by Spectrum | Jun 13, 2020 | Agriculture
In today’s world, farmers are beginning to rely on apps for making important decisions on farming issues, be it planting, seeding, irrigating, or harvesting. This has helped in a scenario of untimely rains, hailstorms, and floods that have had disastrous effect on the...
by Spectrum | Jun 13, 2020 | Agriculture
To provide farmers affordable access to cutting-edge technology at their doorsteps, custom hiring centres (CHCs) have been set up across the country which rent out farm equipment to farmers. Traditional methods and equipments are increasingly being replaced by...
by Spectrum | Jun 13, 2020 | Agriculture
Kisan Mitra is one of the projects that have been launched to understand and reduce agrarian distress by addressing the policy implementation gaps in rural India. The helpline, Kisan Mitra, was set up to help distressed farmers of Vikarabad district in the state of...
by Spectrum | Jun 13, 2020 | Agriculture
In July 2019, the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) announced that it would establish a Centre for Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology (CAAST) in order to develop knowledge and skill in coconut-based secondary agriculture. The Indian Council for...
by Spectrum | Jun 13, 2020 | Agriculture
In a study published by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), on August 8, 2019, it was found that there is a need to empower the Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) to trade in the commodities futures market. In her speech for...
by Spectrum | Jun 13, 2020 | Agriculture
India’s exports minus imports of farm commodities shrunk to $18.86 billion in 2014–15, after rising continuously and peaking at $27.72 billion in 2013–14. This is partly because of exports, which fell to slightly above $39 billion from $43.25 billion in 2013–14. The...
