1. Prices in Tomato Town (Madanapalle, A.P) are keeping the farmers happy, with quality tomatoes fetching a per kilogram price anywhere between Rs.16 to Rs.26. The prevailing prices of various tomato grades in the market are Rs. 19-24 for A-Grade, Rs.14-17.50 for B-Grade, Rs.8-13 for C-Grade.
2. In an attempt to bring down the cost of daily consumer goods, the Central govt. plans to import around Rs.5000 tonnes of Urad Dal from overseas markets.
3. To study & analyze various aspects of rice crop, The International Rice Research Institute (IRI) has started research centres in 13 countries globally, using European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinnel-1 sattelite.
4. The central Govt. is with an intention to formalize Swach Bharath abhiyaan, to prevent open spitting, loitering, garbage disposal giving the municipal corporations the necessary authority to punish and penalize the offenders.
5. In the Asia level famous Raavulapalem (A.P) plantations market (Banana's), the farmers are in a grave situation with surplus production and not demand. An investemnt of Rs.1.5 lakhs is not even fetching Rs.40 K.
6. At a Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) godown in Prakasam district in A.P, fire accident resulted in a total loss of Rs.10 crores, including 5000 bales of cotton.
7. Private insurer Bajaj Allianz has launched a weather-based crop insurance scheme for orange crop.
8. The Prime Minister of India called for a 2nd Green revolution to start from North Eastern states of India. He also asked farmers to enhance pulses production to help India become self-sufficient and reduce imports by using one-fifth of their farming land to cultivate lentils.
9. Kenneth Zuckerberg, Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory executive director, talks about the role of big data in agriculture in the below video.
http://www.farms.com/expertscommentary/video-the-role-of-big-data-in-agriculture-93469.aspx
10. AgriSolve website: http://www.agrisolve.in
2. In an attempt to bring down the cost of daily consumer goods, the Central govt. plans to import around Rs.5000 tonnes of Urad Dal from overseas markets.
3. To study & analyze various aspects of rice crop, The International Rice Research Institute (IRI) has started research centres in 13 countries globally, using European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinnel-1 sattelite.
4. The central Govt. is with an intention to formalize Swach Bharath abhiyaan, to prevent open spitting, loitering, garbage disposal giving the municipal corporations the necessary authority to punish and penalize the offenders.
5. In the Asia level famous Raavulapalem (A.P) plantations market (Banana's), the farmers are in a grave situation with surplus production and not demand. An investemnt of Rs.1.5 lakhs is not even fetching Rs.40 K.
6. At a Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) godown in Prakasam district in A.P, fire accident resulted in a total loss of Rs.10 crores, including 5000 bales of cotton.
7. Private insurer Bajaj Allianz has launched a weather-based crop insurance scheme for orange crop.
8. The Prime Minister of India called for a 2nd Green revolution to start from North Eastern states of India. He also asked farmers to enhance pulses production to help India become self-sufficient and reduce imports by using one-fifth of their farming land to cultivate lentils.
9. Kenneth Zuckerberg, Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory executive director, talks about the role of big data in agriculture in the below video.
http://www.farms.com/expertscommentary/video-the-role-of-big-data-in-agriculture-93469.aspx
10. AgriSolve website: http://www.agrisolve.in
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