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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.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanVictory for farmers in prolonged battle over crop insurance in RajasthanFarmers in Satlana, Jodhpur, have received kharif 2016 crop insurance claims under PMFBY after a High Court PIL, having been denied them over missing soft-copy records.
- Policy & trade, IndiaWomen suffer more in the agro setbackWomen in rural India are left with low-paid, irregular farm work as men take non-farm jobs, and the Covid-19 lockdown and lost remittances deepened their losses.
- Inputs & crop science, GlobalThe International Potato Center (CIP): 50 years of attainmentThe International Potato Center, a CGIAR research centre headquartered in Lima, Peru, marks 50 years of root and tuber research for resource-poor farming communities.
- Markets, United StatesFive facts about agriculture in the USThe US produced over $390 billion of agricultural products and exported over $139 billion in 2019, according to the USDA, and family-owned operations make up over 97% of its farms.
- Inputs & crop science, IndiaRise in the prices of fertilisers escalates tensions between farmers and the stateA Rs 700 rise in DAP prices and dearer cotton seed led the KMSC to block the Amritsar-Ferozepur road, while the Centre told firms not to raise non-urea fertiliser prices.
- Precision & digital, GlobalThe use of artificial intelligence in agricultureAI is used in agriculture for precision farming, crop monitoring and yield prediction, livestock health and supply chains, though it raises concerns over jobs and data ownership.
- Machinery, United KingdomStrategic spare parts planning for UK arable harvest operations: a risk management frameworkUK arable farms should base harvest spare parts stocks on how likely a failure is, how hard the repair is and how badly it would stop work, with combines the top priority.
- Deals & capital, IndiaHow emerging agritech startups are helping farmersProfiles five Indian agritech startups, Farmkart, AgriVijay, Rise Hydroponics, Agrifeeder and Saptkrishi, that offer farmers inputs, energy equipment, hydroponics, training and storage.
- Markets, IndiaShift in the cropping patternIndia's cropping pattern has shifted with prices and technology, with the food to non-food crop area ratio moving from 74:26 in 1950-51 to 73:27 in 2013-14.
- Inputs & crop science, MaharashtraPune-based start-up Bioprime Agrisolutions to help farmers improve crop resilience to changes in weatherPune start-up Bioprime Agrisolutions has developed liquid bio-molecules that it says make crops more resilient to sudden weather changes, backed by Rs 1 crore in BIRAC LEAP funds.