Order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the matter of Bhisham Kinger Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 13/05/2025. The matter is related to deteriorating medical infrastructure in Punjab, especially Malerkotla district. An affidavit filed before the court showed that certain vacancies of doctors at Malerkotla have …
Agricultural mechanization in Africa south of the Sahara — especially for small farms and businesses — requires a new paradigm to meet the needs of the continent’s evolving farming systems. Can Asia, with its recent success in adopting mechanization, offer a model for Africa? An Evolving Paradigm of Agricultural Mechanization …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on loans for purchase of various agricultural equipments, 03/03/2020. The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme was introduced in 1998 for issue of KCC to farmers. The scheme aims at providing adequate and timely credit support from the banking system under a single window with flexible …
African farm systems remain the least mechanized of all continents. There were substantial state-led efforts to promote agricultural mechanization during the 1960s and 1970s, but these efforts failed, which led to a subsequent neglect of mechanization, both in practice and in academia. In practice, this situation has changed more recently …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/11/2019 regarding air pollution in Delhi aggravated by stubble burning. The SC directed that the small and marginal farmers who have not burnt the stubble in the states of …
This paper examines the state, drivers and, consequently, the impacts of agricultural mechanization in eleven countries in Africa. Using representative multistage stratified household survey data and robust analytical approaches, findings show light hand-held tools and equipment remain the main type of machinery in most countries – about 48% of the …
A parliamentary panel has pulled up the government for not taking steps to lower the prices of power tillers and check cartels in the agri-machinery sector. Most farmers in the country are small and marginal, who could hardly afford costly agri-equipment and machineries. In this scenario, power tillers with flexibility, …
Wastage of chemical inputs and environmental degradation have been a serious issues with conventional methods of pesticide application in agricultural and horticultural engenderment, resulting in fruit poisoning. A tractor-operated low-cost, ultrasonic sensor predicated selective pesticide sprayer was developed and tested for efficient spraying on the plant canopy and to abstain …
This study provides an overview on the patterns and dynamics of mechanization in African agriculture over the 10 year period (2005-2014). Farm level and value chain related mechanization are considered. This study looks in to pattern of agricultural mechanization along the entire value chain (production, post-harvest, processing, transport and storage) …
After many years of neglect, there is a renewed interest in agricultural mechanization in Africa. Since government initiatives to promote mechanization, e.g., by importing and subsidizing tractors, are confronted with major governance challenges, private-sector initiatives offer a promising alternative. This paper analyzes an initiative of the agricultural machinery manufacturer John …
The Peoples Republic of China has said it will lend Nigeria $4.5 billion to boost local agriculture. The loan is to enable Nigeria purchase farming tools including tractors, bulldozers, graders, irrigation pumps, amongst others. Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria’s minister of Agriculture, and Abdulaziz Yari, Zamfara State Governor, made the disclosure while …
Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) 2017, the third report in the EBA series, offers insights into how laws and regulations affect private sector development for agribusinesses, including producer organizations and other agricultural entrepreneurs. Globally comparable data and scored indicators encourage regulations that ensure safety and quality of agricultural inputs, …
Feeding the burgeoning world population will require significant improvements in agricultural productivity, above all in Africa, and mechanization and appropriate mechanization strategies have a large role to play, according to a report from FAO. The opportunity must be guided in a way that meets smallholder farmers' needs and that does …
Muscat: Oman has been ranked second in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for food security, availability and quality on Global Food Security Index 2016. According to the report, which was published for June 2016 by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Oman is one of the newest additions to the report, where …
Government is working on a project to support the Agricultural Rural Development Authority, prisons, universities and other institutions that own farmland, with machinery and equipment to boost agricultural production and enhance food security. In an interview at the China-aid agricultural technology demonstration centre machinery show and field day at Gwebi …
This report provides National and State/UT level broad features pertaining to income from and expenditure for various economic activities performed by the agricultural households, including farm and non-farm business and wage/salaried employment and the expenditure incurred on productive assets during the agricultural year July 2012 - June 2013. The report …
Visakhapatnam: Nearly two lakh farmers across 13 districts in the state will be provided energy efficient agricultural pumpsets free of cost in fiscal 2016-17. There are nearly 15 lakh agriculture workers including 2.5 lakh under Vizag-based Eastern Power Distribution Company of AP Limited (APEPDCL) and 12.5 lakh under Tirupati-based Southern …
Climate-resilient technologies will be demonstrated at a two-day agricultural technology meet to be held at the Rice Research Station at Mancompu from September 17. The programme is being organised by Kayamkulam-based Krishi Vignan Kendra of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. The kendra has been engaged in efforts to improve …
The government is preparing to deploy orbiting satellites to digitally map each farmland in the country , data from which will be used to provide tailor-made crop insurance cover to farmers. A senior government official told ET that a proposal in this regard is being discussed with the insurance regulator, …
Akay Flavours & Aromatics, one of the leading Indian spice producers will receive Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance of $16.5 million to expand its business, invest in climate-resilient farming technologies, and open up income opportunities for thousands of poor farmers in India and Cambodia (Link: http://adb.org/news/cambodia/adb-investment-spice-industry-support-jobs-climate-resilient-farming-0) Akay (Link: http://www.akay-group.com/Default.aspx) produces …
THE nation’s drive towards enhancing full mechanisation of its agricultural sector may have received a boost as President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday, directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to provide N50 billion support fund for the provision agricultural equipment across the country. The President, who gave the directive during …
