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India reports 22% less sowing till second week of 2022 kharif season, compared to last yearedit
DownToEarth – Online
The start of kharif season 2022 has not been good. About 22 per cent less sowing has been reported in the first fortnight of the season than last year, according to figures from the agriculture department. Experts consider monsoonal rains to be a major reason for this. Santosh Kr Bal, project coordinator, All India Coordinated Research Project on Agro-metrology, Indian Council for Agricultural Research, said though the southwest monsoon had entered Kerala, peninsular and central India had received 41 and 69 per cent less rainfall than normal till June 12, 2022. He said much of central and southern India was dependent on rain-fed irrigation, which is why farmers had not been able to start sowing for ...
GROWiT brings new Agricultural techniques through protective farming inputsedit
The Statesman – Online
In conversation with Saurabh Agarwal, Founder, and Director of GROWiT India Pvt. Ltd. Why was GrowiT started, and what does it solve for farmers and agriculture in India? GrowiT was established by Saurabh Agarwal in 2019 with a vision to help and support the rural farmers of the country. It is India’s first Direct-to-Farmer (D2F) protective farming agritech company. The company specializes in manufacturing high-quality and cost-effective protective farming materials and products for farmers. GrowiT ensures optimum quality and high yield for the Indian Agricultural & Farming Industry. The company has introduced an extensive range of protective farming techniques and innovative products to improve farm productivity and quality to increase farmers’ income. Currently, GrowiT is ...
Head of MASHAV Israel Concludes 7-Day Visit to India, Deepening Strategic Partnership in Agriculture & Wateredit
Krishi Jagran– Online
Ambassador Eynat Shlein, Head of MASHAV- Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel, concluded an official visit to India from June 10 to June 16, 2022. This visit aimed to further strengthen the Israel-India strategic partnership and development cooperation in the fields of agriculture and water. Ambassador Eynat Shlein said, “India is a strong, strategic partner of Israel. The two most significant pillars of our growing relations are cooperation in agriculture and water, which was the focus during my visit to India. These two fields are so important that out of the 6 resident experts that Mashav posted around the world, 2 are based in India.” She further ...
Competition
Top European tractor maker CNH targets mainstream market in Indiaedit
The Economic Times – Online
Case New Holland, or CNH, a leading tractor maker from Europe, aims to get into the mainstream market in India, readying itself to rival local players Mahindra & Mahindra, Escorts NSE -0.73 % and TAFE. As part of its vision to double its market share here, CNH has started developing a range of tractors in the 25-40 hp category. These new series of tractors will allow CNH to offer an entry point to prospective tractor buyers into its brand and widen its range to bring in incremental buyers. Raunak Varma, managing director, CNH Industrial India, told ET that for its growth locally, the company plans to invest about ₹1,000 crore across manufacturing and supplier ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Current rainfall spell raises hopes for bumper paddy harvest in Punjabedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The current spell of rainfall across Punjab, owing to climatic disturbance, has proved to be a boon for the farmers during the ongoing paddy sowing season, raising hopes for a bumper rice crop. The rainfall that began in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, as per predictions by the meteorology department, will continue till June 21-22. As per a bulletin issued by the meteorology department, the mild to heavy rainfall (between 10 mm to 40 mm) has hit the entire state, including the regions of Majha, Doaba, and East and West Malwa. The temperatures have also fallen five to eight degrees Celsius, leading to fall in power consumption by about 1,500 megawatts, which peaked ...
Paddy in India
Punjab plans crop diversification scheme, to cut a third of paddy area in 5 yearsedit
Financial Express – Online
To curb depletion in ground water levels and reduce power usage, the Punjab government is firming up a plan on crop diversification, whereby around a million hectare (MH) or a third of water-intensive paddy grown areas in the state would be gradually shifted to alternative crops such as cotton, maize, oilseeds and pulses, over the next five years. According to Gurvinder Singh, director, agriculture department, the state government will also provide incentives to farmers for shifting around 10% of wheat area to alternative crops such as oilseeds and pulses. The crop diversification would entail financial incentives to farmers, procurement of crops by state agencies under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations and processing facilities. Annually, ...