Agriculture News, Farming News, Research, Horticulture
With the rise of agritech sector, India has an ideal solution to transit from resource-intensive farming to sustainable farming, Saurabh Agarwal, CEO of GROWiT India writes…
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Ministry of Agriculture organised a Digital Agriculture-Stakeholder Consultation meet recently to create a vision for PPP for the delivery of digital and tech-enabled services to the farmers
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Drone is also used for variable rate technology for pesticide and liquid fertiliser applications, mapping of water spread area, and water sampling among various uses in agriculture
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Government of India runs a scheme ‘Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization’ (SMAM) with objective of increasing the reach of farm mechanisation to small and marginal farmers
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The amended guidelines of SMAM envisages granting upto 100% of the cost of agricultural drones or Rs. 10 lakh, whichever is less, as a grant for the purchase of drones by FMTTIs, ICAR institutes, KVKs and SAUs
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Farmers must be urged to adopt digital and mechanised ways to grow crops. Various government schemes can be used to get financial assistance and guidance to buy or rent farm machinery and equipments. Dr. Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, Federation of Seed Industry of India writes…
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