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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.
- Inputs & crop science, IndiaExpert committee scrutiny initiated on proposal to ban 27 pesticidesThe government has set up an expert panel under TP Rajendran to review industry objections to its proposed ban on 27 widely used pesticides, with a report due in three months.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers’ unions reject government offer to set up committeeFarm unions rejected the Centre's offer of a five-member committee to examine the new farm laws, and talks with three Union ministers ended without agreement.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers demand guaranteed law of assured MSP for 26 cropsAfter rejecting the government's written proposal, farm unions demanded repeal of the farm laws and a law guaranteeing procurement of 26 crops at MSP, and opened toll plazas for 24 hours.
- Inputs & crop science, Himachal PradeshCultivation of heeng in India for the first time; a big transition for cold desertsFarmers in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul valley have started growing heeng (asafoetida) with agro-technology from CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, in a bid to cut India's imports of the spice.
- Precision & digital, TelanganaNasscom launched ‘Innovation Factory’ to encourage AI in agricultureNasscom and the Telangana AI Mission have started an Innovation Factory contest inviting startups to apply AI to farm problems such as precision farming and price discovery.
- Soil, water & climate, KeralaWild animals and Adivasis to lose their homes for the Anakkayam small hydroelectric project in KeralaThe Anakkayam hydro project would clear 20 acres of dense forest in Kerala's Vazhachal division, and critics say it lacks tribal consent, raises landslide risk and is economically unviable.
- Markets, IndiaSugar mills in crisis begin export ahead of Centre’s announcement of policyA Maharashtra cooperative mill has contracted 2,500 tonnes of sugar exports for 2020-21 and asked the food ministry to clarify export policy, which the industry still awaits.
- Policy & trade, IndiaPMKMY pension scheme for farmers sees low subscriptionA parliamentary panel is unhappy with low enrolment in the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana, whose target of 5 crore beneficiaries by 2021-22 has been cut to 3 crore.
- Markets, IndiaGovernment continues with procurement of paddy, highest bought from PunjabKharif paddy procurement rose 18.78% to 310.61 lakh tonnes, with Punjab supplying 202.65 lakh tonnes, or 65.24% of the total, the Union food ministry said.
- Policy & trade, IndiaSC brings discarded PIL challenging Centre’s farm laws into reconsiderationThe Supreme Court restored lawyer M L Sharma's PIL arguing that Parliament had no power to legislate on agriculture, a state subject, after earlier dismissing it.