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Agriculture Industry
High demand, dip in production push millet prices up 17%edit
A combination of high demand, government push, social media trends and a marginal decline in production has driven up millet prices. Data released last week showed that inflation in ragi and ragi products accelerated in March to 16.6% – the second highest in over six years. The highest was 16.7% in February. “For millet, output has been flattish but higher demand due to several food industries using them has pushed up prices,” said Madan Sabnavis, chief economist, Bank of Baroda.
Competition
Punjab in the DNA of Swaraj tractors, says CEO Harish Chavan as it celebrates 50 years in Mohaliedit
It’s in the DNA of Punjab. That’s how the soft-spoken Harish Chavan, chief executive officer (CEO) of Swaraj division in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, describes the company which is celebrating its golden jubilee this week. It’s a company born out of green revolution. Seeing the galloping demand for tractors, then being imported from the West, the Punjab government set up Punjab Tractors Limited (PTL), and rolled out its first indigenously manufactured tractor in 1974.
Tractor industry
Economic viability of electric tractors for contemporary Farmingedit
In recent years, the agriculture sector is turning more and more towards sustainability, a phenomenon of searching for eco-friendly techniques instead of traditional practices. One such example of the use of electric tractors that would mitigate greenhouse gas emissions plus cost-effectiveness. This article explores the potential of electric tractors and how they are revolutionizing contemporary farming.