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Agriculture Industry
Farmers Urge Centre to Release Funds to Repair 37 Dams In Tamil Naduedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Farmers have requested the Union government to release funds for projects to repair dams in Tamil Nadu since work on these projects appears to have met a snag. According to the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement-2 (DRIP-2) scheme, 37 dams, including Mettur, Bhavanisagar, and Krishnagiri, would receive repairs and reinforcement at an estimated cost of Rs 610.26 crore in 2020, according to the Water Resources Department (WRD). But due to a lack of funding, the majority of this work is still unfinished. K Balasubramani, general secretary of Vivasayigal Munnetra Kazhagam, said although officials frequently audit dams, this work is not finished and dams need to be strengthened, repaired, and reinforced to maintain the flow of water. ...
Kharif sowing lags 5%, rice by 27%; experts hint at pickup by Julyedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Planting of rice, the main kharif or summer-sown staple, lags last year’s levels by a wide margin, but analysts expect it to rise as the southwest monsoon, which was patchy in June, is forecast to be plentiful in July, the most critical month for sowing. Overall kharif sowing was 5% below last year’s levels as on July 1, the agriculture ministry’s latest available data show. An uneven June-September monsoon, which waters nearly 60% of the country’s net-sown area, was 8% deficient in June, despite heavy rains and deadly flooding in some states. On Tuesday, Union minister of food and public distribution Piyush Goyal asked states to ramp up paddy sowing at a state food ministers’ ...
Doubling farm income needs fresh thinking – Centrum reportedit
The Economic Times – Online
Rising food inflation remains a cause of worry and a drop in the procurement of grains by the government in May remains a key concern for farmers, according to a Centrum Broking report. The broader worry, however, remains on ignoring declining farmers’ income and initiatives in incentivizing them to produce more to avoid a situation where India needs to import food grains from outside as was seen earlier in 2007 and 2016. “FMCG industry deliver strong growth only when the poor people have more money in their hand to spend. When this happens, as a result, the demand becomes huge and the economics of the company does not need any kind of boosters,” said ...
₹4.6K cr loan to farmers in 100 days: Minedit
The Times of India – Online
Highlighting the achievements of his department in the first 100 days of the second term of Yogi Adityanath government, state cooperative minister JPS Rathore said the district cooperative banks issued agriculture loans of Rs 4,635 crore to 8.5 lakh farmers between April 1 and June 22. Loans worth Rs 3,200 crore were disbursed during corresponding period last year. The target for this financial year is Rs 10,000 crore. “In 100 days, Rs 560.45 crore was sanctioned as loans for payment of dues to cane farmers. Another Rs 112 crore was sanctioned as long-term loans for purchase of agricultural equipment and generation of employment,” he said. Minister for panchayati raj, Bhupendra Singh Chowdhary, said ...
CLAAS Global Mentions
Manufacturers and dealers gear up for bumper 2022 Farm Machinery Showedit
The Irish Examiner – Online
The tarps will be off and polish will be out over the next few days as more than 100 of the top plant and machinery brands make the final touches to their exhibits for the Farm Machinery Show. Run by the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA), Ireland’s official representative trade body for the farm machinery industry, the event will take place in Punchestown Event Centre, Naas, Co Kildare, on July 13 and 14. The FTMTA Machinery Show previously ran in February. However, despite the obvious seasonal challenge for contractors, organisers say they expect the change of date to July to prove popular. The 2022 event is also no longer limited to farm ...
Coverage
Claas intensifies involvement with Dutch robot manufactureredit
The Farmers Journal – Online
Claas has increased its involvement with AgXeed BV, having initially acquired a minority shareholding of the Dutch start-up robot manufacturer over a year ago. This news comes as Amazone announced that it has also become a partner of the start-up company, AgXeed. With the follow-up investment, Claas says it secures further access to innovative technologies for autonomous agricultural machines. In addition, a first distribution and service cooperation has been initiated with Claas Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH (CLAAS Distribution) based in Herzebrock-Clarholz, Germany. Following this, from Summer 2022 selected Claas dealers in Germany and Switzerland will become distribution and service partners of AgXeed. Alongside the sale of AgBots, rental models will also be available for customers to ...
Technology in Agriculture
Modi government’s push for AIedit
Analytics India Magazine – Online
“If India does not adopt new technology with changing times, it will remain backward; the country experienced this during the third industrial revolution,” said PM Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar while inaugurating Digital India Week 2022 yesterday. PM Modi highlighted the importance of digitisation in the country. He also announced four new digital schemes – Digital India Bhashini, Digital India Genesis, Indiastack.global and MyScheme. Digital India Bhasini This scheme will enable easy access to the internet and digital services and help in creating content in Indian languages. The scheme will also focus on building AI-based solutions for Indian languages and creating multilingual datasets. Digital India Bhashini scheme will encourage citizen engagement through a crowdsourcing initiative ...
Govt. Policies
Niti Aayog’s Chand calls for rethink on procurement-based MSP regimeedit
The Financial Express – Online
Calling for a ‘serious rethink’ of the way minimum support prices (MSPs) are currently being provided to farmers, Ramesh Chand, member, Niti Aayog on Wednesday proposed deficiency price payment (DPP) system as an alternative to procurement of crops from mandis at MSPs. Under the DPP system, which is already tried in Madhya Pradesh, farmers are compensated for the difference between the MSPs for select crops and their mandi price. “MSP regime should continue as long as markets become competitive and efficient, but it should be given through means other than physical procurement of crops,” Chand said at a conference here. He cited DPP as one such means of providing MSP to farmers while cautioning ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
बारिश पर निर्भर होगा बाजरे का रकबा बढ़ेगा या धान काedit
Amarujala – Online
पिछली बार कपास में आई गुलाबी सुंडी का असर इस बार इसकी बिजाई पर साफ देखने को मिला है। पिछले वर्ष की तुलना में कपास का रकबा इस बार 30 हजार हेक्टेयर कम हो गया। इस 30 हजार हेक्टेयर में से यदि बारिश अधिक हुई तो धान का रकबा बढ़ेगा और बारिश कम हुई तो बाजरे का रकबा बढ़ेगा। फिलहाल जिले में औसतन से भी कम बारिश हुई है। जो धान की रोपाई की गई गई है, उसमें भी पानी नहीं रहने के कारण सूख रही है। इसके अलावा धान को जीवित रखने के लिए किसान महंगे भाव का डीजल भी फूंक रहे हैं। पिछले वर्ष जिले में लगभग 12 हजार हेक्टेयर में बाजरे की बिजाई ...
Farmers happy with this year’s Kharif sowing, says Gujarat agri ministeredit
The Indian Express – Online
Despite a 13 per cent deficit in rainfall, and 25 per cent less sowing during the ongoing Kharif season, Gujarat’s Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel on Wednesday said farmers were happy and the sowing for the season was progressing at a good pace. “Due to good rains, farmers are happy. Normally, Kharif crops are sown between June 20 and July 10. So according to me, the monsoon has been on time… The status of Kharif sowing is also good,” said Patel told mediapersons Wednesday. “A total of 119 talukas have received more than 125 mm of rain and 92 talukas have received between 51-125 mm of rainfall and in 40 talukas 50 mm of rainfall ...
Ernakulam receives 17% excess rainfall in 7 daysedit
The Times Of India – Online
Ernakulam received 17% excess rainfall in the June 30-July 6 period, with the agriculture sector recording a loss of around Rs 1.15 crore in these seven days. As per the rainfall data from India meteorological department in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam received 188.1mm (18cm) rainfall against the normal of 160.2mm (16cm) during the period. The highest rainfall was recorded in Neriamangalam automatic rain gauge station with 62.5mm rainfall on Sunday. PlayUnmute Loaded: 1.00% Fullscreen Farmers suffered crop damage worth Rs 1.15 crore on 26.79 hectares during the period. “Most of the crop damage was in banana cultivation and the most affected area was Aluva block with a loss of Rs 50 lakh on four hectares,” ...
Paddy in India
Yet another Punjab bid to wean farmers off paddy cycle fails as DSR remains a nonstarteredit
The New Indian Express – Online
The Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) technique for paddy, being promoted by the cash-strapped AAP government in Punjab by offering a financial incentive, is a nonstarter. The technique is aimed at replacing the decades-old water-guzzling paddy crop cultivation. The government has offered an incentive of Rs 1,500 per acre to farmers as it plans to bring 12 lakh hectares under the groundwater-saving technique. Most farmers have shown little interest in it as only 2.06 lakh hectares have come under the DSR in much less coverage than even last year’s. The technique involves cutting down the traditional Puddled Transplanting of Rice method. The farmers’ unions held a meeting on Wednesday and decided to launch ...
Stubble Burning
Delhi will raise issues of stubble burning, water-sharing pact in Northern Zonal Council meetingedit
The Print – Online
The Delhi government will raise the issues of crop stubble burning and water-sharing agreement in the Northern Zonal Council meeting scheduled to be held in Jaipur later this week, official sources said on Wednesday. Delhi will demand a revision of the Yamuna water-sharing agreement with northern states, they said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the meeting on Saturday to discuss regional issues. The Northern Zonal Council comprises Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and Chandigarh. The agenda of the meeting has 22 issues, including seven suggested by the Delhi government, they said. The council meeting is normally attended by chief ministers and senior ministers of the states and UTs. However, ...