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Agriculture Industry
Farmers backbone of rising India; industry driving agriculture into new trajectory: VP Jagdeep Dhankharedit
The Economic Times – Online
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said farmers are the backbone of a rising India and also credited industry with driving the agriculture sector into a “new trajectory”.”Bharat is on the rise as never before. It is a global recognition. And in this rise, farmers are the backbone,” he said in his inaugural address at the 15th edition of the agriculture and food technology fair organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here. The vice president said the commitment of the industry to drive the agriculture sector on a novel trajectory is commendable, welcome and needs to be taken to higher stages of execution.
Events
Krishi Mela in Bengaluru: ‘Innovation in Agriculture’ gives farmers the edgeedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Technology advancement to help reduce the labour workforce is gaining popularity among farmers, with innovations like using drones for improved farm management, reducing salt content in the soil, and solar energy for energy efficiency, even in areas with no electricity. ‘Innovation in Agriculture’ as the theme for Krishi Mela 2022 resonated well with stalls displaying different technologies. Usage of solar power in areas which have electricity for a few hours or not at all, inverters and water pumping machines working on solar energy were proving to be helpful to farmers. One of the inverters could function for 7-8 hours, with a 2.5-hour charge. The manufacturers, Mecwin Empowering Future, said they had sold around ...
Technology in Agriculture
Start-up aims to use drones for hi-tech agri interventionsedit
Hindustan Times – Online
At times when drones are commonly being used across the globe, the new technology has now started picking up pace in the agriculture sector of the region. Though people might have heard about drones being used in agricultural activities like spraying of pesticides or watering the crop, Aerosys Aviation India, a start-up, is using the drones for crop mapping, surveying, crop damage assessment and for various other agricultural purposes. Aerosys Aviation India, a start-up by the two young minds, have been helping the farmers in analysing their fields since the past two years. The company co-founders Sethuraj V and Avinash Kumar are now reaching out to masses in the biennial agro technology and business fair ...
Govt. Policies
Ease of doing agriculture key to curbing land conversion in Tamil Naduedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The Tamil Nadu government has been taking efforts to bring fallow lands back into agriculture as mentioned in their first-ever standalone budget for agriculture presented on August 14, 2021. The focus is primarily on bringing ‘other fallow lands’, where the cultivable land has been kept fallow for more than one year but less than five years, back into agriculture. TN’s Season & Crop Report for 2021-22 said this category of fallow land accounted for 17.29 lakh hectares or 13% of TN’s total geographical area. Another 9.89 lakh hectares come under the category of ‘current fallow’ where the land has been kept fallow only during the current year. Together both categories constitute nearly 21% ...
Stubble Burning
‘Punjab stubble burning turned Delhi to gas chamber,’ says LG. Mann respondsedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Stubble burning in Punjab has once again turned Delhi into a “gas chamber”, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has told Bhagwant Mann in a letter as the national capital sees the AQI (Air Quality Index) going from bad to worse. On Friday afternoon, the AQI at the city’s ITI Jahangirpuri station was in the “hazardous” category. Experts suggest avoiding outdoor exertion when the air quality drops to this level. The Delhi LG – in his letter – said that “people of Delhi are suffering for no fault of theirs” as he urged the Punjab Chief Minister to take urgent steps to control stubble burning. “It is sad that volume of Parali fires (farm fires) ...