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Agriculture Industry
Experts stress on imperatives of ecological sustainability and economic viability of agricultureedit
The Hindu – Online
The 5 th all–India Kisan Swaraj Sammelan of the Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) got underway in the city on Friday with the participation of over 2,000 organic farmers and seed conservators from across the country. The 3-day conference is being held in the backdrop of extreme climatic events affecting the world with farmers and agriculture bearing the brunt and has a direct impact on food and crop production. Experts will deliberate on the key issues related to agriculture and the need to reclaim traditional agricultural practices besides the imperatives of restoration of soil with all its lifeform that sustains biodiversity. Sahaja Samrudha, Janapada Seva Trust, KSOU, ICAR-JSS KVK (Suttur), SOIL, Allama Research ...
Andhra’s ANGRAU gets DGCA permission for imparting training in operating drones for agriculture, conventional purposesedit
The Hindu – Online
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sanctioned approval to impart training to operate drones for agriculture and conventional purposes in Acharya N. G. Ranga Agriculture University (ANGRAU), Lam. Andhra Pradesh Sensors and Smart Applications Research in Agriculture (APSARA), launched in Lam farms in the university in Guntur, will give training on operating drones, which is for the first of its kind in India, said ANGRAU Vice-Chancellor Adala Vishnuvardhan Reddy. DGCA Director Jitender Loura, who visited the university recently, verified the curriculum designed by Centre for APSARA Principal Investigator and Senior Scientist, A. Sambaiah, in pilot training of remote air crafts in agriculture, said ANGRAU Director (Research) L. Prasanthi.
Paddy in India
Govt’s paddy procurement up 1.31% at 23.1 MT till Nov 10: Food ministryedit
Business Standard – Online
The government’s paddy procurement has increased marginally by 1.31 per cent to 231 lakh tonnes so far in the 2022-23 kharif marketing year from the year-ago period, according to the food ministry. Normally, paddy procurement begins immediately after the withdrawal of the Southwest monsoon from October onwards. However in southern states, especially in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, it begins from September. The government aims to procure 771.25 lakh tonnes of paddy in the 2022-23 kharif marketing season (October-September). The actual procurement stood at record 759.32 lakh tonnes in the previous kharif marketing season.