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Agriculture Industry
How Indian women farmers are becoming agripreneurs?edit
Mint – Online
In a male dominated agriculture occupation, the stereotype is being broken in a new India where many women farmers are seen to be shouldering not only end – to – end farming responsibilities on their own, but becoming agripreneurs and going digital for agri-produce trade. Thanks to many pro-farmer initiatives being taken by the Government, farmers’ collectives and private companies to encourage women farmers. A rising number of women agripreneurs are selling their agri-produce stocks through various digital platforms created by private companies or Farmer Producers’ Companies (FPCs).
Sustainable agriculture, food security focus areas at G20 deputies meetingedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The G20 member countries are heading towards a consensus on adopting alternate grain and traditional crops in the respective countries, such as millets in India, to support food security and nutrition requirements, said Manoj Ahuja, secretary, department of agriculture and farmers’ welfare, the government of India on Friday. It was the third and final day of the second Agricultural Deputies Meeting held at Chandigarh concluded today. According to Ahuja, all the member nations raised concerns about the sustainability of agriculture, agroecology and nutrition. “Very shortly a communique will be prepared and sent to the member countries for pondering over it so that when we meet again in June, these are discussed threadbare, and a roadmap ...
CLAAS Global Mentions
New look, more power featured in Claas Lexion 8000 Series combinesedit
Real Agriculture – Online
Claas Lexion 8000 Series combines will have a new look, more power, and larger grain storage in 2023. The combine maker says the updates are designed to give growers more tools to achieve the best results while harvesting and make the most out of each hour in the field. In this interview at the National Farm Machinery Show at Louisville, Kentucky, Claas product supervisor Jeff Gray shares what growers can expect when they climb into the 2023 model year combines. The Lexion 8000 Series will now feature the same cab offered on the company’s new Trion 740 combine model.
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Fresh rain adds to farmers woes in Haryana ahead of wheat harvestingedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Farmers and agricultural experts say that unseasonal rain at this stage could spell doom for wheat and mustard growers of Haryana. Even as harvesting is likely to start from the first week of April, the third spell of rain in less than two weeks has turned farmers’ dreams of a bumper harvest into a nightmare. Even as a special girdawari is underway to assess the loss of crops during the previous spell of rain, another downpour across Haryana has left farmers high and dry. Farmers and agricultural experts say that unseasonal rain at this stage could spell doom for wheat and mustard growers of ...