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Agriculture Industry
Farmers in flood-hit Punjab prop each other up with free seedsedit
Siasat Daily – Online
Their own crops damaged in floods, several farmers in Punjab are now propping up their fellows, giving them free seeds to sow in their fields. Farmer Baldev Singh, whose own paddy crop was ruined in the flood in the Shahkot area of Jalandhar district, is offering seeds of short-duration PR 126 variety to the flood-affected growers free of charge.
Farm Mechanization
Stihl India Announces ‘Parivartan Yatra’ in Andhra Pradesh to Promote Farm Mechanizationedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Stihl India has recently launched the ‘Parivartan Yatra’ – a campaign to initiate a positive dialogue of transformation through farm mechanization. This month-long campaign aims to drive the right technology adoption to the farmers of Andhra Pradesh. The yatra will pass through the key agricultural districts of Andhra Pradesh, including Tirupati, Annamaya, Chittor, Nellore, Guntur, Palanadu, Krishna, East Godavari, and Machalipatnam.
Govt. Policies
UNDP India partners with Absolute to further sustainable agriculture practices under the government’s (PMFBY) schemeedit
ANI – Online
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Absolute®️, a leading bioscience company, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the government of India’s flagship Pradhan Mantri FasalBima Yojana (PMFBY) and enhance the resilience of the farmers.
Diversification of agriculture towards energy, power need of hour: Union minister Gadkariedit
ET EnergyWorld – Online
Stressing that diversification of agriculture towards energy and power sectors is the need of the hour, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday asked Uttar Pradesh to move ahead in hydrogen production so that the country could become an energy exporting country. The Union minister also said that Uttar Pradesh, which was once regarded as ‘bimaru pradesh’, is moving towards development now and hailed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for improving the law and order of the state.
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Farmers in flood-hit Punjab prop each other up with free seedsedit
Siasat Daily – Online
Their own crops damaged in floods, several farmers in Punjab are now propping up their fellows, giving them free seeds to sow in their fields. Farmer Baldev Singh, whose own paddy crop was ruined in the flood in the Shahkot area of Jalandhar district, is offering seeds of short-duration PR 126 variety to the flood-affected growers free of charge.
Paddy in India
After flood devastation, Punjab may require to retransplant paddy crop in 2.50 lakh acresedit
The Indian Express – Online
Due to the devastating floods, Punjab may need to retransplant paddy and basmati rice varieties in approximately 1.05 lakh hectares (around 2.50 lakh acres) of land across over half a dozen districts, according to agriculture officials. By the first week of July, before the incessant rain hit the state, rice cultivation had already covered 86 per cent (27.29 lakh hectares) of the expected area of 31.67 lakh hectares. Sowing on the remaining area was then underway.