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Agriculture Industry
Govt wants to make agriculture more profitable, says Kakani Govardhan Reddyedit
The Hans India – Online
To give a big boost to efforts to enhance livelihoods of farmer producers, Walmart Foundation and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (Icrisat), launched a Secondary Processing Unit (SPU) at Muddalapuram village in the district on Wednesday. The facility was inaugurated in virtual mode by the Minister for Agriculture & Cooperation, Marketing, Food Processing Kakani Govardhan Reddy. Addressing a virtual meet from Nellore, Agriculture minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy stated the state government has introduced several initiatives like community-managed sustainable farming to make agriculture more viable and profitable. He said this unit will support farmers from the district with new livelihood and market access opportunities through value-added groundnut, millet and other nutritious products. He ...
Tripura may face shortage of foodgrain due to less rainfall: Agriculture ministeredit
The Indian Express – Online
Tripura may face a shortage of 59,570 MT foodgrain as per preliminary estimates as this year the aaush and jhum cultivations couldn’t be done on 25,000 hectare cultivable land due to dearth of rainfall, said agriculture minister Pranajit Singha Roy. Speaking to the media, Roy said the government had set a target of cultivating 30,000 hectare land in the aaush cropping season this year in addition to a target of shifting cultivation on 15,500 hectare land. “However, due to 52% shortage of rainfall in March and 64% less rainfall in April this year, aaush crops could be grown in only 11,161 hectare land and jhum cultivation could be done on only 9,000 hectare land,” ...
CLAAS Global Mentions
JMT’s 33-strong used Claas combine fleet in high demandedit
Farmers Weekly – Online
Breakdowns and repair bills are unavoidable irritations when running a second-hand combine harvester. But for those who can’t justify shelling out for a new machine and don’t want to go down the route of using a contractor, it’s the most obvious option. There is a third way though – hiring. Warwickshire firm JMT Engineering has been in the business of renting out combines for more than 40 years and has amassed a sizeable fleet of 33 Claas machines during that time. Most of these hail from the 1980s, 90s and noughties, with the newest sporting a 2007 registration plate. It’s a different approach to many other businesses that hire out more up-to-date combines, but it ...
Govt. Policies
Big Gift for Farmers! Agri Ministry Reduces Time Limit for Tractor Testing Processedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has reduced the time limit for the testing process of tractors used for Agriculture from nine months to just 75 working days. This development comes as a big gift for the agriculture sector during the celebration of the “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” in the 75th year of India’s Independence. Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and on the directions of the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, the Ministry / Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has taken this positive initiative in order to promote mechanization in the agriculture sector in the country and to ensure the availability of suitable tractors for ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Farmers suffer huge losses; damage to standing cropsedit
Deccan Chronicle – Online
Farmers in the region have suffered hugely due to floods and incessant rains and are seeking timely help from the government. The state government is yet to take up a survey to assess the crop loss at the village level, farmers say. Farmers have appealed to the government to release special funds for removing the sand-casting from their agriculture fields. Congress and BJP leaders staged demonstrations demanding that the government release compensation to the damaged crops and hold village-level surveys. Many farmers have invested heavily in the standing crops and filling the gaps due to lack of germination of seeds. They are sowing for a second or third time due to lack of germination of ...
Paddy in India
Paddy sowing down 13 pc this kharif season, monsoon played spoilsportedit
The Print – Online
Farmers in India have sown less paddy this Kharif season. Going by the latest acreage data, the area under paddy cultivation is over 13 per cent lower than the previous Kharif season. Kharif crops are mostly sown during monsoon -June and July, and the produce is harvested during October and November. As of July 29, farmers have sown paddy across 23.15 million hectares in comparison to 26.70 million hectares in the previous season. The primary reason for the decline in the sown area is the slow advancement of the monsoon in the month of June and of its uneven spread in July in most parts of the country. Rice-producing states such as West Bengal, Uttar ...
Stubble Burning
Stubble burning: Haryana gets Rs 900 crore ethanol plant to turn crop residue into fueledit
Times Now – Online
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually dedicated a Rs 900-crore ethanol plant at the Panipat Refinery of Indian Oil Corporation on August 10, which is also World Biofuel Day, Hindustan Times reported. The IOC’s technical experts believe that the second generation (2G) ethanol plant, which will produce roughly three crore litres of ethanol yearly by using about two lakh tonnes of agricultural waste, will be a game-changer in the fight against stubble burning. The machine, according to the technical experts, will turn rice straw into ethanol, a green fuel, preventing people from burning stubble while also giving them money back for their agricultural waste. When the facility was announced in 2019, former environment minister Prakash Javadekar ...
Stubble burning menace: PPCB to keep tabs on top 10 violating districtsedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) will keep an eye on top 10 districts, known to be chronic violators and reporting the highest number of paddy residue burning incidents during the Kharif season. PPCB chairman Adarsh Pal Vig said as many 10 districts reported the greatest number of stubble burning cases in 2020 and 2021. “Some of these are Sangrur, Ludhiana, Moga, Patiala and Ferozepur.” Vig said this on the side-lines of a brainstorming workshop on ‘space-based solution for effective management of stubble burning and air pollution’. He added mere penalty is not enough, intent is also important to end the menace of stubble burning in the state. He said the department is initiating awareness ...