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Agriculture Industry
Boomitra aims to deliver USD 200 million in carbon finance to farmers and ranchers in developing world by 2025edit
The Week – Online
An international soil carbon marketplace, founded by a Karnataka-born entrepreneur, will deliver USD 200 million in carbon finance to farmers and ranchers in the developing world by 2025 to scale the deployment of climate-smart agriculture. Boomitra founder Aadith Moorthy spoke at the recently concluded Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) Summit in Washington hosted by the United States. The Summit, supported by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), aims to bring together partners to increase and accelerate investment in and support for agriculture and food systems innovation for climate action.
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Back IMD predicts monsoon onset on 4 June, Skymet sees 7 Juneedit
Mint – Online
The onset of southwest monsoon is likely to set in over Kerala on 4 June with a model error of plus or minus four days, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. This comes a day after private forecaster Skymet said it sees delayed and weak monsoon. Meanwhile, Skymet added shortly after the IMD’s forecast that it sees monsoon will make a weak onset a week later by 7 June with an error margin of plus or minus three days. The crucial southwest monsoon starts its journey into the Indian subcontinent from the Kerala ...
Paddy in India
This year, farmers asked to sow paddy in four phases, first begins from June 10edit
The Indian Express – Online
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Monday said that his government is fully prepared to ensure smooth and hassle-free sowing of paddy crop during the upcoming kharif season across Punjab. Mann said that as per the suggestions received from farmers during two Kisan Sarkar Milnis, it has been decided to commence the sowing of paddy in a phased manner. He said that the paddy sowing will begin on June 10, 16, 19 and 21 in different parts of the state. For this, the state has been divided in four zones to implement this sowing mechanism, he added.
Stubble Burning
Wheat harvesting done, farm fires return to Punjab: 9,247 and countingedit
The Indian Express – Online
With wheat harvesting nearly done, the farms are burning again in Punjab. The state has already recorded 9,247 incidents of stubble burning in the period April 6 to May 15. The numbers are nearly 34 per cent less than 14,117 farm fires reported last year during the same period but is more than 7,808 stubble burning incidents recorded in 2021. On May 15, Punjab recorded 507 stubble burning incidents, against 47 fires the same day last year, indicating that farm fires would continue for some more days this season. This year, the harvesting was delayed owing to unseasonal rains and hailstorm.