Summary
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) belongs to family Solanaceae is the most important food crop in the world of wheat, rice, and maize. Out of total root and tuber crops potato alone shares about 50% production in the world. It is a rich source of carbohydrates, protein and vitamins B and C. It is a wholesome nutritious and versatile food which can come to the rescue of developing countries for alleviating hunger and malnutrition especially in virus of the shrinking land resources. Better agricultural practices increases the production manifolds.
CULTIVATION
Climate and soil:
It can be grown in all the states with varying climatic conditions. About 82% of the potatoes are grown in the plains during short winter days (Oct.- March), 10% in the hills during long days (April- Oct.) and 8% in the plateau regions of south eastern, central and peninsular India. Generally potato crop is raised in India when day temperature is below 35oC and night temperature is not above 20oC. Most potato genotype do not tuberize when night temperature is more than 23oC.
Potato can be grown in all type of soils having pH in the range of 5.5-8.0. Deep alluvial soils of Indo-Gangetic plains with neutral or alkaline soil reaction are most suitable. Well-drained coarse or sandy loam to loamy soils ensures sufficient oxygen for the growth of roots, stolons and tubers.
Field Preparation
The fields are ploughed to a depth of 20-35 cm. and clods are broken. Hot weather cultivation by deep ploughing checks the problem of soil borne pathogen. About 40-50t/ha FYM should be added at field preparation time prior to one month of planting.
Varieties
Varieties Duration Yield (q/ha)
Early Kufri Chandramukhi, K. Alankar, K. Lavkar, K. Ashoka, K.Navtej 75-90 200
Mid K. Jyoti, K. Sheetman, K. Badshah, K. Pukhraj, K. Bahar, K. Sutlej, K. Lalima, K. Chipsona 1 and 2 100-120 250
Late K. Chamatkar, K. Sindhuri, K. Deva 120-140 300
Processing , K. Chipsona 1 and 2 300-320
Planting
Potato crop is taken in autumn/winter/spring season in the plains and during summer/autumn in the hills. The planting time of main crop in different zones are given as
Region Crop season Planting time
North- Western plains (i) Autumn
(ii) Spring October (2nd week)
December (Last week)
North- Central plains Autumn October (2nd week)
North- Eastern plains Main November (1st and 2nd week)
Plateau region (i) Kharif
(ii) Rabi June (last week) -July (1st week)
November (1st and 2nd week)
North- Eastern Hills Main March (1st and 2nd week)
North- Western Hills (i) Higher Hills
(ii) Mid Hills April (1st and 2nd week)
January (last week) - February (1st week)
North- Central Hills
According to duration early maturing varieties should be planted on first week of October, medium maturing on 5th -15th October and cut tubers after 10th October. To plant one-hectare area bigger size 25-30q/ha, medium size 10-15q/ha and smaller size 6-8q/ha are sufficient. Medium size (35-40g) tubers are planted on at 60X20 cm while bigger sized (100g) are planted at 60x35 cm. Large sized tubers should be cut into four pieces and each piece having at least 3 eyes.
Prior to planting seed should be treated with 1% urea + 1% sodium bicarbonate solution for half an hour to break seed dormancy. Seed treatment with 0.5% Mencojeb or 0.1% Bavistin controls the tuber rot, then treat the tuber with Azotobactor and dried in shade for planting.
Manure and Fertilizers
To raise healthy crop of potato about 125-150 kg n, 100 kg P2O5 and K2O/ha is sufficient. Half doses of N and full doses of P2O5 and K2O should be applied at planting time as band placement. Remaining half dose of n should be applied in two split doses at the time of earthing up i.e. 30 and 45 DAP.
Irrigation
Irrigation depends upon the prevailing weather conditions. Crop should be irrigated when germination starts. Subsequent irrigations are given at 7-10 days in lighter soils and 10-15 days intervals in heavier soils. Ridges should not be submerged but irrigated up to 2/3 heights of ridges. Excessive irrigation causes development of cracks and lenticels.
Earthing up
After 30-35 days of planting plants should be earthed up and could be repeated if required. It reduces the percentage of green tubers in lighter soils.
Weed control
Manual weeding is a common practice, but weeds can be chemically controlled by applying Lasso @ 5-6 liter or Stomp @ 4-5 liter in 625 liter of water/hectare. Enough moisture availability is essential for effective weed control.
Plant protection measure
Insect- Pests
Potato is prone to insect pest and diseases. Important insects like Jassids (Amrasca biguttulla) suck the sap from undersurface of the tender leaves; Aphid (Myzus persicae) sucks the sap and transmits the viruses. These pests could be controlled by spraying of 0.1% Rogore 30EC or Metasystox 25 EC and repeat the spray as per need.
Diseases
Among the diseases in hilly regions late blight of potato (Phytopthora infestans) affects stem, leaves tubers and causes heavy loss in yield. It appears as black lesions, which extends and kills the foliage if moist weather prevails. Spraying 0.2% solution of Indofil M-45 and repeat the spray at 7 days intervals can control disease. The black scurf and common scab disease are prevalent in all potato growing areas. Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani) causing rough incrustations on the surface and wilting of plant, while in common scab hard and round corky spots appear on tuber. These diseases can be controlled by using disease free seeds for planting or dipping the tubers in 0.25% Emisan for 15-20 minutes prior to cold storage.
Harvesting
Harvesting is done at full mature stage (leaves turn yellow and dried), irrigation must be stopped 20 days before harvesting.
Curing
After harvesting tubers are sorted out and kept in a heap for about 10-15 days so that their skin may become thick.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Karimnagar is the new rice bowl of State
Karimnagar is the new rice bowl of State
KARIMNAGAR: Karimnagar district is all set emerge as the ‘rice bowl' of Andhra Pradesh with an expected record paddy production of over 12.60 lakh metric tones during this rabi season.
Thanks to the bountiful rainfall from 2006, paddy production has been increasing considerably. During the 2006-07 rabi season, paddy was cultivated in 1.43 lakh hectares and the production was 9.01 lakh metric tones.
In 2007-08 rabi season, the production was 9.5 lakh tonnes in 1.7 lakh hectares.
In 2008-09, 1.95 lakh hectares were brought under cultivation and the yield was around 12.5 lakh tonnes. However, there was a fall in the yield during the 2010 rabi season due to drought.
The Agricultural Department are expecting a bumper harvest of over 12.60 lakh MT paddy during the current 2010-11 rabi season as the paddy was cultivated in 2.12 lakh hectares against the normal area of 1.38 lakh hectares during the rabi season. Thanks to the bountiful rainfall and increase in the ground water table, the area of paddy cultivation had increased considerably in the district making it the rice bowl of State.
About 50 per cent of area of paddy was cultivated in Sri Ram Sagar project command area and the remaining under 3.5 lakh agricultural pumpset connections in the district. The agricultural authorities attributed increase in paddy production due to good drainage system in the district fields compared to the East and West Godavari districts, where the water is logged for a longer time.
In Karimnagar, the paddy fields have good drainage system where water is aerated easily, thus yielding record harvest of around 35 to 40 bags of rice per acre, the authorities said.
With the onset of harvest season, the paddy harvesters are busy doing roaring business in the district. The harvesters are charging anywhere from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 2,000 per hour. Sensing possible threat due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms, the farmers are forced to shell out huge amount for harvesting their paddy produce.
KARIMNAGAR: Karimnagar district is all set emerge as the ‘rice bowl' of Andhra Pradesh with an expected record paddy production of over 12.60 lakh metric tones during this rabi season.
Thanks to the bountiful rainfall from 2006, paddy production has been increasing considerably. During the 2006-07 rabi season, paddy was cultivated in 1.43 lakh hectares and the production was 9.01 lakh metric tones.
In 2007-08 rabi season, the production was 9.5 lakh tonnes in 1.7 lakh hectares.
In 2008-09, 1.95 lakh hectares were brought under cultivation and the yield was around 12.5 lakh tonnes. However, there was a fall in the yield during the 2010 rabi season due to drought.
The Agricultural Department are expecting a bumper harvest of over 12.60 lakh MT paddy during the current 2010-11 rabi season as the paddy was cultivated in 2.12 lakh hectares against the normal area of 1.38 lakh hectares during the rabi season. Thanks to the bountiful rainfall and increase in the ground water table, the area of paddy cultivation had increased considerably in the district making it the rice bowl of State.
About 50 per cent of area of paddy was cultivated in Sri Ram Sagar project command area and the remaining under 3.5 lakh agricultural pumpset connections in the district. The agricultural authorities attributed increase in paddy production due to good drainage system in the district fields compared to the East and West Godavari districts, where the water is logged for a longer time.
In Karimnagar, the paddy fields have good drainage system where water is aerated easily, thus yielding record harvest of around 35 to 40 bags of rice per acre, the authorities said.
With the onset of harvest season, the paddy harvesters are busy doing roaring business in the district. The harvesters are charging anywhere from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 2,000 per hour. Sensing possible threat due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms, the farmers are forced to shell out huge amount for harvesting their paddy produce.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Farm Innovation- Gladiolus as Intercrop with Sugarcane
Sh Dheer Singh, in his late fifties, has been farming for more than past 30 years. He is a graduate with land-holding of 2.5 hectares in village Noonikhera (District Muzaffarnagar, UP). He received 1st prize for sugar cultivation by the local KVK. His idea of taking gladiolus crop along with sugarcane proved highly remunerative and got him appreciation from fellow farmers.
Muzaffarnagar is the main sugarcane growing area and a very good one at that, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Cost of cultivation of sugarcane has been increasing day by day and net profit has been decreasing consistently. In order to address this problem, the farmer Shri Dheer Singn decided to grow intercrop of ‘sarson’ as advised by the extension specialist of the area. But Dheer wanted to grow something new that would give him not only income but income on a regular basis. He was near the high way to Delhi and used to seed many kinds of vegetables and flowers being transported to Delhi. He enquired from one of the truck owners about what can sell best in Delhi. The answer he received was “Gladiolus”. He immediately acquired the information on the variety and cultivation practices of Gladiolus. He decided to plant gladiolus bulbs in the fresh autumn plantation of sugarcane that he was planning.
While doing so, he also introduced gladiolus as intercrop on ridges as additional crop without disturbing the population of sugarcane already growing in furrows.
In both cases, ha found his new intercopping as highly profitable. Gladiolus is planted in the month of October on ridges as additional crop and the spikes (flower bearing twigs) are harvested from Christmas (X-mas), 25 December) upto February end. The bulbs are left in the field for one month for hardening and removed in the end of March. This intercropping gave a net profit of Rs. 3.08 lakhs per ha as compared to Rs. 0.93 lakh of sole crop. The average yield of intercropped sugarcane was 1000 q/h and with intercrop, Dheer Singh was able to get an additional Rs 1,50,000 for gladiolus spikes from the population in this one ha, In addition he was left with 75,000 bulbs and 5qunitals of bulblets of gladiolus from 1.0 ha land. The value of this was about Rs 60,000/- only.
Practical utility of innovation
Gladiolus as additional intercrop may be planted in the month of October with autumn sugarcane or even in standing sugarcane on bunds. It is a feasible option in the district because of marginal and small land holding. Gladiolus on ridges intercropped with sugarcane var. COS-8436
Sh Dheer Singh harvesting spikes of Gladiolus
Name - Shri Dheer Singh
Contact- 9759847691
Muzaffarnagar is the main sugarcane growing area and a very good one at that, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Cost of cultivation of sugarcane has been increasing day by day and net profit has been decreasing consistently. In order to address this problem, the farmer Shri Dheer Singn decided to grow intercrop of ‘sarson’ as advised by the extension specialist of the area. But Dheer wanted to grow something new that would give him not only income but income on a regular basis. He was near the high way to Delhi and used to seed many kinds of vegetables and flowers being transported to Delhi. He enquired from one of the truck owners about what can sell best in Delhi. The answer he received was “Gladiolus”. He immediately acquired the information on the variety and cultivation practices of Gladiolus. He decided to plant gladiolus bulbs in the fresh autumn plantation of sugarcane that he was planning.
While doing so, he also introduced gladiolus as intercrop on ridges as additional crop without disturbing the population of sugarcane already growing in furrows.
In both cases, ha found his new intercopping as highly profitable. Gladiolus is planted in the month of October on ridges as additional crop and the spikes (flower bearing twigs) are harvested from Christmas (X-mas), 25 December) upto February end. The bulbs are left in the field for one month for hardening and removed in the end of March. This intercropping gave a net profit of Rs. 3.08 lakhs per ha as compared to Rs. 0.93 lakh of sole crop. The average yield of intercropped sugarcane was 1000 q/h and with intercrop, Dheer Singh was able to get an additional Rs 1,50,000 for gladiolus spikes from the population in this one ha, In addition he was left with 75,000 bulbs and 5qunitals of bulblets of gladiolus from 1.0 ha land. The value of this was about Rs 60,000/- only.
Practical utility of innovation
Gladiolus as additional intercrop may be planted in the month of October with autumn sugarcane or even in standing sugarcane on bunds. It is a feasible option in the district because of marginal and small land holding. Gladiolus on ridges intercropped with sugarcane var. COS-8436
Sh Dheer Singh harvesting spikes of Gladiolus
Name - Shri Dheer Singh
Contact- 9759847691
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Rice sown in 154.70 lakh hectares
India Infoline News Service / 19:53 , Jul 22, 2011
Compared to last year, higher area coverage has been reported from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
As per data received from States, rice has been sown in 154.70 lakh hectare as on today. Higher area coverage has been reported from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Bihar.
Coarse cereals have been sown in 125.20 lakh hectares. Compared to last year, higher area coverage has been reported from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
Sugarcane has been planted in 51.61 lakh hectare so far. Higher area has been reported from Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Punjab.
The cropped areas as on today are as follows:
lakh hectare
Crop
This year’s area [as on 22nd July]
Rice
154.70
Pulses
45.44
Coarse cereals
125.20
Sugarcane
51.61
Oil seeds
129.75
Jute+Mesta
(Raw Jute)
8.88
Cotton
93.45
Compared to last year, higher area coverage has been reported from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
As per data received from States, rice has been sown in 154.70 lakh hectare as on today. Higher area coverage has been reported from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Bihar.
Coarse cereals have been sown in 125.20 lakh hectares. Compared to last year, higher area coverage has been reported from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
Sugarcane has been planted in 51.61 lakh hectare so far. Higher area has been reported from Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Punjab.
The cropped areas as on today are as follows:
lakh hectare
Crop
This year’s area [as on 22nd July]
Rice
154.70
Pulses
45.44
Coarse cereals
125.20
Sugarcane
51.61
Oil seeds
129.75
Jute+Mesta
(Raw Jute)
8.88
Cotton
93.45
India Lifts 2010-11 Cotton Output Estimate To 32.5 Million Bales
Capital Market / 09:51 , Jul 26, 2011
India increased its cotton output estimate for this crop year by 4.1% as farmers have started releasing held-over stocks, raising the prospects of more shipments from the world's second-largest producer and exporter.
The country's cotton output is likely to be 32.5 million bales, up from an earlier estimate of 31.2 million bales, Textile Commissioner A.B. Joshi told reporters after the review meeting of the government-run Cotton Advisory Board.
He said farmers had held back raw cotton stocks in anticipation of higher prices, but now want to offload them ahead of the new crop season.
The country produced 29.5 million bales of 170 kilograms each in the last crop year that ended Sept. 30, 2010. India has already allowed shipments of 6.5 million bales this marketing year through September.
The higher production estimate may further depress global prices. December cotton futures on the IntercontinentalExchange closed at 98.64c/lb Friday and are down more than 50% from the 2011 peak at $2.27/lb in early March.
Joshi said that in 2010-11, India's total cotton supply including imports and carryover stocks, is estimated at 37.05 million bales, while total demand is likely to fall to 31.8 million bales.
India increased its cotton output estimate for this crop year by 4.1% as farmers have started releasing held-over stocks, raising the prospects of more shipments from the world's second-largest producer and exporter.
The country's cotton output is likely to be 32.5 million bales, up from an earlier estimate of 31.2 million bales, Textile Commissioner A.B. Joshi told reporters after the review meeting of the government-run Cotton Advisory Board.
He said farmers had held back raw cotton stocks in anticipation of higher prices, but now want to offload them ahead of the new crop season.
The country produced 29.5 million bales of 170 kilograms each in the last crop year that ended Sept. 30, 2010. India has already allowed shipments of 6.5 million bales this marketing year through September.
The higher production estimate may further depress global prices. December cotton futures on the IntercontinentalExchange closed at 98.64c/lb Friday and are down more than 50% from the 2011 peak at $2.27/lb in early March.
Joshi said that in 2010-11, India's total cotton supply including imports and carryover stocks, is estimated at 37.05 million bales, while total demand is likely to fall to 31.8 million bales.
Pioneer Hi-Bred to expand hybrid rice and corn seed programs in Philippines
Source:mb.com.ph 2011-7-25
Tags:Pioneer Hi-Bred, rice, corn, seed, hybrid
The expansion program of hybrid rice and corn seeds producer American-owned Pioneer Hi-Bred Philippines Inc. to provide hybrid seeds requirements to Luzon farmers led the seven new projects worth over P3 billion approved by the Board of Investments (BoI) last week.
Board of Investments executive director Lucita P. Reyes told reporters that Pioneer Hi-Bred has proposed to expand in Tarlac with P960 million in new investments.
Pioneer Hi-Bred has an existing operation in Polomolok, South Cotabato since 1989 and been supplying hybrid rice and corn seeds for the Visayas and Mindanao farmers. Commercial operation is set to start in March 2012. This is the first project of the company that was registered with the BoI.
Part of the expansion is a seed processing in Hacienda Luisita Industrial Park in San Miguel, Tarlac, which will employ 435 people.
The company has already entered into contract growing agreement with a total of 6,912 contract growers in Tarlac including landowners and farmers for the seed production. The company requires a total of 4,147 hectares of land for the production of grand parent rice and corn seeds that would be supplied to local farmers.
The American firm plans to produce 2,563 metric tons of rice seeds and 4,147 MT of corn and 849 MT of by-products for a total of 7,559 MT total production. All revenues generated from the sale of by-products like discarded/non-viable rice seeds and corn seeds, may be eligible for income tax holiday. Under non-Pioneer status, an enterprise may be eligible for four year ITH.
Based on its assumptions, a contract grower can earn at least P20,000 per cropping cycle. There are two cropping cycles in a year for rice production.
The company said that its hybrid rice seeds would yield between 11 to 14 MT per hectare as against the ordinary rice seeds of 5 MT per hectare.
Yields of its hybrid white and yellow corn seeds are also projected at between 8 and 11 MT per hectare versus 2 MT per hectare for ordinary corn.
"This is a big boost to farmers,” Reyes said.
The BoI also said that the National Food Authority (NFA) has endorsed the expansion project, which was approved on a Pioneer status with non-Pioneer incentives.
Likewise, NFA did not oppose to the Pioneer project, notwithstanding that it is a primarily foreign-owned corporation. As such, the enterprise was required to submit proof of investments to maintain its Pioneer status and registration to the BoI on or before the last day of one-year period from registration, otherwise it should be automatically cancelled.
Executive Order 858 or the Eight Regular Foreign Investment Negative List provides that full foreign participation in the culture, production, milling, processing – of rice and corn – is allowed provided that within the 30-year period from start of operation, the foreign investor shall divest a minimum of 60 percent of their equity to Filipino investors.
Pioneer Hi-Bred is the second hybrid rice seeds producer registered with the BoI, the first being the wholly-owned Filipino SL Agrictech Corporation, which has a 40-hectare farm in Sta. Cruz, Laguna producing several hybrid rice parental lines.
Starting modestly with land provided by the provincial government of Laguna in October 1999, SLAC initiated the development of several hybrid rice parental lines which were later transferred to a 40-hectare farm in Sta. Cruz, Laguna that now houses the research and breeding complex of the company.
So far, the company has six hybrid rice varieties under its SL8 Series. Its Jasponica (brown rice) and Miponica (premium grade) are gaining popularity.
The SL8 variety has the potential of producing 14 tons a hectare of premium grade rice as against 3-4 tons of traditional rice.
Now, SLAC has an R & D facility in Sta. Cruz, Laguna. It has also a hybrid rice seed production base in a 187-hectare farm in Banay-Banay Davao Oriental, which has been expanded to 1,500 hectares.
The company has invested at least P500 million for this hybrid rice production,
Lim said.
Tags:Pioneer Hi-Bred, rice, corn, seed, hybrid
The expansion program of hybrid rice and corn seeds producer American-owned Pioneer Hi-Bred Philippines Inc. to provide hybrid seeds requirements to Luzon farmers led the seven new projects worth over P3 billion approved by the Board of Investments (BoI) last week.
Board of Investments executive director Lucita P. Reyes told reporters that Pioneer Hi-Bred has proposed to expand in Tarlac with P960 million in new investments.
Pioneer Hi-Bred has an existing operation in Polomolok, South Cotabato since 1989 and been supplying hybrid rice and corn seeds for the Visayas and Mindanao farmers. Commercial operation is set to start in March 2012. This is the first project of the company that was registered with the BoI.
Part of the expansion is a seed processing in Hacienda Luisita Industrial Park in San Miguel, Tarlac, which will employ 435 people.
The company has already entered into contract growing agreement with a total of 6,912 contract growers in Tarlac including landowners and farmers for the seed production. The company requires a total of 4,147 hectares of land for the production of grand parent rice and corn seeds that would be supplied to local farmers.
The American firm plans to produce 2,563 metric tons of rice seeds and 4,147 MT of corn and 849 MT of by-products for a total of 7,559 MT total production. All revenues generated from the sale of by-products like discarded/non-viable rice seeds and corn seeds, may be eligible for income tax holiday. Under non-Pioneer status, an enterprise may be eligible for four year ITH.
Based on its assumptions, a contract grower can earn at least P20,000 per cropping cycle. There are two cropping cycles in a year for rice production.
The company said that its hybrid rice seeds would yield between 11 to 14 MT per hectare as against the ordinary rice seeds of 5 MT per hectare.
Yields of its hybrid white and yellow corn seeds are also projected at between 8 and 11 MT per hectare versus 2 MT per hectare for ordinary corn.
"This is a big boost to farmers,” Reyes said.
The BoI also said that the National Food Authority (NFA) has endorsed the expansion project, which was approved on a Pioneer status with non-Pioneer incentives.
Likewise, NFA did not oppose to the Pioneer project, notwithstanding that it is a primarily foreign-owned corporation. As such, the enterprise was required to submit proof of investments to maintain its Pioneer status and registration to the BoI on or before the last day of one-year period from registration, otherwise it should be automatically cancelled.
Executive Order 858 or the Eight Regular Foreign Investment Negative List provides that full foreign participation in the culture, production, milling, processing – of rice and corn – is allowed provided that within the 30-year period from start of operation, the foreign investor shall divest a minimum of 60 percent of their equity to Filipino investors.
Pioneer Hi-Bred is the second hybrid rice seeds producer registered with the BoI, the first being the wholly-owned Filipino SL Agrictech Corporation, which has a 40-hectare farm in Sta. Cruz, Laguna producing several hybrid rice parental lines.
Starting modestly with land provided by the provincial government of Laguna in October 1999, SLAC initiated the development of several hybrid rice parental lines which were later transferred to a 40-hectare farm in Sta. Cruz, Laguna that now houses the research and breeding complex of the company.
So far, the company has six hybrid rice varieties under its SL8 Series. Its Jasponica (brown rice) and Miponica (premium grade) are gaining popularity.
The SL8 variety has the potential of producing 14 tons a hectare of premium grade rice as against 3-4 tons of traditional rice.
Now, SLAC has an R & D facility in Sta. Cruz, Laguna. It has also a hybrid rice seed production base in a 187-hectare farm in Banay-Banay Davao Oriental, which has been expanded to 1,500 hectares.
The company has invested at least P500 million for this hybrid rice production,
Lim said.
90,000 litres of banned insecticide seized in Chhattisgarh, India
Source:daily.bhaskar.com 2011-6-14
Tags:India, ban, insecticide, endosulfan
Agriculture Department officers raided several godowns across the city on Saturday. The officers seized more than 90,000 litres of banned insecticide – endosulfan from the godowns.
Deputy Director of the department Kashyap, who led the raid, said the team conducted raids at around 62 godowns and retail shops of chemical fertilizers and insecticides. They seized 90,818 litres of endosulfan (35EC) from these godowns and shops.
Officers in the team said 82,165 litres of insecticide was seized from Krishna Care alone while 7 litres and 1,110 litres of insecticides were seized from Om Fertilisers and Bharat Insecticides, respectively.
They further said the manufacturing companies have been issued notices warning them against selling any banned insecticides.
It must be noted that Chhattisgarh government has banned the production, sale and use of endosulfan – the insecticide.
Tags:India, ban, insecticide, endosulfan
Agriculture Department officers raided several godowns across the city on Saturday. The officers seized more than 90,000 litres of banned insecticide – endosulfan from the godowns.
Deputy Director of the department Kashyap, who led the raid, said the team conducted raids at around 62 godowns and retail shops of chemical fertilizers and insecticides. They seized 90,818 litres of endosulfan (35EC) from these godowns and shops.
Officers in the team said 82,165 litres of insecticide was seized from Krishna Care alone while 7 litres and 1,110 litres of insecticides were seized from Om Fertilisers and Bharat Insecticides, respectively.
They further said the manufacturing companies have been issued notices warning them against selling any banned insecticides.
It must be noted that Chhattisgarh government has banned the production, sale and use of endosulfan – the insecticide.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Govt partially lifts embargo on onion export
With the onset of fresh arrivals of onion in Nasik region, prices of
onion have started falling in domestic markets. Following firm demand
from growers, government has finally considered lifting embargo on its
export. Government has initially allowed export of "rose' onion,
which is grown in Karnataka. This decision was taken by Empowered Group
of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Honorable Minister of Finance, Sh Pranab
Mukherjee. Government had banned export of onion after abnormal surge in
its prices due to reduced availability during Oct. – Nov, 2010. Some
part of crop was damaged by unseasonal rain during harvesting phase. We
even had to import few thousand tons of onion from Pakistan during that
crisis.
deccanherald. com
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onion have started falling in domestic markets. Following firm demand
from growers, government has finally considered lifting embargo on its
export. Government has initially allowed export of "rose' onion,
which is grown in Karnataka. This decision was taken by Empowered Group
of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Honorable Minister of Finance, Sh Pranab
Mukherjee. Government had banned export of onion after abnormal surge in
its prices due to reduced availability during Oct. – Nov, 2010. Some
part of crop was damaged by unseasonal rain during harvesting phase. We
even had to import few thousand tons of onion from Pakistan during that
crisis.
deccanherald. com
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TNAU to set up labs to analyze toxic residues on vegetables
Tamil Nadu Agriculture University is going to set up a Pesticide Testing
Laboratories to analyze toxic residues on vegetables. TNAU will be
setting up these laboratories at Madurai and Kilikulam colleges. This
was informed by Dr Murugesa Bhoopathi during a function of `Farm
School on All India Radio'. Dr Bhoopathi informed that chemical
pesticides are extensively used on vegetables. Average application of
pesticides on vegetables ranges 12-15 sprays. So, chances of toxic
residues on vegetables stand higher. Demand for vegetables is set to
rise in years to come, which will touch 170 million tonnes by 2025,
which at present is just 109 million tonnes. So, improved IPM practices
are vital to meeting increased demand. Interestingly, vegetables occupy
just 2 percent of country's cultivated area, where as consumption of
pesticide on vegetables is 13-14% of total usage in the country. Dr
Bhoopathi emphasized on usage of bio-pesticides and IPM, so as to reduce
toxic hazards to minimum.
Thehindu.com
Laboratories to analyze toxic residues on vegetables. TNAU will be
setting up these laboratories at Madurai and Kilikulam colleges. This
was informed by Dr Murugesa Bhoopathi during a function of `Farm
School on All India Radio'. Dr Bhoopathi informed that chemical
pesticides are extensively used on vegetables. Average application of
pesticides on vegetables ranges 12-15 sprays. So, chances of toxic
residues on vegetables stand higher. Demand for vegetables is set to
rise in years to come, which will touch 170 million tonnes by 2025,
which at present is just 109 million tonnes. So, improved IPM practices
are vital to meeting increased demand. Interestingly, vegetables occupy
just 2 percent of country's cultivated area, where as consumption of
pesticide on vegetables is 13-14% of total usage in the country. Dr
Bhoopathi emphasized on usage of bio-pesticides and IPM, so as to reduce
toxic hazards to minimum.
Thehindu.com
Punjab potatoes in demand from Russia
Potato growers in Punjab facing glut might finally have something to
cheer on. Some Russian traders recently visited Jalandhar district to
explore feasibility of import from India. However, this was only an
exploratory visit and no deal was finalized. Potato crop in Russia has
been badly affected due to weather problems this year. Extreme
temperatures during crucial crop stages cut the crop yield creating huge
shortage countrywide. As indicated by them, they are in mood of sourcing
around one lakh tonnes of potato from Punjab. Even at prevailing prices,
importers in Russia would have substantial margins to game. Current
retail prices of potato in Punjab is around Rs 5 per kg.
economictimes. indiatimes. com
cheer on. Some Russian traders recently visited Jalandhar district to
explore feasibility of import from India. However, this was only an
exploratory visit and no deal was finalized. Potato crop in Russia has
been badly affected due to weather problems this year. Extreme
temperatures during crucial crop stages cut the crop yield creating huge
shortage countrywide. As indicated by them, they are in mood of sourcing
around one lakh tonnes of potato from Punjab. Even at prevailing prices,
importers in Russia would have substantial margins to game. Current
retail prices of potato in Punjab is around Rs 5 per kg.
economictimes. indiatimes. com
Potato growers in Punjab facing glut again
Potato farmers in Punjab are witnessing slump due to its bumper
production this year. Harvest of potato is in full swing in the state.
Prices of potato have already fallen by 70%, as buyers are shying away
due to excess supply in the market. Major potato producing regions in
Punjab are Ludhiana, Moga, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Bathinda and Patiala.
Punjab sells potato to other states mainly for seed purpose. Situation
is more or less similar in other producing states of Uttar Pradesh and
West Bengal this year. Farmers are not finding its storage a viable
option, as its future seems bleak unless government intervenes. Now,
growers are seeking immediate intervention by the government. They are
expecting some subsidy on transportation or facilitation in its export.
Traders feel that the export option could prove to help relieving
farmers from current crisis. However, Indian share in potato export in
international market has been very negligible. India exports mainly to
Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey and UAE.
financialexpress. com
production this year. Harvest of potato is in full swing in the state.
Prices of potato have already fallen by 70%, as buyers are shying away
due to excess supply in the market. Major potato producing regions in
Punjab are Ludhiana, Moga, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Bathinda and Patiala.
Punjab sells potato to other states mainly for seed purpose. Situation
is more or less similar in other producing states of Uttar Pradesh and
West Bengal this year. Farmers are not finding its storage a viable
option, as its future seems bleak unless government intervenes. Now,
growers are seeking immediate intervention by the government. They are
expecting some subsidy on transportation or facilitation in its export.
Traders feel that the export option could prove to help relieving
farmers from current crisis. However, Indian share in potato export in
international market has been very negligible. India exports mainly to
Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey and UAE.
financialexpress. com
Weather woes to hit Kesar mango crop in Saurashtra
Recent rains in Saurashtra-kutch region are likely to affect Kesar mango
crop adversely. Rains followed by foggy weather favors development of
`powdery mildew' disease. Weather conditions at this point of
time are very crucial for mango crop, as this is flowering time. Heavy
rains in recent at Talala and sasan gir areas in Junagadh district have
resulted in shedding of flowers. These areas are largest mango producing
regions of Saurashtra. Experts feel that it would be too early to try
assessing weather losses; however, a delay of a month or so in crop
maturity cannot be ruled out. Kesar mango, which arrives in early April
in normal crop years, is unlikely to arrive before Mid-May this year.
business-standard. com
crop adversely. Rains followed by foggy weather favors development of
`powdery mildew' disease. Weather conditions at this point of
time are very crucial for mango crop, as this is flowering time. Heavy
rains in recent at Talala and sasan gir areas in Junagadh district have
resulted in shedding of flowers. These areas are largest mango producing
regions of Saurashtra. Experts feel that it would be too early to try
assessing weather losses; however, a delay of a month or so in crop
maturity cannot be ruled out. Kesar mango, which arrives in early April
in normal crop years, is unlikely to arrive before Mid-May this year.
business-standard. com
Jain Irrigation bags APEDA award
Jain Irrigation Systems Limited (JISL) has bagged Golden award of APEDA
for its remarkable performance in export of processed fruits and
vegetables during 2009-10. This award was given during APEDA's 25
Year Silver Jubilee Celebrations & Annual Award function. Honorable
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Sh Jyotiraditya Scindia
presented this award to Mr Suvan Sharma, Vice President, food Division
of JSIL. Jain Irrigation started the business of fruits & vegetables
processing 15 years ago and has been able to carve a niche market for
its products in international markets. JSIL exports mainly to north
America, South America and Europe. Jain Irrigation is well recognized
for its expansive supply set up for micro-irrigation and drip irrigation
systems.
indiainfoline. com
for its remarkable performance in export of processed fruits and
vegetables during 2009-10. This award was given during APEDA's 25
Year Silver Jubilee Celebrations & Annual Award function. Honorable
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Sh Jyotiraditya Scindia
presented this award to Mr Suvan Sharma, Vice President, food Division
of JSIL. Jain Irrigation started the business of fruits & vegetables
processing 15 years ago and has been able to carve a niche market for
its products in international markets. JSIL exports mainly to north
America, South America and Europe. Jain Irrigation is well recognized
for its expansive supply set up for micro-irrigation and drip irrigation
systems.
indiainfoline. com
HP farmers' increasingly inclined to exotic vegetables
With the increasing trend of protected horticulture in Himachal Pradesh,
farmers in the state are now trying their hands on exotic vegetables.
Poly-house farming in the state was introduced around 7 years back,
which has now become very popular by virtue of advantages associated
with this system. State Govt also has put intensive efforts to promote
this system and provides subsidy of 80% on micro-irrigation and
poly-houses. Farmers are growing flowers and exotic vegetables in these
polyhouses. Areas where farmers are growing these exotic vegetables
mostly include Theog, Matyana, Sainj Valley, Sproon valley in Solan,
Nauradhar in Sirmaur, Katrain and Manali. Vegetables, which are popular
amongst farmers, are asparagus, European carrot, parsley, leek,
broccoli, lettuce, colored capsicum, celery, Chinese cabbage, Brussels
sprouts and snow peas. Soil conditions in the state at altitude of
2000-2500 meters above mean sea level are considered as ideal for such
crops. Farmers are also happy, as the net return for these crops is very
good.
timesofindia. indiatimes. com
farmers in the state are now trying their hands on exotic vegetables.
Poly-house farming in the state was introduced around 7 years back,
which has now become very popular by virtue of advantages associated
with this system. State Govt also has put intensive efforts to promote
this system and provides subsidy of 80% on micro-irrigation and
poly-houses. Farmers are growing flowers and exotic vegetables in these
polyhouses. Areas where farmers are growing these exotic vegetables
mostly include Theog, Matyana, Sainj Valley, Sproon valley in Solan,
Nauradhar in Sirmaur, Katrain and Manali. Vegetables, which are popular
amongst farmers, are asparagus, European carrot, parsley, leek,
broccoli, lettuce, colored capsicum, celery, Chinese cabbage, Brussels
sprouts and snow peas. Soil conditions in the state at altitude of
2000-2500 meters above mean sea level are considered as ideal for such
crops. Farmers are also happy, as the net return for these crops is very
good.
timesofindia. indiatimes. com
Good guchchi crop likely in HP
Weather in Himachal Pradesh so far has been very favorable for guchichi
crop this year. This is a valued and an expensive crop produce, which
occurs naturally and is being sold to local traders by the collectors.
It grows on stumps, logs of decaying wood, leaves or humous-rich soil in
clusters. It belongs to morcella genus of fungi. Due to its resemblance
with mushroom, it is also called sponge mushroom. This sponge mushroom
has got niche foreign market and commands good demand from big hotels
from all over the world (as high as USD 500 per kg in US and EU
markets). Even in domestic urban market also, it is sold at not less
than Rs 15000 per kg. It starts appearing with the melting of snow in
March month and remains available fpr next 2-3 months. It grows at
height of 1500 – 3000 meters above msl in HP, J&K and Uttarakhand.
However, no technique seems to have been developed so far for its
commercial cultivation. This needs to be taken up and tested by the
researchers.
timesofindia. indiatimes. com
crop this year. This is a valued and an expensive crop produce, which
occurs naturally and is being sold to local traders by the collectors.
It grows on stumps, logs of decaying wood, leaves or humous-rich soil in
clusters. It belongs to morcella genus of fungi. Due to its resemblance
with mushroom, it is also called sponge mushroom. This sponge mushroom
has got niche foreign market and commands good demand from big hotels
from all over the world (as high as USD 500 per kg in US and EU
markets). Even in domestic urban market also, it is sold at not less
than Rs 15000 per kg. It starts appearing with the melting of snow in
March month and remains available fpr next 2-3 months. It grows at
height of 1500 – 3000 meters above msl in HP, J&K and Uttarakhand.
However, no technique seems to have been developed so far for its
commercial cultivation. This needs to be taken up and tested by the
researchers.
timesofindia. indiatimes. com
ICEX to launch `ginger contract' for Nagaland
Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) has officially announced to launch a
contract for ginger crop in Nagaland in the month of May 2011. Ginger is
an important cash crop of Northeast region. Annual production of ginger
in northeast region totals around 3 lakh tonnes. Indigenous cultivars
grown in Nagaland, where it is a 9-month crop, include Vichii, Nadia and
Nagaland local. Its harvest peaks during November – January, while
planting is done during February - April. Nagaland accounts for around
3% of total national production of ginger. Launching of Ginger Contract
for Nagaland will help locals to hedge their produce in futures market.
This announcement was made by Sh Anjan Mandal, Head-Agriculture, ICEX
during a commodity awareness program held at Dimapur. Mr Mandal informed
that ICEX currently is in the process of studying ginger market in
Nagaland.
timesofindia. indiatimes. com
contract for ginger crop in Nagaland in the month of May 2011. Ginger is
an important cash crop of Northeast region. Annual production of ginger
in northeast region totals around 3 lakh tonnes. Indigenous cultivars
grown in Nagaland, where it is a 9-month crop, include Vichii, Nadia and
Nagaland local. Its harvest peaks during November – January, while
planting is done during February - April. Nagaland accounts for around
3% of total national production of ginger. Launching of Ginger Contract
for Nagaland will help locals to hedge their produce in futures market.
This announcement was made by Sh Anjan Mandal, Head-Agriculture, ICEX
during a commodity awareness program held at Dimapur. Mr Mandal informed
that ICEX currently is in the process of studying ginger market in
Nagaland.
timesofindia. indiatimes. com
DMR develops cancer preventing Mushroom
Scientists at the Directorate of Mushroom Research (DMR), Solan have
developed a rare variety of Mushroom which, as claimed, will be useful
in inhibiting growth of various types of cancers. This variety is also
called as monkey head mushroom. DMR scientists succeeded in artificially
cultivating this mushroom on autoclaved wheat straw using indigenous
tissue. Wheat straw is an agricultural residue which is more or less a
waste as only about 2% of it is used as a roughage in ration for farm
animals. Its annual production in India is 60 crore tonnes and is
therefore not a limiting factor for the cultivation of mushroom. Normal
varieties of mushroom being propagated by DMR are used as nutritious
vegetable with high content of protein, Vitamin B 12, Vitamin D, folic
acid as well as amino acids lysine and tryptophan. Production of
mushroom in India has increased 10 times in last 2 decades, and today,
it stands close to 1 lakh tonnes per annum.
thefoodworld. com
developed a rare variety of Mushroom which, as claimed, will be useful
in inhibiting growth of various types of cancers. This variety is also
called as monkey head mushroom. DMR scientists succeeded in artificially
cultivating this mushroom on autoclaved wheat straw using indigenous
tissue. Wheat straw is an agricultural residue which is more or less a
waste as only about 2% of it is used as a roughage in ration for farm
animals. Its annual production in India is 60 crore tonnes and is
therefore not a limiting factor for the cultivation of mushroom. Normal
varieties of mushroom being propagated by DMR are used as nutritious
vegetable with high content of protein, Vitamin B 12, Vitamin D, folic
acid as well as amino acids lysine and tryptophan. Production of
mushroom in India has increased 10 times in last 2 decades, and today,
it stands close to 1 lakh tonnes per annum.
thefoodworld. com
Do you know! De-basing ground
Six billion tons of valuable soil is lost in India every year. The
former Soviet republics of Eastern Europe and central Asia lose two and
a half billion tons. Every year, soil erosion robs Ethiopia of 1.5
million tons of grain, equivalent to all the food relief shipped into
the country during the famine in 1985. This is quite alarming in view of
the fact that globally, each year, the world population increases by
more than 90 million, while the topsoil lost amounts to more than 20
billion tonnes.
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former Soviet republics of Eastern Europe and central Asia lose two and
a half billion tons. Every year, soil erosion robs Ethiopia of 1.5
million tons of grain, equivalent to all the food relief shipped into
the country during the famine in 1985. This is quite alarming in view of
the fact that globally, each year, the world population increases by
more than 90 million, while the topsoil lost amounts to more than 20
billion tonnes.
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ISAP is running Entrepreneurship Development Program
ISAP is running Entrepreneurship Development Program in 9 states under
the aegis of MANAGE. This training is provided to unemployed agriculture
and allied sector graduates. After training, ISAP provides active
hand-holding support to these trained agripreneurs for the setting up
their own business venture. ISAP has so far trained 2181 agripreneurs in
Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, J&K, Madhya Pradesh,
Mizoram, Nagaland and Punjab. Some of the agripreneurs have established
their independent business successfully. We share one such success story
with our readers in ISAP newsletters.
Success Story (Haryana)
Mr. Rajnish Kumar, a resident of Pratap Mandi, Distt Kurukshetra,
completed his 2-month training at ISAP training center in Karnal with ID
No HRN 904. He then proceeded to establish an AC&AB centre - cum –
Input seed store with investment of Rs 15 lakhs. For this, he was
provided loan from Punjab & Sindh Bank, Sahbad Markanda with back-end
subsidy provided by NABARD. He covers 20-25 villages around his unit.
Besides providing quality inputs, he provides agro-advisory service and
training to the farmers from this unit. He has employed 3 more persons
in his unit. Mr Rajnish is now able to earn average INR 15000/- per
month through this unit. ISAP wishes Mr Kumar continued success in his
venture.
the aegis of MANAGE. This training is provided to unemployed agriculture
and allied sector graduates. After training, ISAP provides active
hand-holding support to these trained agripreneurs for the setting up
their own business venture. ISAP has so far trained 2181 agripreneurs in
Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, J&K, Madhya Pradesh,
Mizoram, Nagaland and Punjab. Some of the agripreneurs have established
their independent business successfully. We share one such success story
with our readers in ISAP newsletters.
Success Story (Haryana)
Mr. Rajnish Kumar, a resident of Pratap Mandi, Distt Kurukshetra,
completed his 2-month training at ISAP training center in Karnal with ID
No HRN 904. He then proceeded to establish an AC&AB centre - cum –
Input seed store with investment of Rs 15 lakhs. For this, he was
provided loan from Punjab & Sindh Bank, Sahbad Markanda with back-end
subsidy provided by NABARD. He covers 20-25 villages around his unit.
Besides providing quality inputs, he provides agro-advisory service and
training to the farmers from this unit. He has employed 3 more persons
in his unit. Mr Rajnish is now able to earn average INR 15000/- per
month through this unit. ISAP wishes Mr Kumar continued success in his
venture.
OCP – AES Project in Karnataka
Excellent yield levels of pigeonpea have been obtained by all the
project farmers in OCP-AES Project in Karnatika. The rain has been good
this kharif season and has impacted all farmers in the three districts
where the project is being implemented. The average farmer of this
geography has achieved an increase of about 30 % as compared to last
year. However, the yield increase obtained by project farmers in the
same territory has been more than 60%, because it is not just rain that
made the difference, but they adopted the suggested interventions to
raise the pigeonpea yields. In fact, the best farmers (not necessarily
the lead farmers) were able to get phenomenal yield levels unheard of in
the area – upto 4 tonnes/ha. Not only the farmers have gained by
yield increases, but the project intervention towards market linkages
have helped some of the farmers ( who were able to hold their produce
for about 3 weeks) to get a much better market price for their produce
(Rs 40 / kg) as against Rs 32-34 received by farmers who sold their
produce immediately after harvest. In order to assign genuine scientific
basis to the kind of yields obtained by the various farmers having farms
with different soil types soil samples at harvest as well as samples of
crop plant at harvest (500 representative samples) are being analyzed
for nutrient status. Coupled with the original soil nutrient status,
nutrients applied, the balance left in the soil and that taken up by the
plants (nutrient balance sheet) will help analyze the factors that to
explain different levels of yield obtained by different farmers in
different types of soils.
project farmers in OCP-AES Project in Karnatika. The rain has been good
this kharif season and has impacted all farmers in the three districts
where the project is being implemented. The average farmer of this
geography has achieved an increase of about 30 % as compared to last
year. However, the yield increase obtained by project farmers in the
same territory has been more than 60%, because it is not just rain that
made the difference, but they adopted the suggested interventions to
raise the pigeonpea yields. In fact, the best farmers (not necessarily
the lead farmers) were able to get phenomenal yield levels unheard of in
the area – upto 4 tonnes/ha. Not only the farmers have gained by
yield increases, but the project intervention towards market linkages
have helped some of the farmers ( who were able to hold their produce
for about 3 weeks) to get a much better market price for their produce
(Rs 40 / kg) as against Rs 32-34 received by farmers who sold their
produce immediately after harvest. In order to assign genuine scientific
basis to the kind of yields obtained by the various farmers having farms
with different soil types soil samples at harvest as well as samples of
crop plant at harvest (500 representative samples) are being analyzed
for nutrient status. Coupled with the original soil nutrient status,
nutrients applied, the balance left in the soil and that taken up by the
plants (nutrient balance sheet) will help analyze the factors that to
explain different levels of yield obtained by different farmers in
different types of soils.
First exam of India Certified Crop Adviser
In First exam of India Certified Crop Adviser (CCA), which was held on
December 12, 2010, 59 candidates have been declared successful out of 85
candidates. Prior to this, in a Pilot test, 19 candidates were
successful out of 22 who took the test in June 2010. So, India CCA
count now has reached 78. This Certification program in India is joint
effort of ISAP and American Society of Agronomy (ASA), which is aimed at
improving the quality of the personnel involved with Farm Advisory in
the country. This is first time ever, when this program has been
launched out of America and Canada. The CCA aspirants had a diverse
origin coming from Public and Private sectors alike viz., Directorate of
Agriculture, Punjab; Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kurukshetra; TATA Chemicals
Ltd.; Shriram Fertilizers & Chemicals; Shriram Bioseed Genetics India
Ltd.; Hariyali Kissan Bazar; TATA Rallies; Chambal Fertilisers &
Chemicals Ltd.; Coromandal Fertilisers Ltd.; Deepak Fertilisers; Bayer
Biosciences Ltd.; Monsanto India Ltd.; PHI Seeds Ltd.; Sunhara India
(NGO); International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) ; Indian Society
of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP); Cereal System Initiative for South
Asia (CSISA) as well as some unattached individuals. Mr. Gurvinder
Singh, Agriculture Information Officer, Deptt of Agri - Punjab, who
cleared the Certification exam in the December 2010 exam, shared his
ideas with his colleagues during a monthly staff meeting at Chandigarh,
stating that "India CCA training material provides a "Deep and
Practical" knowledge of a wide variety of farmer centric query
spectrum". He added that "if you devote some time in going
through the study material document you will get a very good knowledge
on all the disciplines including nutrient, soil and water, pest and crop
management, which will help in updating your knowledge and help in
providing quality information to the farmers for improving their
productivity.
Mr. Ajay Banke
Mr. Kalyan Dhakad
Mr. Rajnish Kumar
Mr Ajay Kumar Verma
Mr. Kamlesh kumar Patel
Mr. Rakesh Singh
Mr Ajay Kumar Singh
Mr. Kishaloy Biswas
Dr. Ranjan Laik
Mr Ajeet Singh
Ms. Madhurima Vaishnav
Mr. Ranjit Singh Aulakh
Dr. Akhilesh Upadhyay
Dr. Mahendra Chalka
Mr. Ravindra Ahire
Mr. Anant Kulkarni
Dr. Mahesh Gathala
Mr. RS Suresh Kumar
Mr. Anil Kumar
Mr. Manish Mudkanna
Mr. Sakti Dey
Mr. Anup Singh
Mr. Manish Choubey
Mr. Sandeep Dhiman
Mr. Arvind Bhatnagar
Mr. Murlee Yadav
Mr. Sanjay Ahlawat
Mr. Ashish Bhardwaj
Mr. Nagesh Yemmewar
Mr. Santanu Samanta
Dr. Ashok Thakur
Mr. Nandlal Rajput
Mr. Shailendra Kumar
Dr. Ashok Sharma
Mr. Naveen Sanwal
Mr. Shailendra Narain Singh
Mr. Bhoopendra Singh
Mr. Naveen Gupta
Mr. Shamsher Alam
Ms. Chander Rekha
Mr. Nitin Rahangdale
Mr. Srinivas Reddy
Dr. Dalip Bisnoi
Dr. OP Lathwal
Mr. Subhash Chand Verma
Mr. Danish Ali
Mr. Parag Gujrathi
Mr. Sudarshan Motsara
Mr. Dattatray Shitole
Mr. Pawan Kumar
Mr. Sukhdev Singh
Mr. Dinesh Pandit
Dr. Prabhu Kumawat
Dr. Surender Kumar
Mr. Gahininath Dhawale
Mr. Pradip Naskar
Mr. Surendra Bisht
Mr. Ganesh Kumar Singh
Mr. Praveen Singh
Mr. Tapan Kumar Rout
Ms. Garima Joshi
Dr. Puneet Pachauri
Mr. Tiby Thomas
Mr. Gaurav Kumar Singh
Dr. R Rajenderan
Mr. Uday Sinh Kadam
Dr. Govind Sharma
Mr. Rajeev Kumar
Mr. Vicky Singh
Mr. Gurvinder Singh
Mr. Rajendra Prasad Mittal
Mr. Vijay Kumar
Mr. Harbinder Singh
Mr. Rajesh Yadav
Mr. Vineet Kumar Tripathi
Dr.Kailash Nehara
Dr. Rajkumar Jat
Mr. Yogesh Mhase
December 12, 2010, 59 candidates have been declared successful out of 85
candidates. Prior to this, in a Pilot test, 19 candidates were
successful out of 22 who took the test in June 2010. So, India CCA
count now has reached 78. This Certification program in India is joint
effort of ISAP and American Society of Agronomy (ASA), which is aimed at
improving the quality of the personnel involved with Farm Advisory in
the country. This is first time ever, when this program has been
launched out of America and Canada. The CCA aspirants had a diverse
origin coming from Public and Private sectors alike viz., Directorate of
Agriculture, Punjab; Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kurukshetra; TATA Chemicals
Ltd.; Shriram Fertilizers & Chemicals; Shriram Bioseed Genetics India
Ltd.; Hariyali Kissan Bazar; TATA Rallies; Chambal Fertilisers &
Chemicals Ltd.; Coromandal Fertilisers Ltd.; Deepak Fertilisers; Bayer
Biosciences Ltd.; Monsanto India Ltd.; PHI Seeds Ltd.; Sunhara India
(NGO); International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) ; Indian Society
of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP); Cereal System Initiative for South
Asia (CSISA) as well as some unattached individuals. Mr. Gurvinder
Singh, Agriculture Information Officer, Deptt of Agri - Punjab, who
cleared the Certification exam in the December 2010 exam, shared his
ideas with his colleagues during a monthly staff meeting at Chandigarh,
stating that "India CCA training material provides a "Deep and
Practical" knowledge of a wide variety of farmer centric query
spectrum". He added that "if you devote some time in going
through the study material document you will get a very good knowledge
on all the disciplines including nutrient, soil and water, pest and crop
management, which will help in updating your knowledge and help in
providing quality information to the farmers for improving their
productivity.
Mr. Ajay Banke
Mr. Kalyan Dhakad
Mr. Rajnish Kumar
Mr Ajay Kumar Verma
Mr. Kamlesh kumar Patel
Mr. Rakesh Singh
Mr Ajay Kumar Singh
Mr. Kishaloy Biswas
Dr. Ranjan Laik
Mr Ajeet Singh
Ms. Madhurima Vaishnav
Mr. Ranjit Singh Aulakh
Dr. Akhilesh Upadhyay
Dr. Mahendra Chalka
Mr. Ravindra Ahire
Mr. Anant Kulkarni
Dr. Mahesh Gathala
Mr. RS Suresh Kumar
Mr. Anil Kumar
Mr. Manish Mudkanna
Mr. Sakti Dey
Mr. Anup Singh
Mr. Manish Choubey
Mr. Sandeep Dhiman
Mr. Arvind Bhatnagar
Mr. Murlee Yadav
Mr. Sanjay Ahlawat
Mr. Ashish Bhardwaj
Mr. Nagesh Yemmewar
Mr. Santanu Samanta
Dr. Ashok Thakur
Mr. Nandlal Rajput
Mr. Shailendra Kumar
Dr. Ashok Sharma
Mr. Naveen Sanwal
Mr. Shailendra Narain Singh
Mr. Bhoopendra Singh
Mr. Naveen Gupta
Mr. Shamsher Alam
Ms. Chander Rekha
Mr. Nitin Rahangdale
Mr. Srinivas Reddy
Dr. Dalip Bisnoi
Dr. OP Lathwal
Mr. Subhash Chand Verma
Mr. Danish Ali
Mr. Parag Gujrathi
Mr. Sudarshan Motsara
Mr. Dattatray Shitole
Mr. Pawan Kumar
Mr. Sukhdev Singh
Mr. Dinesh Pandit
Dr. Prabhu Kumawat
Dr. Surender Kumar
Mr. Gahininath Dhawale
Mr. Pradip Naskar
Mr. Surendra Bisht
Mr. Ganesh Kumar Singh
Mr. Praveen Singh
Mr. Tapan Kumar Rout
Ms. Garima Joshi
Dr. Puneet Pachauri
Mr. Tiby Thomas
Mr. Gaurav Kumar Singh
Dr. R Rajenderan
Mr. Uday Sinh Kadam
Dr. Govind Sharma
Mr. Rajeev Kumar
Mr. Vicky Singh
Mr. Gurvinder Singh
Mr. Rajendra Prasad Mittal
Mr. Vijay Kumar
Mr. Harbinder Singh
Mr. Rajesh Yadav
Mr. Vineet Kumar Tripathi
Dr.Kailash Nehara
Dr. Rajkumar Jat
Mr. Yogesh Mhase
ISAP celebrates Foundation Day
ISAP celebrated its 10th foundation Day on February 22, 2011 at Jacranda
Hall, IHC. All senior officials from the regional offices attended this
program. Ms Jyotsana Bhatnagar of Monsanto, Mr Karthik of OCP and Mr
Chandre Gowda, Addl Agriculture Commissioner Extension also graced the
occasion with their presence. All the senior officials shared their
plans and future strategies for the forthcoming year with their
colleagues. At this occasion, Founder of the organization, Sh Sunil
Khairnar, Chairman Sh Rajeev Dar and Director-Technical Dr S Chandra,
shared their valuable insights with the audience. Sh Khairnar shared his
vision with which ISAP was founded 10 years back. He traced ISAP's
history and experiences of a decade long journey and major milestone
achieved during these years. He also pointed out areas for future thrust
by ISAP. Sh Rajeev Dar, Chairman ISAP spoke about strength of the
organization and how he sees its role in bringing much-needed
transformation in agriculture sector in India in years to come. Dr
Chandra shared his field experiences and yearly progress and
achievements of major livelihood projects of ISAP. On this occasion, a
Work Profile of ISAP with projects handled was released by Ms Bhatnagar.
In the evening on the same day, a small party was organized at ISAP
office for the personnel who had come from long distances for attending
the get-together.
Hall, IHC. All senior officials from the regional offices attended this
program. Ms Jyotsana Bhatnagar of Monsanto, Mr Karthik of OCP and Mr
Chandre Gowda, Addl Agriculture Commissioner Extension also graced the
occasion with their presence. All the senior officials shared their
plans and future strategies for the forthcoming year with their
colleagues. At this occasion, Founder of the organization, Sh Sunil
Khairnar, Chairman Sh Rajeev Dar and Director-Technical Dr S Chandra,
shared their valuable insights with the audience. Sh Khairnar shared his
vision with which ISAP was founded 10 years back. He traced ISAP's
history and experiences of a decade long journey and major milestone
achieved during these years. He also pointed out areas for future thrust
by ISAP. Sh Rajeev Dar, Chairman ISAP spoke about strength of the
organization and how he sees its role in bringing much-needed
transformation in agriculture sector in India in years to come. Dr
Chandra shared his field experiences and yearly progress and
achievements of major livelihood projects of ISAP. On this occasion, a
Work Profile of ISAP with projects handled was released by Ms Bhatnagar.
In the evening on the same day, a small party was organized at ISAP
office for the personnel who had come from long distances for attending
the get-together.
ISAP
The year was 1993. A young man after completing his MBA from IIM
Ahmadabad returned to his small village in Nasik. Parents were thrilled
with the boy's success and shared their joy with the village folk.
Everybody congratulated the parents except the village cynic, who
actually asked, "So how does his high education affect us??!!"
This was the day when seed for ISAP was sown and the young man from
Nasik, Sunil Khairnar, decided to set up a social enterprise dedicated
to upliftment of poor and marginal farmers. ISAP was born in 2001 as a
section 25 Not for Profit Company. The initial years were difficult but
full of hope as good Samaritans kept pitching in with guidance and
support.
On February 22, 2011 ISAP completed a decade of service to small and
marginal farmers. The various programs initiated during these ten years
were funded by National and International donors, Government of India,
State governments and multinational corporations.
The organization that started as a flagelling hope has 15000
Agri-professionals as members, 5000 of whom are domain experts. ISAP has
worked with more than 2,00,000 farmers directly in 14 states. A robust
project implementation is made possible because of 150 dedicated
agri-extension professionals.
We at ISAP are proud of leveraging technology to reach out to farmers
through Kisan Call Centers, Community Radio Stations, IVRS and mobile
telephony, Successful running ICT models are in place and have impacted
more than 500,000 rural lives.
The recently launched Certified Crop Advisor Program in collaboration
with American Society of Agronomy is another feather in ISAP's cap
and addresses a long felt need for upgrading the knowledge level of
Agri-extension professionals.
The Agriclinics EDP implemented on behalf of MANAGE has already spread
to 8 states including the challenging areas of J&K and Nagaland and we
can rightfully boast of more than 600 Agriculture based enterprises
running successfully across 8 states.
Going forward I see an ISAP that has very strong on the ground delivery
mechanisms using the latest technologies to reach the Last Inch of the
Last Mile. The challenge is huge but I am sure, with our passion and
dedication and of course your support, we shall be successful.
I also take this opportunity to thank all ISAP staff, members, partner
NGOs and Donor Agencies who travelled this journey with us.
Rajeev Dar
Chairman, ISAP
Ahmadabad returned to his small village in Nasik. Parents were thrilled
with the boy's success and shared their joy with the village folk.
Everybody congratulated the parents except the village cynic, who
actually asked, "So how does his high education affect us??!!"
This was the day when seed for ISAP was sown and the young man from
Nasik, Sunil Khairnar, decided to set up a social enterprise dedicated
to upliftment of poor and marginal farmers. ISAP was born in 2001 as a
section 25 Not for Profit Company. The initial years were difficult but
full of hope as good Samaritans kept pitching in with guidance and
support.
On February 22, 2011 ISAP completed a decade of service to small and
marginal farmers. The various programs initiated during these ten years
were funded by National and International donors, Government of India,
State governments and multinational corporations.
The organization that started as a flagelling hope has 15000
Agri-professionals as members, 5000 of whom are domain experts. ISAP has
worked with more than 2,00,000 farmers directly in 14 states. A robust
project implementation is made possible because of 150 dedicated
agri-extension professionals.
We at ISAP are proud of leveraging technology to reach out to farmers
through Kisan Call Centers, Community Radio Stations, IVRS and mobile
telephony, Successful running ICT models are in place and have impacted
more than 500,000 rural lives.
The recently launched Certified Crop Advisor Program in collaboration
with American Society of Agronomy is another feather in ISAP's cap
and addresses a long felt need for upgrading the knowledge level of
Agri-extension professionals.
The Agriclinics EDP implemented on behalf of MANAGE has already spread
to 8 states including the challenging areas of J&K and Nagaland and we
can rightfully boast of more than 600 Agriculture based enterprises
running successfully across 8 states.
Going forward I see an ISAP that has very strong on the ground delivery
mechanisms using the latest technologies to reach the Last Inch of the
Last Mile. The challenge is huge but I am sure, with our passion and
dedication and of course your support, we shall be successful.
I also take this opportunity to thank all ISAP staff, members, partner
NGOs and Donor Agencies who travelled this journey with us.
Rajeev Dar
Chairman, ISAP
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Maa Sarada Agrotech and Dairy (Manufacturer of premium quality Phyto extract products with farmers in West Bengal)
Maa Sarada Agrotech and Dairy Pvt Limited, with Mr. Sanjeev Srivastava as its proprietor, is an Indian based social welfare enterprise that manufactures high quality Phyto extracts products. In 2008, the company took a new avatar in the name of Kautilya Phyto Extracts Pvt limited with big plans of starting a multi-purpose solvent extraction Plant as well as a distillation unit in the offing.
Having about 250 plus acres of farm land near Malbazar in the district of Jalpaiguri in West Bengal and about 60 plus acres in Bihar, the company has been involved in the manufacture and export of herbal extracts and extract products since 2008.
The company is consistent in its efforts at providing assistance to farmers by offering them training, financial help, assistance to purchase crops and educating them on the effective ways of using wasteland. The company is undertaking constant efforts to enter into partnership agreements with institutions like World Vision, Krishi Vigyan Kendra and Agri University.
Our interview with Mr Sanjeev Srivastava the proprietor of the company gave us a deeper insight into the company, its activities and future plans.S.V.M Exports(Located in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu is dealing in herbal and medicinal plants )
S.V.M Exports, located in South India in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu is an Indian company dealing in herbal and medicinal plants. It came into existence in December 2005, with the cultivation of medicinal plants. S.V.M Exports now mainly deals with the cultivation of medicinal plants such as Acorus Calamus, Aloe Vera, Vinca Rosea, Emblica Officinalis, and Coleus Forskohlii and over 40 herbal raw materials.
Mr. Muthu Raj is the proprietor of S.V.M Exports. In an interview with Agriculture and Industry Survey, he shares with us his experiences, future aspirations and the products and services provided by his company. Apart from medicinal plants, S.V.M Exports also provides non-edible oils, cattle feed and food for pet animals.
Services of the Company
Mr. Muthu Raj is highly knowledgeable about various plants, their products and uses.
Aries Agro (Speciality plant nutrient fertilizers supplier)
Aries Agro was set up in 1969 by Dr. T. B. Mirchandani and Mrs. Bala Mirchandani. The company is a public limited company with 53% of the shareholding held by the Mirchandani family and the balance is held by institutional investors and the public.
“The objective was to fill the need for specialty plant nutrients in agriculture customized for the need of Indian farmers,” avers Dr. Rahul Mirchandani, Executive Director.
Dr. Rahul Mirchandani holds a Ph.D. in management studies, specializing in rural marketing and an MBA from Australia. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and has been heading the marketing operations of the company since 1999. Explaining the importance of micronutrients, Dr. Rahul says, “There are 16 nutrients required by plants of which 7 are micronutrients. Micronutrients are required in micro quantities and are not micro in importance. In fact, they play an essential role in balancing plant nutrition and increasing crop yields.
Micronutrients have specific functions in the crop cycle and cannot be substituted by any other nutrients.”
The flagship brands of Aires include micronutrients complexes of zinc (Chelamin), iron (Chelafer), copper (Chelacop), manganese (Mn Chel), a combination of these nutrients in predetermined proportions customized for 107 crop, soil and geographic conditions (Agromin), and broad spectrum antibiotic for plants (Plantomycin). “Aries micronutrients are customized to the needs of 107 crops, soil and geographic conditions.Aries Agro
Aries Agro was set up in 1969 by Dr. T. B. Mirchandani and Mrs. Bala Mirchandani. The company is a public limited company with 53% of the shareholding held by the Mirchandani family and the balance is held by institutional investors and the public.
“The objective was to fill the need for specialty plant nutrients in agriculture customized for the need of Indian farmers,” avers Dr. Rahul Mirchandani, Executive Director.
Dr. Rahul Mirchandani holds a Ph.D. in management studies, specializing in rural marketing and an MBA from Australia. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and has been heading the marketing operations of the company since 1999. Explaining the importance of micronutrients, Dr. Rahul says, “There are 16 nutrients required by plants of which 7 are micronutrients. Micronutrients are required in micro quantities and are not micro in importance. In fact, they play an essential role in balancing plant nutrition and increasing crop yields.
Micronutrients have specific functions in the crop cycle and cannot be substituted by any other nutrients.”
The flagship brands of Aires include micronutrients complexes of zinc (Chelamin), iron (Chelafer), copper (Chelacop), manganese (Mn Chel), a combination of these nutrients in predetermined proportions customized for 107 crop, soil and geographic conditions (Agromin), and broad spectrum antibiotic for plants (Plantomycin). “Aries micronutrients are customized to the needs of 107 crops, soil and geographic conditions.Grass roots NGOs and their protest movements are critical for strengthening agriculture and food security!
Civil Society movements were very active at the Cancun venue and their protests ranged from globalising the issues to saving the forests to the lifestyles of the indigenous people and landless workers etc. There were 3000 to 5,000 workers and protestors and they were organised around the central theme of Market-led solutions is not sustainable solution at all.
So, their slogan was no to market led climate change policies. No to capitalism of forests. No to REDD plus, Reducation Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD plus) a proposal that wants it should help people to manage forests among themselves.
So, their slogan was no to market led climate change policies. No to capitalism of forests. No to REDD plus, Reducation Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD plus) a proposal that wants it should help people to manage forests among themselves.
These types of protests are now the norm in almost every international conference and they cannot be dismissed out of hands.
They will be there and they are necessary to express the emotions and strong feelings for politicians who often do things just to make a point and forget about the practical implications soon. The very same things happened last in Copenhagen.
The Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila A.Odinga expressed his views at the conference and he made some sharp observations. The fast-start finance, funding of 30 billion pledged and the commitment of 100 billion annually by 2020, the Copenhagen accord pledged was not forthcoming and only 20 per cent of fast-funding was delivered, said the Kenyan Prime Minister.
He called for a clear reaffirmation of the 30 billion fast-start finance to be made available by 2010 and at least one-half he called for adaption, technology etc.
In conclusion, we have to note the experts who make things easier for the common man for what is involved here and what simple, easy to understand by everyone, needs to be implemented.
One is energy efficiency.
This has been demonstrated in countries far off, like Ethiopia (where flurescent light bulbs had led to reducing 100 million dollars for leasing and fuel diesel power plants, by spending just 5 million dollars! More wind and solar energy could become more cost-competitive.
Protected forests do protect the precious resources and hell reduces poverty, as proved in Costa Rica and Thailand.
So, we have hope! More energy efficiency policies, more conservation and protection of forests, of course wise financing options to countries and use of technology.
Mankind had always faced challenges and had risen up to meet such challenges.
Let us hope this time, with the threat of climate change facing us squarely at our face, the countries, big and not so big would see the wisdom of international co-operation.
Agrarian relations and field studies
“Indian village is a swamp of inequity” vidence of “inclusiveness” in the story of India’s economic growth remains “mixed” said Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen recently. Addressing the fifty-second annual conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), Prof. Sen remarked, “Our standing in the international community is mainly because of growth, rather than ‘inclusiveness’.” The three-day event, conducted jointly by ISLE and the Department of Economics, Karnatak University, has attracted more than 400 delegates, including participants from Brazil, South Africa, Bangladesh, Russia, China and Nepal.
The conference will deliberate upon three themes mainly: planning for full employment, labour migration and the emerging patterns of employment relations. Delivering a special lecture in honour of the late Radhakamal Mukerjee, V.K. Ramachandran, Professor, Social Science Division, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, urged young scholars to conduct field surveys to understand better “the agrarian question, which remains the most important national, political and social question of our times.” Speaking on the theme of ‘Agrarian relations and field studies,’ Prof. Ramachandran debunked the widespread notion of a “homogenous village community” and said “the Indian village is a swamp of inequity.”
Drawing on intensive field surveys conducted across the country by his team in the last few years, Prof. Ramachandran said “the extent of the proletarianisation of the Indian peasantry is far greater than what is revealed by official data sources.” Official data also grossly underestimate the extent of tenancy in the Indian countryside, he added. The dismantling of institutional structures of credit has facilitated the spread of microfinance agencies, which charge interest rates ranging from 34-57 per cent, according to the village surveys, Prof. Ramachandran said.
Jobless growth. Jayati Ghosh, Chairperson, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, speaking on the subject of planning for full employment, said the last decade had been one of “jobless growth,” which has resulted in stagnant growth of the informal sector, stagnant wages and stagnant output in the organised sector.
“The promise that an opening up of the economy would result in greater absorption of labour has just not happened.” The “obsession” with exports had not paid off. The excessive speculation in commodity markets has had an impact on foodgrain prices, she said.
Speaking at a session devoted to employment trends in Karnataka, Chaya K. Degaonkar, Chairperson, Department of Economics, Gulbarga University, said although Karnataka had performed better than most other States in terms of human development indicators, “regional imbalances remain a major worry.” Agriculture remains the main source of employment in the northern districts of the State.
Source : Agriculture & Industry Survey
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Agri sector's new challenges need PPP growth model: Pawar
Agriculture industry faces new challenges from domestic and emerging global environment, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said today, calling for a public-private partnership to develop research infrastructure in this sector.
The Minister, in his inaugural address at the interface between Vice Chancellors of agriculture universities and directors of ICAR institutes and Directors' conference here stressed on the need to strengthen the agricultural research infrastructure with public-private partnership.
"Requisite models of public-private partnerships must be evolved for educational activities as well as for development, application and flow of technologies from lab to the market place," he added.
The minister said the agriculture sector was facing competition after opening up of the economies dues to globalisation, ethical issues of trade related intellectual property rights, genetically modified foods and organisms and enforcement of strict quality regimes need immediate attention while developing technically qualified manpower.
He said there was a need for strengthening national agricultural research and education infrastructure through active interface with the industry.
Pawar expressed optimism that the projected national economy growth of 8.6% in 2010-11 would be led by rebound in the farm sector.
"The estimated growth if realised will be the fastest since 2008," Pawar opined.
On the farm sector growth of 5.6% in 2010-11 as per data by Central Statistical Organisation, Pawar said, "Food grains and oil seeds are expected to grow by 6.5% and 11.9%, respectively, over the previous year."
"Similar increased production has been projected for cotton, sugarcane, fruits and vegetables," he added.
On the issues that require immediate attention to address the emerging needs of the agriculture sector, Pawar said global schools, demand-driven curricula, student centred and problem solving approach in curriculum delivery are required.
He added effective co-ordination of multi-commodity and multi-disciplinary research in entire production to consumption chain of agricultural commodities and capacity building through training at the national and international level were required.
"Agriculture today is facing new challenges in the light of national necessities and emerging global environment. Degradation of natural resources and unpredictable shifts in climatic patterns have been impacting the farming practices," Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said.
The Minister, in his inaugural address at the interface between Vice Chancellors of agriculture universities and directors of ICAR institutes and Directors' conference here stressed on the need to strengthen the agricultural research infrastructure with public-private partnership.
"Requisite models of public-private partnerships must be evolved for educational activities as well as for development, application and flow of technologies from lab to the market place," he added.
The minister said the agriculture sector was facing competition after opening up of the economies dues to globalisation, ethical issues of trade related intellectual property rights, genetically modified foods and organisms and enforcement of strict quality regimes need immediate attention while developing technically qualified manpower.
He said there was a need for strengthening national agricultural research and education infrastructure through active interface with the industry.
Pawar expressed optimism that the projected national economy growth of 8.6% in 2010-11 would be led by rebound in the farm sector.
"The estimated growth if realised will be the fastest since 2008," Pawar opined.
On the farm sector growth of 5.6% in 2010-11 as per data by Central Statistical Organisation, Pawar said, "Food grains and oil seeds are expected to grow by 6.5% and 11.9%, respectively, over the previous year."
"Similar increased production has been projected for cotton, sugarcane, fruits and vegetables," he added.
On the issues that require immediate attention to address the emerging needs of the agriculture sector, Pawar said global schools, demand-driven curricula, student centred and problem solving approach in curriculum delivery are required.
He added effective co-ordination of multi-commodity and multi-disciplinary research in entire production to consumption chain of agricultural commodities and capacity building through training at the national and international level were required.
Economic Survey 2011: Agri needs to grow at 8.5% in 2011-12
"Things are looking bright in the current year with a relative good monsoon and the agriculture sector is expected to grow at 5.4% as per the 2010-11 advance estimates (AE) . There is a marked improvement in the gross capital formation (GCF) also in agriculture sector.� This has been observed by the Economic Survey presented in the Lok Sabha today by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Underlining the importance of the agricultural sector in the Indian Economy, the Survey says that the agriculture sector needs to grow at 8.5% during 2011-12 to achieve the Plan target of average 4% growth per year.
The Survey points out that the Increased Minimum Support Price (MSP) along with various other steps taken by the Government have resulted in higher levels of food-grains. While the economic cost of wheat and rice has continuously gone up, the issue price has been kept unchanged since July 1, 2002.
The country has made great strides towards increasing food grains production. In spite of that the agriculture sector is at a cross roads with rising demand for food items and relatively slower supply response in many commodities resulting frequent spikes in food inflation.
The Survey says that increasing agriculture production and productivity is a necessary condition not only for ensuring national food security but also for sustaining the high levels of growth. Concerted and focused efforts are required for addressing the challenge of stagnating productivity levels in agriculture. It suggests a holistic approach, including renewed agricultural research, dissemination of technology, better inputs such as quality seeds, fertilizers and modern irrigation facilities.
Specially rice and wheat, the Survey says that given the constraints in area expansion there is a need for further research to boost production and productivity. Similarly, a technological breakthrough in pulse production is necessary to keep pace with rising demand. Significant increase in the area under sugarcane and cotton suggests some shift in the cropping pattern in Kharif 2010, the Survey observes.
Expressing concern over stagnation of capital investment in the sector, it says both private and public sector should enhance the investment in agriculture sector in a sustained way.
A targeted development of rainfed area should be prioritized and effective marketing links should be ensured for better returns to the farmers. The Government should also encourage in food processing, cold chain and handling and packaging of processed food, the Survey says.
Taking a note of declining per capita availability of foodgrains, the Survey suggests thrust on horticulture products. In view of increasing pressure on livestock products due to rising level of income, a long term strategy should be evolved to increase the production of these items. It also says that the issue of efficient food stocks management of and uploading of stocks in time needs urgent attention.Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Agricultural Niche Markets – Thinking Outside the Box
Rising transportation costs and changing attitudes about locally grown and organic foods has created a variety of niche markets in the United States. Taking advantage of these requires farmers to think outside the box, perhaps changing their traditional ways of doing things.
Farming is one of the oldest, and one of the most thankless, occupations. In recent years the plight of farmers has frequently been in the news. How often have we read about farmers plowing their crops under or even losing a farm that has been in their family for generations because of changes in the market or bad weather? With the uncertainties and hardships faced by today’s farmer, it’s amazing that there are any farmers left. This is sad when you consider that farming is, and has always been, one of the most important occupations in the world. In a pinch, we could do without most other occupations; some we would hardly miss. But without someone to grow the food that we eat on a daily basis, we would quickly be in trouble.
Some farmers are finding new and innovative ways to make ends meet, thinking out of the box, so to speak. One way of doing this is the production of crops that are traditionally unavailable locally, or at least unavailable in the winter. For example, some farmers in the southeastern Unites States reasoned that no one would be able to turn down a fresh strawberry in the middle of winter. They were right. Using greenhouses and various growing systems, several farmers in North Carolina are now successfully growing and selling strawberries in the winter. In the same way, farmers in New York are growing raspberries in greenhouses during the winter. Compared to crops like tomatoes or cucumbers, raspberries can be grown at relatively cool temperatures without the need for supplemental light. And because they are fresher than berries flown in from the Southern Hemisphere, the quality is superior, which means that people are willing to pay enough to make their production worthwhile.
Other crops that are being commercially grown in greenhouses include muskmelons, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, and various kinds of herbs.
Growing mushrooms is another niche market for farmers. As the market for mushrooms continues to grow, more and more farmers see their cultivation as an opportunity to add another source of revenue. Since organic wastes can be used as a growing medium, this is also a way to get some value out of such waste materials. Mushroom farming is one of the best examples of thinking outside the box because the needs of mushrooms are quite a bit different than those of more traditional crops. For example, unlike green crops, they don’t use photosynthesis, so sunlight is unnecessary. This means that a mushroom farm may not look like a farm at all. The biggest grower of mushrooms in the United States is located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Rather than plow open fields on this 220-acre farm, the cash crop is grown in chilly dark buildings. Inside these buildings, portabella, shiitake, enoki, maitake, and other fancy fungi sprout in sterile bottles, on homemade sawdust logs, and in wooden compost beds. Even compared to other mushroom farms, this farm is an example of the kind of thinking needed by the non-traditional farmer. It’s a second-generation farm owned by Don and Marshall Phillips. From the start, Phillips Mushroom Farms was unconventional. When their father, William Phillips, started growing white button mushrooms in 1927, they were considered a wintertime-only crop. In 1939, he decided that with some big blocks of ice and a few fans, he could grow them in the muggy summer. In 1979, his sons followed his adventurous example, becoming the first U.S. commercial shiitake growers. Six years later, they began to grow portabellas. They now produce 35 million pounds of various kinds of mushrooms every year.
According to some experts, there are thousands of niche markets available to farmers. These range from commercial elk and alligator farms to heirloom fruit and vanilla orchid growers. There are many factors pushing the development of these markets, including the rising transportation costs for importing crops and a growing demand by consumers for locally grown and organic products. The result is that growers are increasingly venturing into these markets. Many of these farmers are just trying to save the family farm. Others are looking for a lifestyle change, such as the many third and fourth generation tobacco farmers who have switched to other crops because of health and environmental concerns.
What they all have in common is the imagination and willingness to look at things in a new way, to think outside the box, coupled with the courage, dedication, and intelligence needed to try something new and make it work.
By Buzzle Staff and Agencies
Farming is one of the oldest, and one of the most thankless, occupations. In recent years the plight of farmers has frequently been in the news. How often have we read about farmers plowing their crops under or even losing a farm that has been in their family for generations because of changes in the market or bad weather? With the uncertainties and hardships faced by today’s farmer, it’s amazing that there are any farmers left. This is sad when you consider that farming is, and has always been, one of the most important occupations in the world. In a pinch, we could do without most other occupations; some we would hardly miss. But without someone to grow the food that we eat on a daily basis, we would quickly be in trouble.
Some farmers are finding new and innovative ways to make ends meet, thinking out of the box, so to speak. One way of doing this is the production of crops that are traditionally unavailable locally, or at least unavailable in the winter. For example, some farmers in the southeastern Unites States reasoned that no one would be able to turn down a fresh strawberry in the middle of winter. They were right. Using greenhouses and various growing systems, several farmers in North Carolina are now successfully growing and selling strawberries in the winter. In the same way, farmers in New York are growing raspberries in greenhouses during the winter. Compared to crops like tomatoes or cucumbers, raspberries can be grown at relatively cool temperatures without the need for supplemental light. And because they are fresher than berries flown in from the Southern Hemisphere, the quality is superior, which means that people are willing to pay enough to make their production worthwhile.
Other crops that are being commercially grown in greenhouses include muskmelons, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, and various kinds of herbs.
Growing mushrooms is another niche market for farmers. As the market for mushrooms continues to grow, more and more farmers see their cultivation as an opportunity to add another source of revenue. Since organic wastes can be used as a growing medium, this is also a way to get some value out of such waste materials. Mushroom farming is one of the best examples of thinking outside the box because the needs of mushrooms are quite a bit different than those of more traditional crops. For example, unlike green crops, they don’t use photosynthesis, so sunlight is unnecessary. This means that a mushroom farm may not look like a farm at all. The biggest grower of mushrooms in the United States is located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Rather than plow open fields on this 220-acre farm, the cash crop is grown in chilly dark buildings. Inside these buildings, portabella, shiitake, enoki, maitake, and other fancy fungi sprout in sterile bottles, on homemade sawdust logs, and in wooden compost beds. Even compared to other mushroom farms, this farm is an example of the kind of thinking needed by the non-traditional farmer. It’s a second-generation farm owned by Don and Marshall Phillips. From the start, Phillips Mushroom Farms was unconventional. When their father, William Phillips, started growing white button mushrooms in 1927, they were considered a wintertime-only crop. In 1939, he decided that with some big blocks of ice and a few fans, he could grow them in the muggy summer. In 1979, his sons followed his adventurous example, becoming the first U.S. commercial shiitake growers. Six years later, they began to grow portabellas. They now produce 35 million pounds of various kinds of mushrooms every year.
According to some experts, there are thousands of niche markets available to farmers. These range from commercial elk and alligator farms to heirloom fruit and vanilla orchid growers. There are many factors pushing the development of these markets, including the rising transportation costs for importing crops and a growing demand by consumers for locally grown and organic products. The result is that growers are increasingly venturing into these markets. Many of these farmers are just trying to save the family farm. Others are looking for a lifestyle change, such as the many third and fourth generation tobacco farmers who have switched to other crops because of health and environmental concerns.
What they all have in common is the imagination and willingness to look at things in a new way, to think outside the box, coupled with the courage, dedication, and intelligence needed to try something new and make it work.
By Buzzle Staff and Agencies
Hybrid Paddy - A Second Indian Green Revolution on the Anvil
After the green revolution in Indian agricultural scenario in the 1960s, one technology that seeks to bring another similar revolution at the present times is the hybrid paddy. Backed by government policies and farmers acceptance, hybrid paddy is posed to be the technology that will help to feed the unfed.
Good monsoon and the consequent record foodgrain output have brought cheers to the policy planners in the Krishi Bhavan. The euphoria may not last long considering the foodgrain requirement of 230-240 million tonnes when the population is now exceeding the billion mark.
Production and productivity of most foodgrains crops has increased substantially since the famous 'Green Revolution' more aptly dwarf 'Wheat Revolution' of the sixties followed by the development, production and marketing of superior high yielding varieties of Paddy and hybrids of coarse cereals like Maize, Sorghum and Millet. While the Public Sector Seed Companies largely supplied the quality seeds of Wheat and Paddy, Private Sector Seed Industry did most of the work in coarse cereals.
With the production and productivity reaching a plateau in improved varieties of Wheat and Paddy, the country is yearning for another 'Green Revolution' and Hybrid Rice promises to be just that. The work of Prof. Yuan Longping of Peoples Republic of China, considered father of 'Hybrid Rice', has resulted in the successful development and commercialization of Hybrid Rice some twenty years ago. India, with 41 mha under Paddy cultivation is key player in Rice production in Asia, has also identified the possible heterosis - or Hybrid vigour which can contribute 15-25% yield increase over the currently available improved varieties of Paddy.
Hybrid varieties yield an average of 6.6 tons per hectare compared to 5 tons per hectare in case of varieties. Rice grown in China is more of 'japonica' type that becomes sticky upon cooking. Such rice is not accepted in India and hence adaptation to suit local conditions is one of the research imperatives. Very few companies in India have been successful in bringing out suitable hybrid rice that suits local conditions and tastes. Rice production in India was self sufficient in 60's, Productive in 70's, profitable in 80's and highly competitive at present.
According to an estimate, for sustaining self-sufficiency, India must increase food production by at least 5 million tons and rice by 2 million tons every year. India is the second country next only to China to commercialize Hybrid rice. In India the labor to land ratio is high and also there is higher proportion of land in irrigated track. This offers better optimum opportunities to take advantage of hybrid rice technology .In India the first rice hybrid was released in 1994. It was first introduced in the Southern states of India and was quite well accepted.
Subsequently it was slowly extended to the Eastern parts of India. Progress to date indicates that the major private companies have produced sufficient seeds to plant 1,50,000 hectares.The National Food Security Mission, the GoI also estimated that by 2011-12, acreage under Hybrid Rice may touch 3 million ha. One can clearly estimate the immense impact it will have on the total foodgrain production of the country.
Good monsoon and the consequent record foodgrain output have brought cheers to the policy planners in the Krishi Bhavan. The euphoria may not last long considering the foodgrain requirement of 230-240 million tonnes when the population is now exceeding the billion mark.
Production and productivity of most foodgrains crops has increased substantially since the famous 'Green Revolution' more aptly dwarf 'Wheat Revolution' of the sixties followed by the development, production and marketing of superior high yielding varieties of Paddy and hybrids of coarse cereals like Maize, Sorghum and Millet. While the Public Sector Seed Companies largely supplied the quality seeds of Wheat and Paddy, Private Sector Seed Industry did most of the work in coarse cereals.
With the production and productivity reaching a plateau in improved varieties of Wheat and Paddy, the country is yearning for another 'Green Revolution' and Hybrid Rice promises to be just that. The work of Prof. Yuan Longping of Peoples Republic of China, considered father of 'Hybrid Rice', has resulted in the successful development and commercialization of Hybrid Rice some twenty years ago. India, with 41 mha under Paddy cultivation is key player in Rice production in Asia, has also identified the possible heterosis - or Hybrid vigour which can contribute 15-25% yield increase over the currently available improved varieties of Paddy.
Hybrid varieties yield an average of 6.6 tons per hectare compared to 5 tons per hectare in case of varieties. Rice grown in China is more of 'japonica' type that becomes sticky upon cooking. Such rice is not accepted in India and hence adaptation to suit local conditions is one of the research imperatives. Very few companies in India have been successful in bringing out suitable hybrid rice that suits local conditions and tastes. Rice production in India was self sufficient in 60's, Productive in 70's, profitable in 80's and highly competitive at present.
According to an estimate, for sustaining self-sufficiency, India must increase food production by at least 5 million tons and rice by 2 million tons every year. India is the second country next only to China to commercialize Hybrid rice. In India the labor to land ratio is high and also there is higher proportion of land in irrigated track. This offers better optimum opportunities to take advantage of hybrid rice technology .In India the first rice hybrid was released in 1994. It was first introduced in the Southern states of India and was quite well accepted.
Subsequently it was slowly extended to the Eastern parts of India. Progress to date indicates that the major private companies have produced sufficient seeds to plant 1,50,000 hectares.The National Food Security Mission, the GoI also estimated that by 2011-12, acreage under Hybrid Rice may touch 3 million ha. One can clearly estimate the immense impact it will have on the total foodgrain production of the country.
Gift a Tree - Turn Green
Gift a Tree is a unique idea for not only showing your concern for depleting and degrading environmental conditions but also taking your own small step towards doing something.
We all celebrate special occasions - birthdays, anniversaries, new born babies and of course some very personal days and memories like meeting your love first time, first kiss, first hug, first crush, my ideal love and so many; some very special moments in our life - seeing your baby first time, his first walk, feeling of your new home, car etc. And we also want to relive and relish those moments all our life; we want to remember our loved ones, pay tribute to and keep their memories alive with us; we want to show gratitude and respect for someone's courage and contribution to our society - what a way to Gift a Tree and see it grow with you.
Not only the tree grows, grow with it - your relationship, your commitment, your special moments become more special with time. We pass on these sacrifices made, contributions of our courageous people to our next generation. We keep them alive with us.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Announcement from eFarm: Workshops on Agri Business Opportunities
Workshops on Agri Business Opportunities
. Are you interested in starting an organic farm?
· Do you own a farm, but need assistance in marketing your produce?
· Do you run an agri based business, but have challenges in sourcing?
· Are you in-charge of farm produce purchases and need to learn how to manage your procurement process?
· Are you an entrepreneur interested to learn opportunities in agri sector?
· Do you belong to an NGO/ SHG and looking for profitable self employment opportunities for women or differently abled?
· Are you a student of agri supply chain management and want learning the basics?
Now you can learn from the experts.
eFarm, an innovative young startup working on agri supply chain domain , is now conducting regular sessions , to share and guide people to be more successful in any agri based ventures. The workshops would be a combination of lecture-demonstrations, audio visual clips, knowledge sharing and interactions with experts in the field .
It would cover various topics relevant to entire chain from cultivation to consumption, in very simple steps, and would appeal from absolute beginners to industry professionals.
For further Details : http://www.efarm.in/workshop.htm
Online Registration : http://www.efarm.in/register.htm
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Agri Jobs
Urgent recruitment: Leading Chemical Company
Post: Territory Sales In charge
Qualification: B.Sc (Agri) or M.Sc (Agri)
Cell No.:+91-9762572789/9028208088/0998026400
E-Mail: contact@connectagri.com
Post: Territory Sales In charge
Qualification: B.Sc (Agri) or M.Sc (Agri)
Cell No.:+91-9762572789/9028208088/
E-Mail: contact@connectagri.com
Thursday, February 3, 2011
China Crop Protection Summit (CCPS) 2011
China Crop Protection Summit (CCPS) 2011 will be held on March 18th to 19th in 2011 at Ramada Plaza Gateway, Shanghai, China. Organized by CCM International Ltd., the summit combines half a day pre-conference workshops and one and a half days conference. More than 15 hot topics in China and worldwide will be presented and discussed. It is the right time to grasp the latest market information, technology innovation and governmental policies on crop protection industry. It is also an ideal platform for foreign agricultural and agrichemical enterprises to build business network with key industrial leaders.
Last year, CCM has successfully invited lots of speakers and guests from relevant associations, companies who share valuable experience and insight about crop protection industry. For example, some of our distinguished oversea guests came from Syngenta, Monsanto, Sinochem, GfK Kynetec and so on. 16 topics have been listed on the conference agenda. CCM has received a lot of good feedbacks on each aspect of the summit. A survey from our guests revealed that none of them showed dissatisfaction with the summit in 2010.
CCPS 2011 covers most of the current hot topics related to crop protection industry. Topics are grouped into different sections concerning sub-industries of crop protection industry, China’s agrochemical marketing and strategies, global crop protection industry and China’s seed industry.
To be specific, highlighted topics include M&A in China’s pesticide industry, fluoric pesticide intermediate, innovative insecticides, seed and seed treatment, GM crops, paraquat, etc. Currently, partial confirmed speakers include Dr. Robert John Bryant, Director, Agranova; Dr Bin Li, Director of Shenyang Research Institute of Chemical Industry, Sinochem, China; Wu Qi, Marketing Dept. Manager, Red Sun Group Corporation, etc.
CCM has invited Roman Macaya, Ph.D. President, AgroCare, as the chairman for CCPS 2011. Roman Macaya is a scientist and businessman, who has served as President of Costa Rica’s National Chamber of Generic Products, and President of ALINA, the Latin American Association of National Agrochemical Industries. Dr. Macaya currently serves as President of AgroCare, the global Association of manufacturers of generic crop protection products based in Brussels, Belgium.
Robert John Bryant, another famous speaker invited by CCM, is a fine chemical consultant with solid academic, industrial and consulting achievements. He specializes in business development, marketing studies and techno-economic assessment projects for the global fine chemical industry. He is also an author and publisher of specialist publications on the international crop protection and pharmaceutical fine chemical industries.
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CCM is dedicated to market research in China, Asia-Pacific Rim and global market. With a staff of more than 150 dedicated highly-educated professionals. CCM offers Market Data, Analysis, Reports, Newsletters, Buyer-Trader Information, Import/Export Analysis all through its new proprietary product ValoTracer.
Please visit http://www.cnchemicals.com for more information or contact econtact@cnchemicals.com
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17th Floor, Huihua Commercial & Trade Mansion No, 80 Xianlie Zhong Road, Guangzhou 510070, China
Sunday, January 30, 2011
ost of AGM (GENERAL) IN FCI
there is a post of AGM (GENERAL) IN FCI
IF U WANT TO FILL THE FORMS OF AGM (GENERAL)
PLEASE VISIT THE SITE www.specialtest. in/fci/
AND THE IS SOME POST OF MANAGEMENT TRAINEE
ALSO . PLEASE VISIT THE SAME SITE.
IF U WANT TO FILL THE FORMS OF AGM (GENERAL)
PLEASE VISIT THE SITE www.specialtest. in/fci/
AND THE IS SOME POST OF MANAGEMENT TRAINEE
ALSO . PLEASE VISIT THE SAME SITE.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Need fertilizers-Urgently
Dear All,
We have been implementing agriculture intervention (System of wheat
Intensification) with SHGs members under the project of Bihar Govt. & World
Bank. In wheat season we need following quantities of Fertilizers in bulk:
1. Urea -3317 Quintals
2. DAP- 1791 Quintals
3. MoP- 1791 Quintals
We need quotation from the supplier for the above mentioned quantities who can
supply urgently at Blocks level (Dist.-Purnea, Bihar). Please contact me ASAP
for the detail information.
My contact no-9771479277
E.Mail ID- vivekanand_bpm@ brlp.in
Note: Above mention quantities are for the few blocks if the deal would be best
then other blocks could also raise the demand for the same.
Thanks & Regards,
Vivekanand Oraon
Block Project Manger
JEEViKA(BRLPS- World Bank Project)
E.Mail:vivekanand_bpm@ brlp.in
+91-9771479277
Website-www. brlp.in
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Soil Testing Kit
Soil Testing Kit is a Compact, Mobile, User Friendly and Fastest way to analyze your soil yourself. Soil Testing Kit is developed for extension purpose. The results can be used advantageously for soil fertility evaluation and fertilizer recommendation.
The whole idea of Soil Testing is based on the efficient use of fertilizer and adopting better farming practices. Since the efficient use of fertilizers is directly related to the knowledge about what nutrients, the soil lacks.
The Soil Testing Kit analyzes the following parameters.
1. Soil pH
2. Organic Carbon
3. Nitrate Nitrogen
4. Ammonical Nitrogen
5. Phosphorous
6. Potassium
7. Calcium
8. Magnesium
9. Sulphur
Our Soil Testing Kit is evaluated by Indian Institute of Soil Science (IISS), Bhopal, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand, Assam Agricultural University, Johrat, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwadiyalaya (JNKV), Indore and SGS India Private Limited., Mumbai
We are supplying Soil Testing Kits to the various states Department of Agriculture, ICAR Institutes, KVKs, NGOs, Individual Farmers and Corporates.
A Soil Testing Kit can test 100 samples i.e. 900 individual test for 9 parameters. Our other products.
We are also taking turnkey projects to establish soil and water testing laboratory and Mobile Van Soil Testing Laboratory.
Our other products:
1. Water Testing Kit for Irrigation
2. Water Testing Kit for Drinking water
3. Water Testing Kit for Fisheries
4. Transgreen Foliar Spray (For all crops)
The whole idea of Soil Testing is based on the efficient use of fertilizer and adopting better farming practices. Since the efficient use of fertilizers is directly related to the knowledge about what nutrients, the soil lacks.
The Soil Testing Kit analyzes the following parameters.
1. Soil pH
2. Organic Carbon
3. Nitrate Nitrogen
4. Ammonical Nitrogen
5. Phosphorous
6. Potassium
7. Calcium
8. Magnesium
9. Sulphur
Our Soil Testing Kit is evaluated by Indian Institute of Soil Science (IISS), Bhopal, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand, Assam Agricultural University, Johrat, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwadiyalaya (JNKV), Indore and SGS India Private Limited., Mumbai
We are supplying Soil Testing Kits to the various states Department of Agriculture, ICAR Institutes, KVKs, NGOs, Individual Farmers and Corporates.
A Soil Testing Kit can test 100 samples i.e. 900 individual test for 9 parameters. Our other products.
We are also taking turnkey projects to establish soil and water testing laboratory and Mobile Van Soil Testing Laboratory.
Our other products:
1. Water Testing Kit for Irrigation
2. Water Testing Kit for Drinking water
3. Water Testing Kit for Fisheries
4. Transgreen Foliar Spray (For all crops)
__________________
Regards,
Mukesh Parmar
Transchem Agritech Ltd
3rd Floor, Marble Arch,Race Course,
Vadodara-07.Gujarat
+91-9426023703
mukesh.parmar@transchem.in
Regards,
Mukesh Parmar
Transchem Agritech Ltd
3rd Floor, Marble Arch,Race Course,
Vadodara-07.Gujarat
+91-9426023703
mukesh.parmar@transchem.in
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