'Provide equipment to tackle stubble residue'
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Kadian) has asked the Punjab government to either provide financial compensation or machinery to the farmers as per directions of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to mix crop
Agricultural Systems
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Africa Agriculture Status Report 2017
<p>Africa's food market may be worth more than US$1 trillion each year by 2030, according to this latest report on the state of agriculture in Africa.</p>
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Water pollution from agriculture: a global review- executive summary
<p>This executive summary of the FAO report, briefly reviews the “unsustainable trajectory followed by agri-food systems” and draws attention to “hotspots where crop production, livestock and aquaculture may be the key contributors to the degradation of water quality.”</p>
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Beyond “more crop per drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity
This research report chronicles the evolution of thinking on water productivity in the research agenda of IWMI and in the broader irrigation literature over the past 20 years. It describes the origins
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The future of food and agriculture: trends and challenges
The purpose of this report is to increase understanding of the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and will face into the 21st century. Its analysis of 15 global trends
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The State/UT Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development & Regulation) Act, 2016
An Act to provide for geographically restriction-free trade transaction of agricultural produce across the State/Union Territory (UT) and country; to give freedom to the agriculturist to see their produce
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Samba drums up opposition to factory farming
A musical protest at the Rio carnival will stress the damaging impacts of factory farming on indigenous people and on global warming. Concern about the environmental impact of industrialised farming through
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Australian farmers look to employ tech-savvy grads
SYDNEY - Parts of Australia's farming industry are rushing to recruit a new generation of tech-savvy graduates as the sector swaps its bucolic past for a future of drones, robots and automated sensors.
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Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in sustainable food systems: summary
This executive summary is the starting point for identifying indicators for the Agrobiodiversity Index which will aim to help policymakers and the private sector to assess dimensions of agrobiodiversity
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Integrated systems research for sustainable smallholder agriculture in the Central Mekong: achievements and challenges of implementing integrated systems research
This book summarizes the achievements as well as some of the challenges faced while implementing integrated systems research to support the sustainable development of smallholder farming in the uplands