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Author: Sarah Shaw
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, Andhra PradeshFertilizers to be delivered to the farmers at their homes: Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh announced Rs 13,500 of support for farmers under the Rythu Bharosa scheme, with Rythu Bharosa Kendras set up to deliver seeds and other inputs within 48 hours of an order.
- Markets, Global3 important areas of agriculture that saw a negative change after the COVID-19 pandemicExplains how COVID-19 hit agriculture through labour shortages and lower farm incomes, shifts in consumer demand and disruption to food supply chains.
- Policy & trade, IndiaCommittee formed only to address the grievances of farmers, not biased: CJI BobdeChief Justice Sharad A Bobde criticised media reports questioning members of the Supreme Court's farm laws committee, saying it was formed only to hear farmers' grievances.
- Inputs & crop science, Global2 factors that make weeds worst for your cropsWeeds compete with crops for nutrients, water, light and space, and the yield loss they cause depends on their density, timing, size and chemistry.
- Deals & capital, GlobalTop 12 brilliant agritech startupsProfiles 12 agritech startups, including Apeel Sciences, Connecterra, Farmer's Business Network, Hummingbird Technologies, Indigo and Sencrop, and what each one does.
- Policy & trade, IndiaCACP insists on a review of government procurementThe Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices recommended reviewing open-ended wheat and rice procurement to push farmers towards oilseeds, pulses and nutri-cereals.
- Inputs & crop science, Global5 unpopular facts about cow milkArgues that cow's milk harms human health, making claims about calcium loss from bones, lactose intolerance, cholesterol, antibiotic use, saturated fat and sodium.
- Policy & trade, PunjabPunjab farmers are forced to burn stubble, say government failed to provide incentivesPunjab farmers say they are burning paddy stubble because the state has not paid the Supreme Court-ordered incentive and residue machinery is hard to get.
- Precision & digital, GlobalThe future of marijuana might be growing in a labExplains lab-grown cannabis, which grows cannabis cells under controlled conditions, along with its claimed benefits and the cost, regulatory and public perception hurdles it faces.
- Policy & trade, Himachal PradeshFarmers protest stir in HP: apple farmers demand repeal of the Centre farm lawsHimachal Pradesh apple growers protested against the farm laws and sought MSP for apples, special category status and a rise in apple import duty from 50 to 100 per cent.