Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Small and marginal farmers from India to bring back nutritious crops and food that have been “forgotten”edit
Krishi Jagat – Online
Rather than mere recipients and beneficiaries of agricultural innovation and knowledge “transferred” by scientists, small and marginal Indian farmers, including women, must be perceived and recognized as key actors and partners in research and knowledge creation. Women especially are the backbone of marginal farmer households in India. As we celebrate the International Year of Millets, a new pilot ‘Collective Action’ stresses the role of these small farmers in agriculture, farming, and contribution to strengthened agri-food systems.
Apiculture weds Sustainable Agriculture: Tapping the unrealized potential and creating a win-win situationedit
Krishi Jagat – Online
The global apiculture market is calculated to experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.3% during the period 2020–25. In India, apiculture is a multi-million dollar industry whose market size is likely to reach a value of Rs 33,128 million by 2024 and expand at a CAGR of nearly 12% by 2024. India is the eighth largest honey-producing country and stands ninth in export (Press Information Bureau 2022). The recorded export of natural honey reached 59,536.75 MT for INR 633.82 crore in 2019–20 (Sethi 2021).
CLAAS Mentions
A look at Farming Simulator 23’s gameplay featuresedit
Sportskeeda – Online
In addition to the expanded fleet of agricultural machines, the latest iteration includes 14 different types of crops to sow, plant, and harvest. You can expect to grow grapes, olives, and other cash crops and engage in various farming activities such as plowing and weeding. The title also introduces a production chain system, allowing you to build a fully functional farm. Farming Simulator 23 also allows users to tend farm animals like cows, sheep, and chickens. With the addition of chickens, players can also partake in other economic activities, such as producing and selling eggs for additional profit.
Technology in Agriculture
The Agtech Transformationedit
Fortune India – Online
Union Ministry of Agriculture And Farmers Welfare helped start-up Star AgriBazaar Technology (AgriBazaar) access digital land record data of villages in Una (Madhya Pradesh), Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) and Kota (Rajasthan) districts. This was part of an agreement to prepare a database of farmers, farmlands, soil health, crop patterns and agricultural practices. The aim was to build an open source and inter-operable agriculture digital public infrastructure (DPI) for creating farmer-centric solutions and supporting agri-tech industry and start-ups. AgriBazaar was not alone. The agriculture ministry roped in ten others — Microsoft India, Amazon Web Services, Jio platforms, ITC, Cisco, ESRI, NCDEX e-Markets Ltd. (NeML), Wadhwani AI, Patanjali Organic Research Institute and Ninjacart — around the same time.
Paddy in India
Heavy rains leave paddy farmers in Karimnagar in lurch as demand for track harvesters surgesedit
Telangana Today – Online
The recent heavy rains in Karimnagar have left paddy farmers in a bind, with muddy fields making it difficult to harvest crops. As a result, there has been a surge in demand for track harvesters, which are better suited to cutting crops in such conditions. However, due to inadequate availability of these harvesters in the state, farmers are having to source them from neighboring states, leading to exorbitant charges by the harvester owners. With the completion of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project, paddy cultivation has seen a significant increase in Karimnagar, with many farmers setting aside other crops.