Topic
Kerala
From the archive
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, KeralaKerala’s Governor read the policy outrightly criticising the three Centre farm lawsGovernor Arif Mohammed Khan read out the Kerala government's policy address, which said the Centre's farm laws hurt farmers and the state and would cut farmers' bargaining power.
- 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.
- Inputs & crop science, KeralaKerala: New Indo-Dutch centre of excellence for vegetables, flowers set to open An Indo-Dutch centre of excellence for vegetables and flowers in Kerala's Wayanad district was inaugurated, focusing on precision farming, planting material and training.
- Inputs & crop science, Kerala5 points for an amazing rubber plantationExplains how rubber is grown in Kerala, covering the climate, soil and planting it needs, latex tapping, and processing latex into sheets for sale.
- Policy & trade, KeralaAn alternative legislation in Kerala for farmersKerala's Economic Review 2020 warns that the Centre's three farm acts could weaken APMC mandis and MSP, and puts Covid-19 losses in crop husbandry at Rs 1,731.78 crore.
- Policy & trade, KeralaKerala becomes the first state in the country to fix the floor price of 16 vegetablesKerala has set floor prices for 16 vegetables from 1 November, fixed at 20 per cent above production cost, with produce bought at that price if market rates fall below it.