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Andhra Pradesh rejoins crop insurance scheme PMFBY from this kharif seasonedit
The Print – Online
Andhra Pradesh has decided to rejoin the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) from the ongoing kharif season, the Union Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. The decision to rejoin the scheme was taken after virtual talks between Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and state’s Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday. “Andhra Pradesh has decided to implement the PMFBY from kharif-2022 season,” an official statement said. Tomar said with this important decision, crops of more than 40 lakh farmers of the state will get insurance cover in case of natural calamity. PMFBY and Restructured Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) were implemented in Andhra Pradesh from kharif-2016 to kharif-2019. Tomar said the Centre ...
Policy on good agriculture practice soonedit
The Economic Times – Online
The government is working on a policy on ‘Good Agriculture Practice’ to benefit the Indian agriculture sector, said Manoj Ahuja, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. “There is a concern at the international level on having a sustainable agriculture, good agriculture practices along with environment concern,” he said at a conference on ‘Scope of Public-Private Partnerships in Agriculture’ by Ficci.
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Heavy rains wash away farmers’ hopes for a good kharifedit
Deccan Chronicle – Online
Heavy rainfall across Telangana over the past week is estimated to have damaged almost a tenth of the crop plantations, undertaken recently at the start of the Kharif season. The key farming centres of undivided Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal and Khammam districts incurred heavy losses. In Kharif season, the plantation is done across 55 lakh acres. As per preliminary reports, crops on over 5 lakh acres — of paddy, cotton, maize and soya bean, among others — have been damaged, with officials unable to undertake a field study due to continuous rains. Farmers are a worried lot as the IMD has predicted more heavy rains in north Telangana, with red and orange alerts already issued. ...
Uttar Pradesh: Rainfall deficit may reduce area under kharif crop by 6%edit
Times of India – Online
The deficit in rainfall in most parts of UP this monsoon has resulted in kharif crop cultivation area declining by over 6%, top sources in the state agriculture department said. This is expected to go further down if shortage of rainfall continues to persist. The total area under paddy and other kharif crop cultivation in UP is 95 to 96 lakh hectare. Against this, a plunge of around 6 lakh hectare has been recorded by the agriculture department. Of the total, 60 lakh hectare supports paddy cultivation alone. According to the department, the state has received only 70mm of rain this year, which is almost 62% lesser than what it had received during the ...
Rain hits agricultural crops in 3,101 acres in four districts of APedit
Deccan Chronicle – Online
Agriculture crops in over 3,101 acres have been inundated in four AP districts under the influence of incessant rainfall and floods. Based on a preliminary report, paddy nurseries as also paddy and cotton crops were inundated in 247 villages in 49 mandals of East Godavari, West Godavari, Eluru, Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema and Anakapalli districts. East Godavari district suffered the highest inundation of agricultural fields spread over 1,960 acres. This was followed by Eluru that suffered inundation of paddy nurseries, paddy and cotton in 815 acres. The agriculture authorities felt the damage would be more if the rainfall continued for more days. The IMD has forecast light to moderate rainfall in many places in the ...
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Paddy cultivation drops by 40 per cent this year in Odisha, late monsoon to blameedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The late arrival of monsoon and scanty rainfall in the month of June have seriously affected kharif crop operations in the State with the area covered under paddy cultivation till July 9 coming down by 40 per cent over last year. Transplanting and broadcasting of paddy is going on along with raising of nurseries in just around 5.44 lakh hectares against 35 lakh hectares (ha) programmed by the Agriculture department for the current kharif season. Though the department claimed that the overall crop condition is normal, many parts of the State depending on rain water for cropping were experiencing moisture stress conditions leading to shrivelling of seedlings due to excessive heat and lack ...
Paddy sowing activity picks up in Guntur districtedit
The Hans India – Online
Paddy sowing activity picked up in Krishna western delta region of Tenali division in Guntur district due to incessant rains for the past four days. So far paddy sown in over one lakh hectares. Rains helped farmers for ploughing the soil and sowing paddy seeds for Kharif. The agriculture department is supplying seeds, pesticides and fertilisers through Rytu Bharosa Kendras. Similarly, cotton was sown in over 1.5 lakh hectares in the district so far and cotton sowing activity is expected to pick up further in the days to come. Due to pest attack, chilli farmers had suffered heavy losses during the last season. The farmers, who suffered loss due to crop damage during the ...