presented by a jury of international agricultural and agricultural engineering journalists. Usually, these awards are announced at Agritechnica, but due to the cancellation of this year’s event, the German Landwirtschaftsverlag (DLV) decided on a digital award, with the jury presenting the new Claas Trion with an award in the combine harvester category. The Trion was first presented and launched in Europe in the summer of 2021, with a 20-model range. From the 258hp five-walker to the 435hp hybrid combine with twin rotors, almost all models can be equipped with Terra Trac crawler tracks, belt inclined conveyors, Montana chassis slope compensation or various expansion stages of ...
Dairy Farming
Precision Dairy Farming: A New Technological Marvel In Dairyingedit
Rising Kashmir – Online
Globally around 150 million households are engaged in dairy farming with a production of approximately 860 million tonnes of milk. India is the world’s highest milk-producing country with the production of about 187.75 million tonnes of milk which accounts for over 21% of the world milk production. Milk production in the Kashmir Valley has grown over 250% during the last two decades. There are more than 4.70 lac households and household enterprises owning dairy cattle both in rural and urban areas, with the annual milk production of 1.30 million tones, with the per capita availability of more than 490 gm per day (National per capita availability is 394 gm per day). Dairying is one of ...
Govt. Policies
10,000 FPOs Scheme will Bring a Revolutionary Change in Agri Sector: Narendra Tomaredit
Krishi Jagran – Online
During the inaugural session of the National Conference of Cluster-Based Business Organizations (CBBOs) Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that more and more farmers must be part of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs). He said that earlier around 7,000 Farmer Producer Organizations were made but they could not last and a new scheme of FPOs was launched by the Prime Minister with an outlay of Rs. 6865 crore. At a time when the country is observing Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the government is making every effort for the prosperity of farmers. Kailash Chaudhary, Union Minister of State for Agriculture said that farmers should be enthusiastic about joining FPOs. At the conference Union Agriculture Minister also ...
No loan waivers for 40% eligible farmers in three key states: Nabard studyedit
Business Standard – Online
Do farm loan waivers actually help farmers? A joint study by Nabard and producer group Bharat Krishak Samaj has found that in the three states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra, which had loan waivers in place since April 2017, almost 40 per cent of ‘highly distressed farmers’ had not received any benefit from the waivers. On the much talked about electoral impact of farm loan waivers, the Nabard survey found that since 2012, thirteen Indian states have implemented loan waiver schemes for farmers. “And only four of the 21 political parties lost the election following the electoral promise and implementation of a farm loan waiver scheme,” the study found. This meant, the loan waivers ...
Paddy in India
Samba paddy yield 79 per cent higher than last year in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavuredit
The New Indian Express – Online
Even as Samba paddy harvest ends in Thanjavur district, the average yield shows significant increase compared to last year when the crop was affected due to heavy rain. Long-term Samba paddy was cultivated on 1,39,512 hectares in the district and harvest of the entire crop is now complete. To calculate the average yield during the season, the Agriculture Department, along with the statistical department, conducted 96 crop-cutting experiments across the district. “These experiments show an average yield of 5,550 kg per hectare,” an official from the Agriculture Department told The New Indian Express. This is 79 per cent higher than last year’s average yield of 3,100 kg per hectare. Crops were affected by ...