Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
UP to buy bajra, maize and paddy from farmers at MSPedit
DNP India – Online
The state of Uttar Pradesh will once again purchase maize and millet. In the state’s 24 districts, maize will be purchased, and 18 districts will buy millet. The government set the MSP for millet at Rs 2,350 per quintal and maize at Rs 1,962 per quintal. Farmers should compete to cultivate maize and millet as a result of the government purchasing maize and millet. Surya Pratap Shahi, the minister of agriculture for Uttar Pradesh, stated during a news conference at Lok Bhavan that the state produces an estimated 24 lakh metric tonnes of millet, with actual production being 21.60 lakh metric tonnes In addition to helping farmers earn a fair price for their crops, he ...
Events
Best of Brands, Industry Leaders to Gather at ETAuto Farm Equipment Summit 2022edit
Krishi Jagran – Online
The Economic Times is organizing ETAuto Farm Equipment Summit tomorrow at The Lalit, New Delhi with Krishi Jagran as its media partner. This year marks the 3rd edition of this summit. Over the past few years, there has been a significant advancement in agriculture mechanization. The majority of farmers in the nation have already started to switch from using animate sources to mechanical equipment to power their farming operations. The majority of farm tasks, including tillage, sowing, irrigation, plant protection, and threshing, are performed with mechanical equipment. India, a significant agrarian economy, has seen growth in the tractor industry that has been driven by both public and private sector initiatives. The role of tractors in ...
ASSOCHAM to Hold National Conference on Enhancing Agricultural Productivity on October 12edit
Krishi Jagran – Online
To create awareness for improved farm inputs, ASSOCHAM is organizing a National Conference on Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Integration of Improved Seeds and Agri Inputs at 10:00 AM on October 12, 2022, at The Park Hotel, New Delhi where Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar will be the chief guest. Agricultural productivity is synonymous with a system where the different aspects are being addressed such as; fertility of the land, optimum production of a commodity, ecological sustenance, and the improvement of the Farmers’ livings. India is now a growing country both in terms of population and economy and such transformation needs new planning and execution of integration of improved Agri inputs for ...
Technology in Agriculture
Farmers overcoming agricultural challenges with technologyedit
The Times of India – Online
The agricultural sector is expansive and is constantly advancing. Moreover, with climate-resilient technology picking up in developing economies to yield higher productivity under climate variables, the sector is constantly in the churn. In the Indian context, there are immense improvements in irrigation systems and fertilizers, and that is raising the bar in crop cultivation and production. Agricultural technology has the potential to help farmers combat the on-ground challenges. Agri-tech firms have come up with machinery that can enhance and augment the productivity of this sector. One can say that mushrooming of several agri-tech organisations is leading the movement towards the modernization of this industry.
Govt. Policies
Arvind Kejriwal to launch plan to combat air pollution in Delhi: Govtedit
Livemint – Online
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Tuesday that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will launch the 15-point action plan to fight the air pollution in winter. Gopal Rai also said that the plan to combat air pollution in Delhi will be launched on 30 September. Addressing a press conference, Gopal Rai said the Delhi government has made it mandatory to install anti-smog guns at all construction and demolition sites larger than 5,000 square metres so that air pollution can be controlled. Gopal Rai said action will be taken against project proponents found violating this direction in the national capital. Earlier, the construction and demolition sites larger than 20,000 were required to install anti-smog guns to control ...
Centre will likely extend free food grains program until Dec: Reportedit
Business Standard – Online
India will likely extend by three months its free food grains program that covers the majority of the nation’s population and costs more than $18 billion annually, according to people familiar with the matter. The government may continue to provide free rice or wheat to about 800 million people until December as the food ministry has sought an extension, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. The dole was set to expire at end-September. The push from the food ministry to extend the dole comes despite reservations from the nation’s finance ministry, Bloomberg reported previously.
Telangana to ask Centre to lift entire crop of pulses at MSPedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The Agriculture department has decided to to the Centre, requesting it to procure the entire produce of pulses from the State at Minimum Support Price, instead of procuring only 25 per cent of the produce through Markfed as being done every year. ADVERTISEMENT Ads by During a review meeting held with higher officials at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) at Rajendranagar on Tuesday, Agriculture Minister G Niranjan Reddy asked officials to see that paddy varieties that didn’t result in splitting and wastage during milling be encouraged in rabi. Officials were also directed to create awareness among farmers to ensure that harvesting was preponed by 15-30 days, so that they could reap ...
Paddy in India
Corteva Agriscience to introduce seed coating technology to fight pests in paddy cropsedit
The Financial Express – Online
US-based seed and crop protection major Corteva Agriscience will be soon introducing its seed coating technology for paddy crops to fight pests such as leaf folder and yellow stem borer, which drastically reduces yield across key rice growing regions. According to a company official, seeds of conventional and hybrid varieties are treated with Corteva’s molecule, which provides inbuilt protection from various pests and diseases to the paddy crop. The coating on the seed through seed-applied technology prevents pest attacks because of inbuilt immunisation against the pest and diseases. “The field trials in Telangana of the technology have shown significant reduction in pesticides and fungicides application by the farmers during the vegetative stage of the ...