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Agriculture Industry
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu calls for fund boost to agriculture researchedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has stressed the need for further investment in agricultural research and extension, to achieve sustainable gains in agricultural productivity. He said that expenditure on research and development in India was less than one per cent of the contribution of agriculture in the Gross Development Product (GDP), and less than what other developing and developed nations were spending on that front. Addressing the fourth graduation ceremony of PGDM (ABM), ICAR- National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) in Hyderabad on Saturday, he felt that investment in genomics, molecular breeding and nanotechnology was the way forward. Terming the role of extension workers, researchers, agricultural scientists and agro-business professionals as ‘indispensable’; ...
Competition
Escorts lines up Rs 400 cr capex for FY23; eyes higher exports of electric tractors in 5-6 yrsedit
The Economic Times – Online
Farm machinery and construction equipment major Escorts Ltd NSE 4.74 % has lined up a capex of up to Rs 400 crore for the ongoing fiscal for new product introduction and creation of production capacity for the same, according to a senior company official. The company, which has started exporting electric tractors to markets like the US and Europe, expects it to contribute up to 15 per cent of its overall overseas shipments in the next five to six years. “Capex right now, our initial estimate will be about Rs 350 to Rs 400 crore (for FY23) mainly in both capex on the manufacturing side as well as on the product side,” Escorts Ltd ...
Dairy Farming
Now, Punjab dairy farmers to protest against state govt to demand hike in milk pricesedit
The Indian Express – Online
Dairy farmers of Punjab have decided to launch an agitation against the Bhagwant Mann government for what they called were non-redressal of their demands from May 21 onwards. The protests, the farmers said, will start from Punjab villages and then spread outwards. Daljit Singh Sadarpura, president of Progressive Dairy Farmers Association (PDFA), told mediapersons in Chandigarh that dairy farmers had high hopes and expectations from the present government. He said that they have been holding meetings with the government, but their main demand of increasing milk prices by providing Rs 7 per kg financial assistance to save the dairy business had not been paid heed to. Singh said that farmers had played a major ...
Paddy in India
Yasangi paddy procurement going on smoothly in Telanganaedit
Telangana Today – Online
With an objective of benefiting farmers in the State, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao opened yasangi paddy procurement centres across the State, stated ministers Puvvada Ajay Kumar and Gangula Kamalakar. The ministers reviewed paddy procurement, payments to farmers and arrangements made at procurement centres in Khammam and Kothagudem districts here on Saturday. Civil Supplies Minister Kamalakar advised the farmers not to suffer losses by approaching the middlemen as the government would procure entire yasangi paddy produced by farmers. He informed that all required arrangements were made for paddy procurement and there were enough quantities of gunny bags made available. Officials of concerned departments have to make collective efforts for the next 45 days in procuring ...
Stubble Burning
Punjab records highest farm fires in last five yearsedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Despite warnings from environmentalists and government’s initiatives to stop farmers from stubble burning, Punjab this year has recorded maximum number of 14,117 cases of farm fires in the last five years. Not only the incidents, the area of stubble burning has also increased. On May 14, the total number of cases were 14,117, which is almost 4,000 incidents (40%) more than the previous year when the figure for the entire Rabi crop was 10,100. However, the number of farm fires is set to increase further as the Punjab Remote Sensing Centre collects data up to May 31. If we compare the corresponding figures of straw burning till May 14 for previous years, a total 7,808 ...