Good News for Farmers: Increase in Minimum Support Price of 14 Kharif Crops

02/06/2020Posted on
Good News for Farmers Increase in Minimum Support Price of 14 Kharif Crops

In the midst of the Corona crisis, there is great news for farmers. The good news comes from a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Modi yesterday. In this meeting, the minimum support price for 14 crops of Kharif season has been fixed, which has been increased as compared to last year.

The cabinet has fixed MSP of Paddy at Rs 1868, Jowar at Rs 2620, Millet at Rs 2150 per quintal. Besides, MSP of Maize has been fixed at Rs 1850, Peanut Rs 5275, Sunflower Rs 5885, Soybean at Rs 3880 and Cotton’s medium fiber yield at Rs 5515 and long fiber yield at Rs 5825 per quintal.

Significantly, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), in its report presented before the Union Cabinet recently, recommended raising the support price of 17 kharif crops. Now the Union Cabinet has increased the minimum support price for 14 crops of the Kharif season keeping these recommendations of the CACP.

Source: Zee Business

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Nisarg storm will hit Mumbai: heavy rain will occur in Gujarat, Rajasthan, MP

02/06/2020Posted on
Nisarg storm will hit Mumbai heavy rain will occur in Gujarat, Rajasthan, MP

Just a few days ago, the Amfan cyclone caused a lot of havoc in the Bay of Bengal and now due to a low pressure area over the Arabian Sea, a cyclone named Nisarg is about to start. The cyclone will hit the coasts of Gujarat and Maharashtra at a speed of around 100 kmph passing through the western coasts.

In the 100-year history of cyclonic storms, it has never been seen that a cyclonic storm that develops in the Arabian Sea is formed in June and has hit the shores of Maharashtra. This means that this will be the first cyclone of its kind in a century that is going to hit Mumbai after developing in the Arabian Sea.

The storm will hit Mumbai on June 3 and its impact can be seen in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh. Due to this storm, between June 3 and June 5, these areas can get good रेंस.

Source: jagran

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Seed treatment will be beneficial in paddy cultivation, know the method of treatment

02/06/2020Posted on
Seed treatment will be beneficial in paddy cultivation, know the method of treatment
  • Fungal and bactericidal pesticides in Paddy control the fungal and bacterial diseases spread by seeds.
  • To prevent the disease, 1 kg seeds should be treat with 3 gm Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 64% or 3 gm Carboxin 37.5% + Thiram 37.5% DS or 3 ml Thiophanate methyl 45% + Pyraclostrobin 5% FS.
  • After that spread the seeds in a flat shady place and cover them with soaked jute sacks. Spray water over the sacks so that moisture remains. The seed will sprout after 24 hours
  • Then sowing sprouted seeds evenly. Make sure that the seeds are sown in the evening because high temperature increases the chances of destroying germination.
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What is Mycorrhiza and its importance in Chilli

01/06/2020Posted on
Mycorrhiza effect on chilli plant
  • Mycorrhiza is an organic fertilizer that maintains a connection between fungi and plant roots. In this type of relationship, the fungus becomes dependent on the root of the plants and becomes an important component of soil-life.
  • The use of mycorrhiza leads to better growth of roots.
  • Mycorrhiza helps in the availability of phosphorus and other micronutrients from the soil for the plants.
  • Mycorrhiza increases phosphorus availability from the soil by 60–80%.
  • Mycorrhiza increases tolerance of the plant to drought by increasing the rate of water absorption by plants. Due to which it helps to keep the plants green.
  • Hence, it plays an important role in increasing crop yield.
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Free vaccination to protect Cow Descent animals from infectious diseases

01/06/2020Posted on
Free vaccination to protect Cow Descent animals from infectious diseases

Rainfall is coming and you will be aware that during the rainy season there is a fear of spreading many types of infectious diseases. Especially cattle and buffalo descendants are more prone to infectious diseases like Foot and Mouth and Brucella Disease. To prevent this, the central government is now starting a vaccination scheme, which can prevent the disease before it starts.

Under this scheme, all cow and buffalo descendants are to be vaccinated in different states of the country. The Madhya Pradesh government is also going to start vaccination before the onset of rain and about 290 lakh cows and buffalo descendants will be vaccinated here.

A provision of Rs 13 thousand 300 crore has been made for this scheme by the Government of India. Vaccination will be done twice a year under this scheme.

Source: Kisan Samadhan

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Measures to prevent bacterial leaf spot disease in chilli crop

01/06/2020Posted on
bacterial leaf spot in chilli
  • The field should be free from old crop residues and weeds.
  • Streptomycin sulfate 90% + tetracycline hydrochloride 10% W / W @ 24 gm / acre or
  • Kasugamycin 3% SL @ 300 ml / acre or
  • Spray kasugamycin 5% + copper oxychloride 45% WP @ 250 gm / acre in 200 liters of water.
  • For this disease by biological means, spray 500 grams Pseudomonas fluorescens and 500 ml Bacillus subtilis in 200 liters of water per acre.
  • Streptomycin should not be sprayed after fruit formation.
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