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Author: Maruine Jones
From the archive
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, IndiaBKU leader Tikait calls for ‘tractor revolution’; rejects NGT ban on diesel vehiclesBKU leader Rakesh Tikait urged tractor-owning farmers to join the protest against the farm laws, rejecting a 2014 NGT order barring diesel vehicles over 10 years old from Delhi-NCR roads.
- Policy & trade, OdishaPM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme’s limited reach caused tensions among farmersOnly 24,79,794 of Odisha's 40,50,115 registered PM Kisan beneficiaries received the latest instalment, with about 39 per cent left out because of data validation problems.
- Markets, MaharashtraNo fluctuation in demand for fruits and vegetables in Maharashtra even after partial lockdownDemand for food grains, groceries, fruit and vegetables in Maharashtra has stayed stable under the partial lockdown, with none of last April's panic buying.
- Markets, IndiaDecrease in tea production in the country due to the raging pandemicTea Board data show India's tea output fell by about 151.6 million kg, or 12.8 per cent, on the January to October 2019 level, with the lockdown and poor weather blamed.
- Policy & trade, GlobalAgricultural education and professional developmentExplains how agricultural education and professional development programmes build skills in the sector, their benefits, and barriers such as cost, time and a shortage of educators.
- Soil, water & climate, United StatesMcDonald’s in favour of environment-friendly grazing habits to reduce emissionsMcDonald's has joined Cargill, the Walmart Foundation and WWF in a five-year plan to move ranchers in the Northern Great Plains towards regenerative grazing across almost a million acres.
- Precision & digital, GlobalNavigating drones in farming: balancing advantages and drawbacksDrones help farmers monitor crops, map fields and apply inputs precisely, but bring upfront costs, skills needs, short flight times, weather limits, regulation and privacy concerns.
- Machinery, United KingdomRetail-led automation: how supermarkets are driving the autonomous farming revolutionMarks & Spencer and supplier Huntapac have run a commercial-scale trial of autonomous bed forming, planting and robotic weeding on parsnips in East Yorkshire, aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
- Policy & trade, IndiaA brief timeline of the meetings between the farmers and the governmentTraces the rounds of talks between the Centre and protesting farm unions from October 2020 to January 2021, none of which broke the deadlock over repeal of the farm laws.
- Markets, IndiaIncrease in sugar production by 42% in the October to December periodIndian mills produced 110.22 lakh tonnes of sugar from October to December, about 42 per cent more than a year earlier, helped by higher cane output and early crushing in Maharashtra.