Media Monitor
Paddy in India
Two lakh metric tonnes of paddy yield may be hit due to rains in Andhraedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Farmers of Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema and Kakinada districts are a worried lot as over two lakh metric tonnes of paddy is likely to get damaged due to the rains induced by Cyclone Mandous for the past two days.Agriculture department officials explained that paddy was harvested and stacked in the fields as it was to be shifted to Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs). Officials observed that if the rains continue for another day or two, the yield will remain under water and germinate, resulting in huge losses to the farmers. Meanwhile, farmers blamed the delay in shifting of paddy to the RBKs for their plight.Civil Supplies Corporation manager (Konaseema) K Tulasi said approximately one ...
Tractor industry
Why tractors are winning in rural Indiaedit
Mint – Online
What are the chances that someone reluctant to replace a 20-year-old television, a device which only responds to vigorous spanking, will spend a minor fortune to own a new asset? Hardly any. But then, Vijay Singh, a farmer from Madhya Pradesh, had his reasons. A few months back, Singh purchased a powerful 55 horse power (hp) tractor shelling out a staggering ₹7,70,000. “The 35 hp tractor, which I earlier had, was a 1998 model. It was unable to run the heavy implements used to prepare the soil for growing rice. So, I invested in a new machine,” Singh said. Farming in a little over four acres of land in the agriculturally prosperous Vidisha district, Singh’s investment ...