-The Times of India VIJAYAWADA: Cyclone Helen caused havoc in Krishna and Godavari delta areas of Andhra Pradesh destroying standing crops in about 10 lakh acres and causing a loss of about Rs 5,000 crore. According to initial estimates, about three lakh acres of rice in East and West Godavari districts separately and 2.5 lakh acres in Krishna district were damaged. Another one lakh acre of crops was damaged in Visakhapatnam and...
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A lesson cooks in potato pot-Devadeep Purohit and Kinsuk Basu
-The Telegraph Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government should have calculated the costs of possible retaliation by other states before banning potato export from Bengal, agriculture experts have said. For now, no state has threatened a payback for the ban, clamped despite pleas from the chief ministers of Odisha and Assam after a shortage pushed up potato prices in Bengal. As the Bengal administration grapples with the problem, importers of essential foodstuff have sounded...
More »Is precision agriculture the solution to India's farming crisis? -Anil Rajvanshi
-IANS A small sugarcane farmer in western Maharashtra, Bhau Kadam (name changed) and his family, own about three hectares of land. He has two sons who are both graduates and work in Pune. When I asked him why he did not make his sons farmers, he says that farming is hard work, is non-remunerative and it is difficult to get labour. Besides he also thinks that farming is not glamorous, a farmer's...
More »'ICAR should focus on development of intellectual properties'
-PTI Plan panel member appreciates ICAR, Agrinnovate India Ltd for encouragement of entrepreneurship and innovations Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) should focus on the development of intellectual properties for promoting entrepreneurships among farmers, Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen said today. "Today knowledge and technology are becoming the property rights and it brings benefits for those who own it," Sen said while delivering the foundation day lecture of Agrinnovate India Ltd. ICAR should concentrate...
More »Second green revolution will start from Bihar: CACP chairman -Sutanuka Ghosal
-The Economic Times KOLKATA: Soon Bihar will become Punjab and second green revolution will start from these areas, said Dr Ashok Gulati, chairman, Commission for Agriculture Cost & Price at the 3rd Crop Summit held in Bihar. Dr Gulati raised the issue of unavailability of proper support value to farmers. He further told that Bihar doesn't have any issue in production but procurement is the major issue. Its rice milling capacity is...
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