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Agriculture Industry
World making little progress on food waste, a big climate problemedit
India Today – Online
Every Thursday, California resident Richard Redmond takes a gallon-sized container of food scraps to the farmers market in the city of South Pasadena where it is collected and composted for use in gardens – an effort to reduce the amount of household waste he sends to landfill. “It’s just stunning,” the web designer, who is in his 60s, said. “You can see how separating it just reduces the amount of garbage you are putting out.” Redmond’s experience is a tiny window into a huge global problem, and not enough people are with him. Every year, the world throws away around 931 million tons of food, most of it ending up in landfills, where it decomposes ...
Competition
Mahindra & Mahindra opens dedicated farm machinery plant in Pithampuredit
Autocar Professional – Online
Mahindra & Mahindra Farm Equipment Sector (FES), a part of the Mahindra Group, today formally inaugurated its first dedicated farm machinery plant (non-tractor) in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh. The new facility was inaugurated by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, Narendra Singh Tomar at an event attended by key state officials, dignitaries and senior leaders from Mahindra & Mahindra. Mahindra’s new farm machinery plant is strategically situated in the industrial city of Pithampur with access to a diverse supplier base, enabling the company to manufacture durable, high-quality, affordable and accessible ‘Made in India, for India’ farm machinery, marketed in both the Mahindra and Swaraj brands. The plant will also manufacture products for ...
Govt. Policies
Create awareness among farmers on impact of stubble burning, Yogi tells officersedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Expressing concern over the rising pollution caused by stubble burning in UP, chief minister Yogi Adityanath asked officers to make farmers aware of its adverse impact on the environment, said a government spokesperson on Tuesday. Adityanath told officers to raise awareness among farmers about strategies such as stubble fermentation by watering it and adding urea to tackle the issue. Measures should be taken to prevent stubble burning by setting up camps in sensitive villages, stated the chief minister. Additional chief secretary (agriculture) Devesh Chaturvedi, as quoted by the spokesperson, informed that stubble was being taken to ‘gaushalas’ in every district. The ‘Parali Do, Khaad Lo’ programme was being promoted extensively in all districts, so that ...
Andhra govt to introduce millets through PDS on line of riceedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The state government is contemplating introducing millets through Public Distribution System (PDS) on the lines of rice from next year, which is to be celebrated as the year of millets.In fact, the Central government has already given clearance for the distribution of two types of millets – white jowar (Sorghum) and finger millet (Ragi) — through PDS. Both the crops are also cultivated in the State and is part of the diet in the Rayalaseema region. Millets have already been introduced in PDS in Karnataka and Telangana, which have close cultural ties and a similar eating habits like some parts of Andhra Pradesh. According to a senior official, modalities are being worked out ...
Paddy in India
Paddy procurement from November 21edit
The New Indian Express – Online
The state government has decided to procure paddy of the 2022-23 kharif season from November 21 in Bargarh district and the next day from Sambalpur district. The Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department has informed the decision of the government to collectors of the two district. The collectors have been asked to open required number of mandis (paddy procurement centres) for timely procurement of paddy under price support system through the primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACS), self help groups and pani panchayats. The department has further directed the two districts to ensure timely lifting of paddy from the mandis by registered rice millers assigned for their districts with a caution that any complaint ...
Stubble Burning
Delhi air quality improves amid sharp drop in stubble burning in farmsedit
Business Standard – Online
Delhi’s air quality improved significantly on Tuesday amid a sharp decline in farm fires in Punjab over the last two days. The capital’s 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 227 on Tuesday. It was 294 on Monday and 303 on Sunday. An AQI between 201 and 300 is considered ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’. The air quality is likely to improve further on the back of strong winds, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said The city recorded a minimum temperature of 15.4 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 29.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, it said. According to Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) data, Punjab reported 141 farm ...