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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.
- Markets, IndiaWith new crops in the market, a declining slope of vegetable prices has been observedPrices of vegetables such as onion, tomato and potato have started to fall as new winter crops arrive, after rain damage had pushed up vegetable and pulse prices.
- Soil, water & climate, GlobalThe concept of sustainable agricultureSustainable agriculture aims to meet present food and textile needs without compromising future generations, and must be economically viable, socially responsible and ecologically sound.
- Inputs & crop science, Global4 worst facts about chicken and poultryA poultry farming primer turns into an account of industrial broiler production, covering rapid-growth breeding, heart failure and leg problems, transport and slaughter practices.
- Inputs & crop science, PhilippinesPhilippines assents to the production of genetically modified “Golden Rice”The Philippines has approved golden rice, developed by DA-PhilRice and IRRI to carry beta-carotene, as the first GM rice cleared for commercial propagation in South and Southeast Asia.
- Soil, water & climate, United StatesOnline app to secure carbon emission in farmlandsAmerican Farmland Trust's web-based CaRPE Tool estimates how far cropland and grazing practices such as cover crops and no-till could cut greenhouse gases across US states.
- Policy & trade, Uttar PradeshFood processing industry has wide scope for growth, say expertsAt a PHDCCI virtual seminar in Lucknow, speakers called food processing the fifth largest sector of India's economy and named access to credit and technology among its main challenges.
- Policy & trade, Uttar PradeshCases against 162 farmers dropped by UP govtUttar Pradesh told the Allahabad High Court it had dropped proceedings against 162 Sitapur farmers served notices for bonds of up to Rs 10 lakh over the farm law protests.
- Soil, water & climate, TelanganaFrom waste to wealth: the story of Hyderabad’s Bowenpally marketHyderabad's Bowenpally vegetable market turns about 10 tonnes of daily waste into biogas and electricity that powers its street lights, shops and a cold storage unit.
- Policy & trade, Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh government extended financial aid to more than 50 lakh farmersAndhra Pradesh paid Rs 1,114 crore to more than 50 lakh farmers on 27 October 2020 in the second phase of the Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan scheme.
- Precision & digital, India5 MoUs signed by agriculture ministry for digitalised agricultureThe agriculture ministry signed MoUs with Cisco, Ninjacart, Jio Platforms, ITC and NCDEX e-Markets for digital pilot projects, as it builds a federated farmers database.