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Agriculture Industry
How agritech startups are revolutionizing traditional agriculture practices, driving sustainable agricultureedit
CIOL – Online
Agriculture technology has become a prominent new avenue lately, bringing massive improvement in various stages of the agriculture value chain. The use of technology has become even more pronounced owing to the rapid digitalisation of agriculture and increasing digital penetration in rural India, the mainstay of agrarian sector. In light of this, we have seen a surge of agritech startups that have become gateway to innovation showcasing a huge risk appetite to disrupt the traditional agriculture industry in a bid to bring in efficiency, cut down on institutional laggards, and raise the productivity level of farmers. All these factors play a very critical role at large to drive sustainable agriculture practices as well as improve economic ...
CLAAS Global Mentions
Claas Lexion range gets extra models and a bigger cabedit
Farmers Weekly – Online
Claas has added a clutch of models to its flagship Lexion combine range and treated the whole line-up to a larger, plusher cab. The first addition is the 8600 that becomes the smallest of the firm’s 8000-series hybrid machines. Like its larger siblings, the 8600 comes with a 1,700mm drum, but it features a slimmed-down 12,500-litre grain tank and lower power output of 549hp. This comes courtesy of a 12.4-litre, six-cylinder MAN D26 engine, as used in the 7000-series models with 1,420mm drums. The 8600 can be specced with the firm’s Terra Tracs, which brings with it an additional 1,000 litres of grain tank capacity. Two Lexion hillside models will also be introduced for the ...
Competition
Farmers hoist the flags at Mahindra Tractors’ 75th Independence Day celebrationsedit
First India – Online
Mahindra Tractors uniquely celebrated the 75th Independence Day. Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, Mahindra Tractors celebrated the landmark occasion in the real India, i.e. villages, where “The soul of India lives”, as Mahatma Gandhi had famously said. Mahindra Tractors organized the event “Har Ek Kisaan, Desh Ka Abhimaan” (Every single farmer is the nation’s pride) at Sardhav village in Gandhinagar on Monday morning. More than 1000 Plus farmers from across the state participated in the celebrations of the 75th Independence Day. A map of Gujarat was formed by using 1,000 national flags. The farmers undertook the flag-hoisting, followed by the singing of the national anthem in the presence of dignitaries ...
Technology in Agriculture
Agrivoltaics: A Smart Farming Strategy to Boost Farmers’ Incomeedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
India has shown its desire to increase the capacity of non-fossil electricity to 500 GW by 2030, with renewable energy making up 50% of all energy requirements. The next step is India’s Net Zero aim, which is a significant advancement in the worldwide fight against climate change. In order to achieve this goal, India is expanding its solar energy sector. The amount of solar energy that is available in a single year exceeds the total energy production of all the nation’s fossil fuel energy sources, and there are nearly 300 clear and sunny days per year. Though, the vast amount of land required for solar energy production is one of its primary drawbacks. The land ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Odisha floods: Water receding, farmlands still inundatededit
The New Indian Express – Online
Around 150 residents of villages under Ambabhona block in Bargarh district located on the fringes of Hirakud dam reservoir were evacuated to safer places on Sunday after backwater flooded the area following the release of water from the dam. While the situation of Chikhli village remains grim, the situation of nearby villages is returning to normal. Sources said, as soon as 34 gates of Hirakud dam reservoir were opened on Saturday night, water started entering Chikhli village in the early hours of Sunday and continued to increase continuously. Reportedly, at 3 pm on Monday, the inflow of water to the reservoir reached 9,85,060 cusec against the outflow of 4,45,924 cusec through the gates ...
Assam to revist Kharif crop calendar to counter effects of erratic monsoonedit
DownToEarth – Online
The Assam government has planned to revise the crop calendar for the state’s Kharif crops, with an aim to align its cropping cycle with the erratic nature of the monsoon. The revision is especially needed for paddy, the state’s major crop grown over 70-80 per cent of its area. A crop calendar typically has information on sowing and harvesting windows of a particular crop, depending on the parameters of rainfall and temperature in a particular region. This information is conveyed to the farmers in the form of advisories. Assam’s agriculture department, along with the Assam Agriculture University (AAU), recently sought this revision from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA). Following ...
Paddy in India
Rice producer stocks a mixed bag as paddy sowing shrinksedit
CNBC TV18 – Online
Shares of major rice producers saw mixed moves on Tuesday after official data showed a 15 percent year-on-year fall in the country’s paddy sowing area thanks to an uneven monsoon. KRBL and Kohinoor Foods shares rose 4.3 percent and 3.1 percent respectively, but Sarveshwar Foods, Chaman Lal Setia and LT Foods fell around one percent each.India’s paddy production is likely to see a significant fall in the current year, owing to a big drop in the paddy sowing area. According to data from the agriculture ministry, the area covered under paddy stood at 274.30 lakh hectares (LH) as of August 5, as against 314.14 LH in the corresponding period a year ago. In West Bengal, ...
Stubble Burning
Explained: How Haryana plans to tackle stubble burning with its 2G ethanol plantedit
The Indian Express – Online
With an aim to cut pollution caused by stubble burning in Haryana, Delhi region, a new 2nd generation (2G) ethanol plant was recently (August 10) dedicated to the nation by PM Narendra Modi on World Biofuel Day. Set up in Panipat, the plant will face its first test soon in the approaching winter when the stubble burning season starts. What does this plant aim to achieve? Built by the Indian Oil Corporation at the cost of over Rs 900 crore, the plant, based on indegenous technology, is located close to the Panipat refinery. It aims to utilise about 2 lakh tonnes of rice straw (crop-residue) annually to generate around 3 crore litres of ethanol ...
Ahead of stubble burning season, Punjab appoints nodal officers, gives machines to farmersedit
The Indian Express – Online
With the harvesting of early maturing Basmati rice variety – Pusa 1509 – and other crops slated to start in a month, the Punjab government is getting ready to control stubble burning. Not only has the state agriculture department already received over 1 lakh applications for stubble management machines that the government provides on subsidy as part of its ongoing Crop Residue Management (CRM) scheme, but nodal officers for every village have also been appointed across the state this year. Sources said that the agriculture department is trying to take the farmers’ unions into confidence to control stubble burning and start as mass movement. The state has 90,422 stubble management machines, including around 35,000 ...