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Agriculture Industry
G20 leaders pitch for updating global agricultural food trade rulesedit
The Print – Online
G20 leaders on Wednesday pitched for updating global agricultural food trade rules and to facilitate trade in agricultural and food products with the objective of preventing malnutrition and hunger in the backdrop of geopolitical developments. This was stated in the G20 Bali Leaders’ Declaration issued after the conclusion of the two-day summit, which was attended top global leaders. “We are deeply concerned by the challenges to global food security exacerbated by current conflicts and tensions. We therefore commit to taking urgent actions to save lives, prevent hunger and malnutrition, particularly to address the vulnerabilities of developing countries, and call for an accelerated transformation towards sustainable and resilient agriculture and food systems and supply chains,” it ...
CLAAS Mentions
Integrated farm data for informed on-farm decision makingedit
Krishi Jagat – Online
With two seasons of trials in southern West Australia and the Riverina under its belt, Bayer’s breakthrough digital farming platform, FieldView, is being released to the market. Bayer’s Head of Digital Farming ANZ, Chris Staff says FieldView allows growers to gain a deeper understanding of their operations, through the collection, visualisation and analysis of data they are generating on their farm, in a single dashboard. “Digital farming integrates detailed information on factors such as weather conditions, soil moisture, soil nutrient levels and crop health to improve on-farm decision-making. Farmers can leverage application technology and data science to maximise efficiency and productivity. “FieldView overcomes the increased challenge of data aggregation and analysis, capturing a farm’s information ...
Govt. Policies
Assam govt launches programme to boost agriculture sectoredit
The Print – Online
The Assam government on Wednesday launched a special programme aimed at increasing agriculture productivity and doubling farmers’ income. A special initiative, Assam Millet Mission, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for this purpose. “Launched Assam Millet Mission, targeted to raise nutrition quotient & doubling farmers’ income. To increase productivity, it will also contribute in crop diversification,” Sarma tweeted. “Distributed power tillers, pump sets, mini trucks, harvesters, crop seeds, financial aids among beneficiaries,” he added. The chief minister also inaugurated six soil testing and quality control labs, and two knowledge centres, which will help the state become self-sufficient in agriculture.
Paddy in India
Paddy arrival still 5% less than last year, mandi board to stop sale and purchase from todayedit
The Indian Express – Online
Although arrival of paddy is still 5% less in mandis compared to last year, as per the orders of Punjab Mandi Board (PMB), sale and purchase of paddy will be stopped in all the main yards, sub-yards and purchase centres at 5 pm on November 17. The sale and purchase in districts of Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Moga, Pathankot, Rupnagar, Mohali and Tarn Taran was stopped at 5 pm on November 16 and for the rest of the districts, it will be stopped by 5 pm on November 17, reads the order issued by the PMB secretary on November 16. It has been indicated that arrival target has been met, following which this decision was ...
Punjab set to procure more basmati this yearedit
The Indian Express – Online
Punjab is likely to procure more basmati (aromatic rice) this year compared to last year as the state has already crossed last year’s procurement figure while the arrival of basmati in the mandis is continuing. This year the arrival of basmati in state mandis is faster than last year. Only 6.80 lakh tonnes (LT) basmati of the total arrivals last season (14.13 LT) could reach the mandis by November 14, 2021, against 14.17 LT this year. Also, farmers are reaping rich dividends this year as the crop is being purchased at Rs 2,665 to Rs 5,420 per quintal (depending on different varieties of the basmati) against Rs 2,200 to Rs 3,950 per quintal last ...
Stubble Burning
Inspect paddy centres, stop stubble-burning: U.P. chief secretaryedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra has directed all divisional commissioners and district magistrates to regularly carry out inspections of paddy procurement centres in the state to ensure farmers did not have to face any inconvenience in selling their produce. Holding a meeting through video conference here on Wednesday, he also directed officials to set up special control rooms in all districts to dispose of farmers’ complaints. He ordered strict action against middlemen and people storing paddy illegally. Mishra further directed officials to generate awareness among farmers telling them about the adverse environmental impact of stubble-burning. He said officials should camp in sensitive villages to curb incidents of crop fires. He stressed on the need to ...