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Punjab
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- 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.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers’ protests rise to a global level; unions ask British PM Boris Johnson not to attend Republic Day paradePunjab farm unions are weighing the government's renewed offer of talks while planning protests in about 10 cities abroad and asking UK MPs to press Boris Johnson to skip Republic Day.
- Precision & digital, PunjabPrestigious project gained by Punjab Remote Sensing CentrePunjab Remote Sensing Centre has won an ISPRS research project to use satellite data to model links between crop residue burning, air quality, soil moisture and crop yield.
- Policy & trade, PunjabRailways incur huge loss in Punjab protest; amount mounts up to Rs 1,200 croreRailways say blockades by farmers protesting the farm laws in Punjab have cost over Rs 1,200 crore, with 2,225 freight rakes stalled and around 1,350 trains cancelled or diverted.
- Policy & trade, IndiaWomen from Punjab, Haryana marched to Delhi to participate in the farmers’ protest on Women’s DayThousands of women farmers from Punjab and Haryana travelled to the Delhi protest sites on International Women's Day to join the agitation against the farm laws.
- Soil, water & climate, PunjabDSR is the solution to Punjab’s water crisis: Dr Gurdev KhushWorld Food Prize laureate Dr Gurdev Khush told a Punjab Agricultural University webinar that direct seeding of rice can cut water use and solve the state's water crisis.
- 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.
- Soil, water & climate, PunjabAdditional irrigation needed as rising temperatures threaten wheat in PunjabPunjab's agriculture department has asked PSPCL to supply eight hours of power a day to farm tubewells until March 31, as high temperatures threaten to cut wheat yields by 3 to 5%.
- Policy & trade, Punjab‘Rail Roko’ agitation in Punjab over agriculture Bills damages railway operationsFarmers in Punjab began a three-day rail blockade against the Union government's agriculture Bills, and the Railways cancelled at least 14 special trains from the Ferozepur division.
- Policy & trade, PunjabRBI has cleared over Rs 21,000 crore towards CCL for wheat procurement in PunjabThe RBI has released Rs 21,000 crore in cash credit limit for Punjab's wheat procurement, the bulk of what the state sought to buy 105.60 lakh tonnes this season.