-DNA It's a misconception that high economic growth translates into employment A recent report prepared by the consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) harps on the usual premise of boosting economic growth as the basis for job creation. Accordingly, it will still take 20 years to remove unemployment even if India grows at an annual growth rate of 9 per cent. This is exactly what we were...
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Cold chains can prevent Rs 13,600 crore-worth food loss: Report
-PTI MUMBAI: Lack of cold and frozen supply chains leads to loss of fruits and vegetables worth over Rs 13,600 crore annually in the country, according to a report. The report 'A Tank of Cold: Cleantech Leapfrog to a more food secure world' by UK-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers calls for urgent action to encourage roll-out of sustainable cold chains in India to prevent unnecessary food loss, help alleviate hunger and improve...
More »‘Climate change to hit 46 mn-hectare farmland’ -Sandip Das
-The Financial Express The government has identified 46 million hectare of agricultural land spread across 122 districts that is likely to be adversely impacted by extreme weather events and cause decline in farm output, Agriculture minster Radha Mohan Singh on Tuesday said. "Uncertain and erratic rainfall, delay in onset of monsoon, agricultural droughts, excess rainfall events and other extreme weather events during crop growing seasons may affect agricultural productivity and profitability of...
More »Smart Agriculture for food security -Rita Sharma
-The Tribune The outlook for all things smart is opening up, including Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). Varanasi, set to develop as a Smart City, will be a lighthouse for sectors seeking sustainable ways to handle demographic pressures, finite environmental resources and climate change. The Finance Minister's budget speech has promised a hundred smart cities. With urban India well covered, it is the turn now of smart Agriculture, equipped both to enhance food...
More »Farmer gets paddy yield of 15.8 tonnes per hectare
-The Hindu Thanks to application of bio-fertilizers, green manure Cumbum (Tamil Nadu): A paddy farmer in Cumbum Pudhupatti village has got a bumper yield this year, setting a new record in yield per hectare, thanks to the application of bio-fertilizers, green manure, proper split application of chemical fertilizers and adoption of modern Agriculture practices. He has harvested 15.8 tonnes per hectare against the district average of 10 tonnes this season. It was the...
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