Media Monitor
Dairy Farming
Guntur: Raithanna milk stands for qualityedit
Raithanna Milk Dairy, which provides finest quality dairy products made with pure buffalo milk, gained customer trust within a short time, says its Managing Director Kamma Nageswar Rao. The aim is not only providing dairy products to customers but also to empower local farmers. Located in lush green settings of rural Guntur, Raithanna Milk Dairy is a shining example of community-based dairy farming. The MD said that this dairy is not just a producer of milk, but also a source of livelihood for local farmers and a beacon of quality in the world of dairy products.
Farm Mechanization
The unfinished job of farm mechanisationedit
The current level of farm mechanisation in India, reckoned officially at 47 per cent, is far lower than the 60 per cent in China and 75 per cent in Brazil.
IIT-Kharagpur developing coffee harvester that can cut labour requirement by halfedit
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur is developing a mechanised coffee harvester, which can reduce labour dependence by about 50-60 per cent, said Coffee Board CEO and Secretary, K G Jagadeesha, on Wednesday.
Govt. Policies
Govt plans overhaul of flagship farm-sector schemesedit
The government may announce an overhaul of its flagship schemes for the farm sector, ahead of the general election that is due by April-May next year.
With this intent, the agriculture ministry has commissioned a series of surveys of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and interest subvention scheme, to assess their impact on the farming community.
Stubble Burning
Delhi govt reaches out to Punjab, Haryana to combat stubble burningedit
In a bid to combat the annual scourge of stubble burning and its ensuing pollution, the Delhi government after unveiling a comprehensive Winter Action Plan, has additionally taken proactive steps by reaching out to neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab, aiming to address the issue and restrict the use of firecrackers during the upcoming winter months.
Punjab: 1.5 lakh farmers apply for over 24k straw management machinesedit
Punjab is seeing a high demand for machines to manage farm residue, the burning of which cause severe air pollution in northern India every autumn, as around 157,000 farmers have applied for 24,569 subsidised machines that will be distributed this week, officials said.