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Agriculture Industry
Haryana and Punjab see slow progress in crop diversificationedit
The Financial Express – Online
Efforts by Haryana and Punjab governments in recent years to diversify crops and thereby arrest the depletion of water tables owing to large-scale cultivation of wheat and rice haven’t made much headway. Guaranteed procurement of rice and wheat by the government at minimum support prices (MSPs) has made farmers to stay with these water-intensive crops. The Haryana government, which has been implementing a crop diversification plan since 2020, by providing financial incentives of Rs 7,000/acre to farmers for shifting from paddy to pulses, oilseeds and cotton, has so far covered only 53,000 acre in this kharif season. While coverage of crop diversification in the state is still low against the total cropped area of ...
India has transformed from food aid recipient to major agricultural exporter: USAID Administratoredit
The Indian Express – Online
With US support, India has “transformed” from food aid recipient to major agricultural exporter, USAID Administrator Samantha Power said on Tuesday. Power, who is visiting India, made these remarks after meeting food security experts in Delhi. Taking to Twitter, Power said, “With US support, India transformed from food aid recipient to major agricultural exporter. To tackle the global food crisis, India’s insights and leadership are vital. I met with experts in Delhi to discuss how India’s expertise can be brought to bear to help fight global hunger.” During her visit, Power is scheduled to meet food security and climate experts, civil society, and government officials to discuss the global food security crisis, and the ...
Govt. Policies
National Policy on Cooperatives on the anvil : Amit Shahedit
Mint – Online
The government is scripting a national policy for cooperatives based on consultations on reforming the sector by strengthening governance in these entities and by revitalising defunct ones, union minister for cooperation Amit Shah informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday. A two-day national conference on the proposed cooperation policy was held from 12 April with officials from all the states and union territories where issues like the legal framework, identification of regulatory, policy and operational barriers, ease of doing business, reforms for strengthening governance, promoting new and social cooperatives, revitalizing defunct ones, making cooperatives vibrant economic entities, cooperation among cooperatives and increasing membership of cooperatives were discussed, the minister said in a written reply to a question.
Subsidy On Agricultural Machinery: खेती की मशीनों पर 50 % तक की सब्सिडी, सरकार ने किसानों से मांगे आवेदनedit
Aaj Tak – Online
Subsidy on agricultural machinery: हरियाणा सरकार किसानों को केंद्र सरकार की SMAM स्कीम के तहत किसानों को कृषि यंत्र दे रही है. इसके लिए सरकार ने किसानों से आवेदन भी मांगे हैं. SMAM स्कीम के तहत सामान्य श्रेणी किसानों को 40% व आरक्षित श्रेणी किसानों को 50% अनुदान पर खेती की मशीनें उपलब्ध कराई जाती हैं. Subsidy on Agricultural Machinery: खेती-किसानी में रोजाना नए-नए इनोवेशन हो रहे हैं. इन इनोवेशन की वजह से किसानों के लिए खेती-किसानी पहले के मुकाबले काफी आसान हो गई है. हालांकि, महंगी कीमतों की वजह से सभी किसानों तक इनकी पहुंच नहीं है. इसके लिए केंद्र और राज्य सरकारों द्वारा इन खेती की मशीनों को खरीदने के लिए किसानों को ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
First wheat, now rice — hit by bad weather, output could fall by ’10 mn tonnes’ this seasonedit
The Print – Online
After a severe heat wave in April-May singed India’s wheat crop, leading to a ban on exports, planting of rice, the main rain-fed crop in the ongoing kharif season, has been hit due to patchy rains in several states. Major rice-growing states such as Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Bihar have seen deficit rains so far during the ongoing monsoon season, while Assam has been affected by massive floods. “Going by a conservative estimate and feedback from trade sources, about 15 million tonnes of rice production could be at risk,” said S. Chandrasekaran, a Delhi-based agriculture trade analyst. “Due to deficit rains in eastern Indian states, farmers will likely opt for short-duration varieties where yields ...
Heavy Rains to Bring Respite for Dehydrated Bihar and Jharkhand from July 27-30; To Lessen Drought Impact on Agricultureedit
The Weather Channel – Online
Most of East India experienced scanty rains over last week, except around Friday (July 22), when the region witnessed widespread heavy rains for a couple of days. After this brief stint, things are looking to pick back up from the latter half of this week, with localised intense rains predicted over Bihar and Jharkhand. This week, the monsoon trough has shifted slightly south of its normal position, which will result in scattered to fairly widespread rainfall activity over Jharkhand till Thursday (July 28), with a chance of isolated heavy rains on Thursday and Friday (July 28-29). Similarly, Bihar will experience scattered to fairly widespread rains of light or moderate intensity, along with isolated heavy ...
Monsoon 2022: Erratic rains may delay Odisha Kharif cropsedit
Down To Earth – Online
A dry June followed by a rainy July might delay Kharif crops in Odisha this monsoon. Farmers in several districts, mainly the western and coastal areas, have yet to start paddy transplantation due to erratic rainfall. Through July 23, paddy was sown in 1.27 million hectares out of 3.5 million hectares planned by the Odisha government’s agriculture department for the current kharif season. This is less than half of the target, around 40 per cent. Paddy cultivation was completed in 1.53 million hectares in the same period last year, according to a Crop Weather Watch Group report. The Union Ministry of Agriculture has set up the watch group that focusses on curative and preventive ...
Paddy in India
Patchy, not scary: Uneven rainfall will affect paddy output. But there are enough stocks to prevent a price jumpedit
The Times of India – Online
July is when the southwest monsoon peaks. So far, it’s been a bountiful year. After a slow start, the intensity of the monsoon picked up around July 5. By July 24, the cumulative rainfall was 42.2 cm, higher than the normal by 11%. The national average, however, cloaks sharp inter-regional differences. Data according to meteorological subdivisions show that in a large contiguous swathe stretching from western UP to the southern part of West Bengal, rainfall has been deficient by anything between 45-72% till July 26. This will have a bearing on paddy production, the most important crop of the kharif agricultural season. A distinctive feature of kharif is that there isn’t a neat ...