Media Monitor
Farm Mechanization
Maharashtra’s agri-entrepreneurs take to the skies: How drone are being used tackle farm labour shortageedit
The Centre early last year had issued standard operating procedures (SOP) for usage of drones in agriculture aimed at mechanisation of the sector. Applications were invited for the subsidy, which was to be distributed after completion of documentation.
MP Leads In India With 3800 CHCs Serving Small, Marginal Farmers Farm Mechanization Linked To Skill Development Many States Emulate MP Exampleedit
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Stubble Burning
Farmers should not burn stubble remainsedit
Deputy Director Agriculture Dr Lal Bahadur Yadav has requested all the farmers in the district to not burn stubble remains in order to avoid pollution.
SURFACE SEEDERS ON SUBSIDY TO PREVENT STUBBLE BURNING; FARMERS CAN APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 10edit
In a move to exhort farmers to notput matchstick to crop residue, and instead, use mechanisms to manage paddy stubble, Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab Government is providing Surface Seeders— an in-situ paddy stubble management device— to the farmers on subsidy.