-The Hindu Business Line CAI asks officials to take "immediate steps to avoid distortions in cotton prices." Cotton trade body Cotton Association of India (CAI) has raised concerns about alleged speculative trades taking place on the Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) platform. Citing a sharply lower open interest (OI) in MCX Cotton Futures for the May 2022 contract, CAI has flagged serious distortions in cotton prices causing speculative movements and asked the Exchange to...
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Direct seeding of rice: Punjab’s paddy farmers eye mechanical sowing to save on labour cost -Vishal Joshi
-Hindustan Times DSR ‘tar-wattar’ (good soil moisture), a low-cost mechanical sowing technique to reduce water footprint in the cultivation of water-guzzling rice by 20%, was indigenously developed by scientists of Ludhiana-based Punjab Agricultural University BATHINDA: As farmers are expecting a sharp rise in farm labourers’ demand to charge up to ₹6,000 per acre for paddy sowing this season, direct seeding of rice (DSR), which for the first time comes with an incentive...
More »Asani intensifies into cyclonic storm: Odisha, Bengal brace for impact
-IndiaToday.in Cyclone Asani, formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal, further intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Sunday evening as it moved northwestwards in the direction of north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that Cyclone Asani, formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal, further intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Sunday evening. The cyclone moved northwestwards in the direction of the north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast, the...
More »Low on gluten, Punjab's ancient wheat variety 'sona moti' fetches four times the MSP -Ruchika M Khanna
-The Tribune Chance discovery of ‘sona moti’-- * Known as “Sona Moti”, the wheat variety has low gluten and glycemic content, but high folic acid and nutritional value * This variety is a chance discovery after its seeds were given as “prasad” to Jalalabad-based farmer Virender Mohan Nagpal by Pingalwara in 2014 Chandigarh: An ancient wheat variety, grown in Punjab thousands of years ago, is once again making waves for its high nutritional value....
More »Migrants’ livelihoods during the pandemic: Challenges and opportunities -Dr. Janvi Gandhi Kanakia and others
-Leaflet.in Informal migrant workers in metropolitan cities of India have faced multiple forms of vulnerabilities in the last two years of the pandemic. Linkages across schemes for such workers are absolutely critical to creating a social security net that protects them from falling into similar cycles of poverty and destitution during macro and micro economic distresses. ON the occasion of International Labour Day, or ‘May Day’, we explore the dimensions of vulnerabilities...
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