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Agriculture Industry
UPL SAS partners with Olam Agri to advance sustainable sugarcane farming in Indiaedit
Krishak Jagat – Online
UPL Sustainable Agriculture Solutions Ltd. (UPL SAS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Olam Agri to drive sustainable and consistent sugarcane production across India through the ‘Shashwat Mithaas’ initiative. The program aims to benefit farmers within the Olam Sugar Mill (Channehatti-Rajgoli, Kolhapur, Maharashtra) catchment area, with a 15 percent increase in yield per acre and additional income. The initial phase of the program will cover 2,000 acres in its inaugural year, with the potential to expand across a catchment area of 70,000 acres.
Stubble Burning
Centre aims to work towards achieving zero stubble burning in current season: Mr. Narendra Singh Tomaredit
Krishak Jagat – Online
A high-level inter-Ministerial meeting was held yesterday under the co-chairmanship of Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Bhupender Yadav to review the preparedness of the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and NCT of Delhi in preventing paddy stubble burning in the current season.
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Agriculture sector will play a vital role in making UP a trillion dollar economyedit
The Statesman – Online
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has formulated a strategy to position the agricultural sector as a core industry in the state in order to realise the $1 trillion economy goal. In a recent meeting of the Chief Secretary with representatives from the World Bank, the state’s rapid advancements in the field of agriculture were presented, shedding light on the prospects in the sector.