Source: Vigyan PrasarLink:https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/CSIR-Kisan-Sabha-App-to-Connect-Farmers-to-Supply-Chain.html India’s ongoing lockdown has threatened the agriculture sector as it overlaps with the time of harvest. In the present situation of COVID-19, farmers are looking for help in taking their produce to the market, as also in procuring seeds, fertilizer, etc. from the market. A robust supply chain management is urgently required […]
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Himachal’s exotic vegetable success story suffers a hault amid COVID-19 lockdown
Exotic vegetables success story in Himachal Pradesh is facing a major recession due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown. The demand for the produce has plummeted, forcing most farmers to throw away the crops or feed them to cattle. Till a few months ago, vegetables such broccoli, red and yellow capsicum, lettuce and red […]
Rice-fish farming system in India is in urgent need of conservation and promotion
Along with reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, co-culture systems have beneficial effects on farm income and improving the livelihood of poor rural people and progressive farmer. Rapid human population growth poses many challenges, especially food shortages, malnutrition, limited means of irrigation and shrinking land resources besides deteriorating environmental quality. Sustainable intensification of agricultural production […]
COVID-19: Delayed wheat harvest has Bihar worried over seeds
A delay in harvesting of wheat crops in the wake of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic could result in 25-30 per cent fall in seed production, according to state’s agricultural scientists. The Bihar Agriculture University (BAU), Bhagalpur, planted breeder seeds in 26 hectares to produce 650 quintals of wheat. Foundation seeds were planted in 94.5 […]
Coronavirus: West Bengal farmers face deep losses amid Covid-19 lockdown
India Today TV spoke to many farmers in West Bengal who said they are more worried about their businesses than maintaining social distancing norms. Some of these farmers said they are facing deep losses due to the Covid-19 lockdown. The lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic has led to huge losses for farmers in the country. […]
Unseasonal rains to harm rabi Crops: IMD
Unseasonal rains, thunderstorms and snowfall across certain pockets in the country in the coming days due to a fresh western disturbance might cause damage to the standing rabi crops, the weather office warned on Friday. While thunderstorms and gusty winds are expected in parts of Maharashtra in the coming days isolated scattered rainfall is also […]
COVID-19: Bihar farmers suffer labour crunch, despite govt guidelines
Farmers in Bihar face incredible odds to save their rabi crops, after a labour crisis in the state arising from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The labourers — more than 1.50 lakh of whom returned to their villages in Bihar from urban areas — are hesitant to venture out for work, for fear of […]
Coronavirus: India’s bailout may not be enough to save economy
Mohammad Alam is one of thousands of workers standing in a food queue in India’s capital, Delhi. The factory where he worked shut down after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. A daily-wage labourer, he has no other source of income, so he has been forced to […]
Coronavirus impact: Escorts tractor sales dip 54.3% in March at 5,444 units
Domestic sales last month were down also by 54.3 percent at 5,228 units as against 11,431 units in the year-ago period, it said. Like the rest of the auto industry, tractor sales to have been affected by the coronavirus impact. New Delhi: Farm equipment major Escorts Ltd on Wednesday reported 54.3 percent decline in its tractor sales at 5,444 […]
Coronavirus lockdown | Dairy, vegetable farmers count losses in Assam
Closure of all hotels, restaurants and sweetmeat shops besides transportation hit them hard The inability to transport their produce because of the coronavirus lockdown has forced small dairy farmers in Assam throw away hundreds of litres of milk while vegetable growers are letting their crop rot or dumping nearby for animals. Some 1,500 members of the Sitajakhala […]