A Bengaluru-based farm robotics start-up, Green Robot Machinery Pvt Ltd (GRoboMac), plans to pilot its battery-operated cotton picking robot called ‘Pragati’ in Tamil Nadu for harvesting the summer crop in June-July. Manohar Sambandam, the founding partner and CEO of Green Robot Machinery...
Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) will prepare farming for the future where the modern technology will be leveraged through whuch the pesticides and fertilizers would be ‘air-dropped. PJTSAU, which has already been dealing with preparing farmer...
Despite its small size and population in comparison to other States and UTs, Pondicherry leads the way in major fertilizer consumption (in kg/hectare) from 2015-16 to 2019-20, followed by Telangana and Punjab. Surprisingly, Bihar is co – equal with Haryana in terms of fertilizer use...
The government has approved preliminary approval to 422 ethanol projects, which could increase annual production capacity by 1,675 crore liters. These ventures, which are expected to cost ₹ 41,000 crore in total expenditure, will be given soft loans on more favourable terms by banks. This...
‘Farmers should be trained on marketing and cropping patterns.’ The increased extent of cultivation and sharp increase in production of a few major crops as a result of the State government’s supportive steps has brought both joy and fear, as marketing of such a larger...
