Page 15 - Agriculture

A Pyrrhic victory for protesters

PM's retreat on farm laws conceals what is actually going on

Future of farms

Govt must keep pushing farm reforms

Fencing farm risks

Ways must be explored to ensure reasonable returns

Unnati raises Rs 60 crore from 3 firms including Incofin Investment

Agritech startup Unnati on Wednesday said it has raised Rs 60 crore in Series A funding from Incofin Investment Management, NabVentures and Orios

Nurturing horticulture

Constraints in the sector must be addressed

India's price-fixing probe of global seed firms sparked by carrot farmers

This is the first time the complaint is coming into public view

Farmers will strengthen protests from November 27, warns Tikait

Farmer leaders and the Centre have held several rounds of talks but the impasse remains

Suicides by agri labourers up 18%; Kerala, Karnataka show maximum increase

Kerala, Karnataka, MP show maximum increase in 2020

Varun Gandhi posts video of crop fire, seeks agri policy rethink

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday shared a video clip purportedly showing a man setting fire to a heap of paddy crop after his vain efforts to sell it, and sought a rethink of the agriculture policy. Gandhi shared the video of the man on Twitter. "Samodh Singh, a farmer of Uttar Pradesh, had been running around mandis for the last 15 days to sell his paddy crop. When paddy did not sell, he in frustration put fire to it himself. Where has this system brought the farmers? The need of the hour is to rethink our agriculture policy," he said. Without making a direct attack, the BJP leader has been critical of the government's handling of agri issues of late and has also sympathised with the farmers protesting against the three farm laws.

Monsoon 2021 expected to rescue India's agriculture in FY22

The recently-concluded normal monsoon season will provide a much-needed cushion to both India's agriculture and inflation in 2021-22, said India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) in a report.

Complex fertiliser crunch to stay if subsidy support isn't eased: Industry

Alternatively, non-DAP complex fertiliser makers will take a hit on their margins by not passing on the increased cost of production to the final consumer--the farmer

Crop fires take India's global contribution to GHG emissions to 12.2%

A latest data analysis has shown that compared to the previous three years, there has been an increase in emissions due to crop fires in 2019-2020 by 12.8 per cent

Digitisation of farm data needs awareness

Interestingly, the agriculture-related data of about 55 million farmers has already been digitised

Improving farm support

The sector needs a more focused approach

Wholesale prices fall as mandis prepare to welcome fresh kharif harvest

Arrivals have just begun, but data on initial weeks shows that prices have dropped after higher arrivals within no time. Now, the threat of heavy rainfall-led crop damage lingers

Problem of plenty

Procurement alone will not address farm woes

In 6 years before Covid, India's average farm incomes rose 59% and debt 58%

Income varied between farming households disaggregated by size of land holding and between states.

Centre to make Goa self-sufficient in next three years: Agri MoS Karandlaje

In a review meeting, Karandlaje said that the Centre is ready for all kinds of support to establish an integrated agriculture university in the State.

Govt lies that it's open to dialogue, says BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said that Government lies to the media that it is open to dialogue on the issue of ongoing farmers agitation.Addressing a press conference here, Tikait said, "Government lies to media that it is open to dialogue but farmers are not. They want to hold conditional dialogue, in which farmers will not participate. They said farm laws would not be rolled back. It means they have already drafted the agreement and farmers just have to sign it."Asked about his statement against media, Tikait said, "I had said something yesterday which was misinterpreted. I actually meant that the next target of the Centre is media houses. We have never said anything against media."Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday had said media houses will be the next target and will suffer if they do not support farmers' protest."Everyone should join us. The next target will be media houses. If you want to be saved then join us, else you will also suffer. We will raise the ...

India unveils new rice variety to cut down on use of water, labour

With the new seed varieties, developed by the state-run Indian Agricultural Research Institute, farmers only need to irrigate the field once to moisten the soil before sowing the rice.