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Agriculture Industry
MP tops the chart in area under natural farmingedit
The Times of India – Online
Of the total 38 lakh hectares of natural farming across India, 17.31 lakh hectares is under cultivation in Madhya Pradesh alone, state’s farmer welfare and agriculture minister told a meeting chaired by Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar recently. Agriculture ministers of other states were part of the meeting as well. Patel told the meeting that close to half of the total area under cultivation of natural farming is in Madhya Pradesh making it the the leader amongst other states. Madhya Pradesh has set a trget of adding another one lakh hectare this year and chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has constituted a natural agriculture development board, Patel said. Taking a cue from ...
Competition
EICHER TRACTORS Launches PRIMA G3 – Premium Range Of Tractors For Next-Gen Farmersedit
Orissa Dairy – Online
EICHER TRACTORS, from the house of TAFE – Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, world’s third largest tractor manufacturer, announced the launch of the EICHER PRIMA G3 Series – all new range of premium tractors for the new-age Indian farmer who demands style, substance and solidity. The EICHER PRIMA G3 is a new series of tractors in the 40 – 60 hp range, that offers Premium Styling, Progressive Technology and Perfect Comfort built with decades of unmatched experience. Launching the EICHER PRIMA G3 series, Mallika Srinivasan, CMD – TAFE said, “The Eicher brand, for decades, has been well-known for its trust, reliability, ruggedness and versatility in both the agriculture and commercial space. The launch of the ...
भारत में बढ़ी ट्रैक्टर की बिक्री, देखें महिंद्रा-सोनालिका समेत इन 10 कंपनियों की अप्रैल ट्रैक्टर सेल्स रिपोर्टedit
Navbharat Times – Online
भारत में पिछले महीने ट्रैक्टर्स की बिक्री में सालाना बढ़ोतरी देखने को मिली है। खेती-किसानी के लिए बेहद जरूरी वीइकल, यानी ट्रैक्टर सेगमेंट में महिंद्रा (Mahindra Tractors) कंपनी का जलवा देखने को मिल रहा है और यह कंपनी लगातार सबसे ज्यादा ट्रैक्टर बेचने वाली कंपनी की पोजिशन पर काबिज है। इसके बाद महिंद्रा स्वराज, सोनालिका, टैफे, एस्कॉर्ट्स, जॉन डीयर और आयशर समेत अन्य कंपनियों के ट्रैक्टर की पिछले महीने, यानी अप्रैस 2022 में कितनी बिक्री हुई, देखें डिटेल्स। भारत में हर महीने ट्रैक्टर की अच्छी खासी बिक्री होती है और सेगमेंट में महिंद्रा के साथ ही महिंद्रा स्वराज, सोनालिका, टैफे, आइशर, एस्कॉर्ट्स, जॉन डियर, कुबोटा और फोर्स मोटर्स समेत अन्य कंपनियों ने पिछले महीने, यानी ...
Technology in Agriculture
WEF & NITI Ayog to Focus on Emerging Tech to Benefit Small & Marginal Farmersedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
World Economic Forum (WEF), in collaboration with the government’s think tank Niti Aayog, is focusing on how to better use emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and drones to benefit farmers, particularly small and marginal farmers. Purushottam Kaushik, Head, Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (CFIR), World Economic Forum (WEF), India, says the CFIR was established three and a half years ago to assist core sectors such as agriculture, health, urban transformation, urban space, and environment in leveraging the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). “We launched our agricultural initiative two years ago. Initially, we worked with the Telangana government to use AI for agricultural innovation. “At the same time, we ...
Paddy in India
Punjab panel approves another short-duration paddy variety PR 130edit
Hindustan Times – Online
The State Variety Approval Committee has approved the PR-130 variety of parmal rice for cultivation in the state. A communique shared by PAU stated that the panel includes director, agriculture, Punjab; director, research, PAU; rice experts and sheller owners. The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, has developed the PR-130 variety of rice by crossing the most popular variety PR-121 with another short-duration variety HKR 47. The approval came after the PR-126 seed, the most famous short-duration variety of paddy crop developed by the Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), had gone off the shelves. Highlighting its salient characteristics, Dr Gurjit Singh Mangat, additional director of research (crop improvement), said, “It is a mid-maturing, lodging tolerant, bacterial blight ...