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A trainer aircraft operated by Redbird Flight Training Academy, after it made an emergency landing on an agricultural field near Pete Sirur village in Chittapur taluk of Kalaburagi district on June 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A trainer aircraft operated by Redbird Flight Training Academy made an emergency landing on an agricultural field … Read more
Bogota, Colombia CNN — Hundreds of families in Colombia are facing a choice: abandon their homes and livelihoods, or face the devastation of a predicted volcanic eruption in the coming weeks. The Nevado del Ruiz volcano, one of Colombia’s highest peaks, sits in a densely populated farming area and is infamous for claiming the lives … Read more
CNN — Farmers in central and eastern Europe protested this week against the impact of cheap Ukrainian grain imports, which have undercut domestic prices and hit the sales of local producers. Protesters blocked traffic and border checkpoints with tractors along the border between Romania and Bulgaria, in an effort to prevent Ukrainian trucks from entering … Read more
Greenlakes, a Bengaluru-based prop-tech startup on Tuesday announced a pioneering blockchain-based solution for its flagship project ‘Greenlakes Farmlands,’ making it the first Indian company to use blockchain solutions for farmlands. This solution claims to be a non-editable distributed ledger that gives users access to transparent, trusted and verified information about their land, particularly during the … Read more
CNN — A farmers’ protest party in the Netherlands has caused a shock after winning provincial elections this week just four years after their founding. Could their rise have wider implications? The Farmer-Citizen Movement or BoerburgerBeweging (BBB) grew out of mass demonstrations against the Dutch government’s environmental policies, protests that saw farmers using their tractors … Read more
Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar has said the farmers ending their lives is not a new issue and such incidents have been happening for many years. He was responding to a query by reporters who sought his comment on the death of farmers in … Read more
London CNN — Major UK supermarkets have started rationing the sale of some staple fruits and salad vegetables, blaming poor weather that has depressed production in Spain and north Africa. Tesco (TSCDF), the UK’s biggest supermarket, confirmed to CNN Wednesday that it had temporarily capped the number of packs of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers to … Read more
President of International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) K. Keshavulu, who is also the Managing Director of Telangana State Seed Development Corporation and Director of Telangana State Seed and Organic Certification Authority, highlighted the need for effective seed quality assurance systems for global food security. Speaking at the concluding session of ISTA governing board meeting in … Read more
The budget is expected to provide a boost across the agriculture value chain, with announcements ranging from increased credit for the sector, investment in fisheries and focus on high-value horticulture crops to setting up of a dedicated fund for agri startups and building of digital public infrastructure. The finance minister has proposed to increase the … Read more
Farmers ride on a cart loaded with grass in a village on the outskirts of Jalandhar, Punjab on January 31, 2023. According the Economic Survey, the performance of the agriculture and allied sector had been buoyant over the past several years due to the measures taken by Centre to augment crop and livestock productivity | … Read more