Farmers can be incentivised to adopt innovative technologies by increasing the per-acre crop yield.

The finance minister, in her FY21 budget speech, announced a 16-point agenda to kickstart growth in agriculture and farmers’ income. While the agenda makes sense, following the money presents a disconcerting prospect.

The government will register 10,000 new Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in order to promote cooperative farming, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Thursday.

People of Bhagalpur region have evoked mixed response to the state budget presented by finance minister and deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi in the assembly on Tuesday for the financial year 20020-21.

To impart technical skills to farmers and promote food-processing industry in the region, a day-long Food Tech Conclave and Outreach Programme on ‘Agriculture Export’ from North East was held here at SMELC conference hall in Dakopgre on Tuesday.

Swaraj Tractors, a part of USD 20.7 billion Mahindra Group has announced the winners of Swaraj Innovation Awards 2020 at an Agriculture Conclave held on 24th Feb 2020 in Delhi. The awards were bestowed upon farmers & institutions, recognizing noteworthy contributions made by them in the field of agriculture.

International Conference on Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development 2020 is going to be held on 20th and 21st March 2020. The conference would address some major issues regarding the agricultural transformation in rural India.

Only an expert gardener knows how tough it can be to grow plants and how much extra care it takes with special attention to soil, fertilizer, and light. One can’t get the process right and expect good yields without getting his/her hands dirty. But, to make their work a lot easy and convenient, many start-ups in India are working on hydroponics farming.

It has been observed that In India, above 70 per cent of the farmers are resource poor, comprising marginal and small farmers. They do not fully adopt the technologies recommended by extension workers because of numerous reasons. It has been observed that many of these recommendations are not compatible with the farming system of the farmers and this leads to the failure of adoption of these technologies

The Goa government intends to set up Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) to make agriculture more viable for sustainable development of the sector, says the Economic Survey Report 2019-20 tabled in the state Assembly.

College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), organised a two-day capacity building program on “Tractors and farm machinery” for field engineers and managers of service, strategy and warranty departments of Mahindra and Mahindra (Swaraj).

Agriculture Minister of Puducherry R Kamalakannan on Sunday said the announcement by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami that the districts in the delta region in the state would be designated as 'protected agricultural zone' should be followed up with measures to practically implement the announcement.

Syngenta underscores the release of a report called 'Seeds of Change' from the Fair Labor Association, which marks the completion of a three-year pilot project commissioned by Syngenta with a view to increasing the wages in India's agricultural industry.

The district administration has prepared a list of over 1.5 lakh farmers who would get benefits of the crop loan waiver scheme announced by the state government. The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has announced Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Farmers Loan Waiver scheme in which farmers whose total loan outstanding is less than Rs 2 lakh will get benefitted.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s road building scheme for rural India could also hold a key towards uplifting farm economy. Under the third phase of PMGSY (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana), the government has made it conditional for the release of funds that the state governments first undertake reforms to their respective Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) laws.

BATHINDA: A swarm of locusts, measuring 3km in width and 1km in length, entered Punjab through Fazilka district on Sunday night, prompting the state government to carry out a nighlong, multi-department, 13-hour-long operation to control the pest.

The Indian Council of Agriculture Research on Monday released a new indigenous vaccine for the pigs that can not only help Indian farmers save money but may also lead to earning of foreign exchanges.

The Indian Council of Agriculture Research on Monday released a new indigenous vaccine for the pigs that can not only help Indian farmers save money but may also lead to earning of foreign exchanges.

The Government of India, the Government of Maharashtra and the World Bank today signed a loan agreement of $210 million to support smallholder farmers participate in competitive agriculture value chains

Women farmers from six states demanded a comprehensive agriculture policy that would recognise them and offer relief and compensation to the kin of male farmers who had commit suicide, at a recent event in the national capital.

As a result of several steps taken to double the income of farmers over the past few years, India has emerged as one of the top three nations in production of certain food grains and food products, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his video conferencing address at Global Potato Conclave 2020 held at Gandhinagar.

India has pitched for elimination of trade-distorting subsidies on agriculture and ensuring differential treatment to developing countries by the WTO members, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday.

Farmer Radhika Anishetty, 32, of Narsingana village in Jaishankar Bhupalapally district (erstwhile Warangal district) of Telangana, used to stock at least five cans of harmful pesticides at home for up to three months, to be sprayed periodically on her cotton crops during the sowing season.

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Sunday said that since agriculture is the foundation of the state's economy, the government is trying to make farmers "stress-free and debt-free".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said a new record was created earlier this month when ₹12000 crores were transferred directly into the bank accounts of six crore farmers.

The Telangana government will enter into an agreement with the Nasik-based National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF) in February for enhanced production of onion seed.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Puducherry, and the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (RIVER), have launched a Farmers’ Digital Literacy Centre.

India’s agriculture policy makers have the herculean task of not only delivering time-sensitive responses to farmers’ needs but also accounting for personnel, topographical, weather, and logistical variations within each state.

VELLORE: Minister for Higher Education, KP Anbalagan, urged the scientists and researchers to expand their research in key sectors like agriculture, fisheries, and animal husbandry.

Indian agriculture needs to have a wider technology intervention to cut the input cost in the farm sector to ensure better returns to farmers’ income. It is here that digitalisation of farming systems is emerging as a progressive and positive step towards achieving sustainable agricultural productivity and minimizing farmers’ distress.

Explore the possibility of extracting essential nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium, and carbon from human excreta and replace fertilizers used in agriculture with them, the Niti Ayog has advised all states.

Indian Phytopathological Society (IPS), New Delhi is organising the 7th International Conference starting from today i.e. 16th January 2020- 20th January 2020. The conference is on Phytopathology in achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The Maharashtra government has appointed a sub-committee to study and recommend an appropriate scheme for farmers having overdue short-term crop loan/restructured crop a loan above ₹2 lakh and for those who have repaid their crop loan on time.

Climate change has posed the biggest challenge so far to agricultural productivity. It has led to drought like conditions in some parts in India and heavy, erratic rainfall in other regions. The severity and unpredictability of weather has wreaked havoc on crop productivity, especially in rain-fed regions of the country.

YAVATMAL (Maharashtra): The evidence is on the ground. The next generation of genetically modified (GM) technology in cotton changed the life of 29-year-old Rajendra Madghane in the tribal village Ghorkhindi, 15 km from Yavatmal in eastern Maharashtra, once he got hold of unapproved variety herbicide-tolerant transgenic seeds, known as HTBt.

In order to make Rabi Management System 2020-21 paperless operation, the Punjab Mandi Board has introduced, e-PMB, a mobile application and an Integrated Management System (IMS) that will provide real-time information of procurement to the farmers.

Vijayawada: The government has decided to issue 50,000 more agriculture power connections to farmers in the next two months. This is in addition to the existing 17.67 lakh connections across the state.

Thousands of farmers defied the law to plant an unapproved variety of genetically modified (GM) cotton on nearly 20% of the cultivated area in Maharashtra and Telangana this past kharif or summer-sown season, the highest so far, as part of a protest movement by pro-GM farm groups

FIRST IT was fertilisers, where the NDA government made disbursal of subsidy conditional upon actual sales to farmers getting registered on PoS (Point of Sale) machines in retail outlets. That reform measure — to ensure that the benefit of minimum support price (MSP)-based procurement of paddy and wheat goes only to farmers — is now being extended to food subsidy.

Dhanuka Agritech, India’s domestic agrochemical group has felicitated farmers at the first edition of the Dhanuka Innovative Agriculture Award (DIAA) on 9th of January 2020.

VIJAYAWADA: Explaining the priorities of his government, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has sought the cooperation of bankers in effective implementation of the welfare schemes in the State.

Farm activist and Shiv Sena leader Kishore Tiwari on Wednesday demanded setting up of a body on the lines of human rights commissions to exclusively deal with agrarian issues and suicide by farmers.

Minister for Agriculture S. Niranjan Reddy has stated that the Telangana government has been working towards the financial empowerment of the farming community.

Internationally acclaimed environmentalist, promoter of organic farming and conservation of seed diversity Dr. Vandana Shiva attending the event stressed on crop diversity, organic farming and conservation of indigenous seeds.

Emphasising the importance of water, Leonardo da Vinci said, “Water is the driving force of Nature.” Guru Nanak said, “Pavan Guru, Pani Pita, Mata Dharat Mahat” (Air is our teacher, water our father and Earth our mother).

Thirty-five-year-old Swarnamma struggles to hold back her tears. The farmer and mother-of-two find herself in completely unfamiliar terrain.

TINSUKIA: A three-day workshop on ‘Petroleum product conservation in agricultural sector’ organized by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tinsukia at Tarajan gaon and Kundil Kinar gaon, Sadiya concluded on Friday.

Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy said that the Telangana government has accorded top priority to agriculture in the State. He offered tributes to Savitri Bai Phule on her birth anniversary and released the calendar and diary of the Telangana Agri Doctors Association (TADA) here on Friday.

Not all protests are necessarily a confrontation between the state and people like the one on the CAA and the NRC. A group of farmers in Maharashtra have chosen to register their protest against the government’s lax response to demands for genetically modified or GM crops as a celebration of freedom.

On the occasion, the Prime Minister also launched the Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map (I-STEM) Portal which is designed to be the gateway for researchers to locate the specific types of facilities they need for their research and development work in India.