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Punjab farmers shifting to sustainable ways of getting rid of crop residueedit
Business Standard – Online
A handful of farmers in Punjab have started disposing crop residue — which is usually burnt and causes air pollution — in a sustainable manner, either by using it as natural fertiliser or selling it for fuel production. These farmers have not only reduced consumption of fertilisers by mixing crop residue in the soil but have also begun to monetise the practice by managing the stubble of other growers. Bhupinder Singh (59), who cultivates 30 acres of land in Badarpur, the last village of Mohali district, has not been burning paddy stubble since 2018. Instead, he mixes it with soil using an MB plough, a tillage equipment. “After which the land is ready for sowing ...
Technology in Agriculture
Farmer with a passion for innovative methods in Telanganaedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Seventy-year-old Nagolla Chinna Gangaram, a paddy farmer of Chintaloor of Jakranpally Mandal in the district, has carved a niche for himself by adopting innovative farming methods and standing as a role model for other cultivators besides igniting interest in agriculture among schoolchildren and teachers. Gangaram, well known as Chinni Krishnudu in the district, owns 10 acres of land in his village. Since he no longer is dependent on agriculture for a living, he has leased eight acres of his land to tenants in his village and cultivates paddy on the two acres according to his own innovative ideas. He has leased a half acre of land from a farmer at Goopenppally, which is ...
Manipur initiates process for digitisation of agriculture; CM sets Dec targetedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said the state has initiated a process for digitisation of agriculture and the preparation to start the Agriculture Census of 2021-22 is complete. Singh was highlighting the initiatives while attending a video conference chaired by union minister of home affairs Amit Shah on natural farming and digital agriculture from the chief minister’s secretariat in Imphal. “Door to door enquiry will be conducted using tablets/smart phones to collect all relevant information of farmers and we are targeting to complete this by December this year, “ he said. “Considering the harmful effects of chemical fertilizers, we are encouraging natural and organic farming. The locations where cattle are utilised in ...
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There are no poor people, only people in poor placesedit
The Indian Express – Online
Chile’s recent rejection of a draft utopian constitution — it made free housing the job of government, gave glaciers constitutional rights, legislated digital disconnection, and would have exploded government debt — was an act of considerable civic maturity. The verdict creates optimism about the wisdom of crowds over the madness of mobs. The “Nirvana Fallacy” — a concept that compares existing, pragmatic and second-best solutions to idealistic, imperfect, and unrealistic ones — is a form of perfectionism that led to the economic decisions causing the current pain in Punjab, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Mexico, and Bolivia. We agree that a modern state is a welfare state, ...