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Author: Kritik Nemar
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Precision & digital, United KingdomAeroponic vs hydroponic vs aquaponic: choosing the right soil-free system for UK commercial productionHydroponics is the cheapest soil-free system to set up, aeroponics uses the least water and aquaponics adds fish revenue but grows fewer greens, based on UK commercial installations.
- Precision & digital, IndiaNarendra Singh Tomar inaugurated virtual Agri-hackathon Atmanirbhar KrishiNarendra Singh Tomar has launched the two-month virtual Agri India Hackathon with IARI Pusa, offering Rs 1 lakh prizes and incubation support to 24 winning innovations.
- Precision & digital, IndiaIndian agriculture department to fly drones over 100 districts; DGCA grants permitThe DGCA has allowed the agriculture department to fly drones over 100 rice and wheat districts to estimate crop yields and speed up claim settlements under PMFBY.
- Deals & capital, IndiaAgri-preneurs: strengthening agriculture through entrepreneurshipAgricultural entrepreneurs in India apply business methods and technology to farming, linking farmers to markets and credit, promoting sustainable practices and developing agri-tourism.
- Policy & trade, Sri LankaSri Lanka lifted the prohibition on farm imports as natural drive failsSri Lanka has lifted its ban on agrochemical imports, abandoning its plan to become the first fully natural farming nation, after shortages and planned farmer protests.
- Policy & trade, Telangana59.26 lakh farmers benefited from Rythu Bandhu schemeTelangana Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said the state has spent Rs 35,676 crore on Rythu Bandhu, and 47,168 families of deceased farmers received Rs 2,358.15 crore under Rythu Bima.
- Inputs & crop science, GlobalCheap, effective way to fight citrus greeningCitrus greening has no cure and can wipe out groves within a few years, so prevention rests on healthy planting stock, early control of insect vectors and strict farm hygiene.
- Policy & trade, IndiaRakesh Tikait to travel to 5 states to gather support for the farmers’ protestBKU leader Rakesh Tikait planned a March tour of farmers' meetings in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana to build support for the protest.
- Precision & digital, IndiaAccess to market info: a major factor for a flourishing agricultureExplains how timely market information strengthens farmers' hand with traders, and how literacy and language limit farmers' use of ICT, citing western Rajasthan.
- Precision & digital, GlobalThe role of artificial intelligence in agriculture, and how it is being used to improve crop yields and reduce costsExplains how AI is used in farming for precision input use, farm management, crop monitoring, soil analysis, yield prediction and livestock monitoring, and its limits.