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Agriculture Industry
Tamil Nadu Farmers Urge Agriculture Engineering Dept to Buy, Rent out Drones at Nominal Pricesedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Farmers from the Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu requested the agriculture engineering department to buy and rent drones for nano urea spraying at reasonable rates. The solid urea, which is allegedly in severe shortage throughout the coastal delta regions, has been replaced by nano urea (liquid) fertilizer, which is being promoted by the agricultural department, ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, IFFCO, and other institutions. They recommend using it either with a human workforce or with drones. The farmers find the use of drones impressive, but they are turned off by the expensive rental fees. A farmer from Kilvelur named S Ramadoss commented, “Given their high cost, renting drones is challenging. We ask the agriculture engineering department to buy ...
Govt. Policies
New Assam policy to allow each tribal family to own up to 50 bighas of landedit
Times of India – Online
Assam will roll out a tribal land policy to allow each tribal family of the state to hold up to 50 bighas of land while the upper ceiling of 8 bighas under Assam Land Policy, 2019, will continue for the rest of the population. “Our efforts are on to spell out a tribal land policy by October 2. This is in line with our budget proposal to secure rights of tribal people over their hereditary land,” chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here on Monday while launching “Mission Bhumiputra”, a simplified and digital way to issue digitalised caste certificates to students. There are over 38 lakh tribal people in the state, which is over ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
बारिश में 90 एकड़ धान की फसल जलमग्न, किसान परेशानedit
Amar Ujala – Online
दो दिनों से हो रही बारिश के कारण गांव जुआं में करीब 90 एकड़ धान की फसल जलमग्न हो गई है। निकासी के प्रबंध दुरुस्त नहीं होने से सड़क से लेकर खेतों तक पानी ही पानी नजर आ रहा है। माइनर की सफाई न होने से सफाई व्यवस्था ठप है, जिसका खामियाजा किसानों को भुगतना पड़ रहा है। किसानों ने कहा कि अगर माइनर की समय पर सफाई करा दी जाती तो आज यह स्थिति नहीं होती। किसानों ने खेतों में भरे पानी की निकासी का जल्द प्रबंध करने की मांग की है, ताकि धान की फसल को बर्बाद होने से बचाया जा सके। गांव जुआं निवासी सोमबीर, रोहताश, अजीत, पवन, बिजेंद्र, सतीश आदि ने ...
Despite less rains in UP, Yogi says farmers won’t suffer lossesedit
The Print – Online
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said despite less rains in the state, the situation was under control, and assured farmers that they will not be allowed to incur losses. The chief minister, who reviewed the sowing of crops and rainfall, directed officials of all districts to monitor the situation round the clock. He stressed on paying special focus on 15 districts that have had a major impact on agriculture due to less rainfall. Adityanath directed the agriculture, irrigation, revenue, relief and related departments to stay in alert mode, the Uttar Pradesh government said in a statement. The state has recorded 191.8 mm rain till July end as compared to 353.65 mm in ...
Paddy in India
Kharif 2022: Area under paddy dips by 13% as July endsedit
Down To Earth – Online
There is 13.27 per cent less area under paddy in 2022, compared to last year, even as the sowing of paddy got completed by the end of July in most parts of the country. Paddy is one of the main food grains grown in the kharif season that starts in June and ends in October. Some 23.15 million hectares (mha) of paddy had been sown by July 29, 2022, according to data released by the Union agriculture ministry. This is 3.55 mha less than what was sown in 2021 during the corresponding period. The gap between paddy acreage in 2022 and in the ‘normal’ area under paddy by July end is much more — ...