What is Integrated Plant management

What is Integrated Plant management
  • Integrated plant management means managing plants properly without harming them.
  • Under integrated plant management, care is taken to ensure that there is no harm to the insects, which is beneficial for the crop by the use of any chemical.
  • Select pest resistant and disease resistant varieties for sowing. 
  • Sow the crop by adopting the crop cycle, avoid sowing the crops of the same family   in the same field.
  • Sow the field by plowing the field properly and with seed treatment and soil treatment.
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Increase milk production with the help of silage in dairy farming

Increase milk production with the help of silage in dairy farming
  • Milk producers need good quality  green fodder throughout the year to produce good quality milk.
  • If milk producers cultivate green maize for green fodder, then these animals  get fodder for only 10 to 30 days.
  • But if milk producers use silage, then animals get green fodder throughout the year.
  • Using silage reduces labor costs for the farmer
  • Crops such as maize, oats, millet, lucerne are perfect for silage making.
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Madhya Pradesh Government is giving irrigation equipment on subsidy, apply soon

Madhya Pradesh government is giving subsidy to farmers for purchase of irrigation equipment. This subsidy is being given to the farmers of Madhya Pradesh under the National Food Security Mission Scheme. Currently, applications are being sought from farmers for the purchase of irrigation equipment under this scheme. These subsidies will be available on such sprinkler sets, pipeline sets, electric pumps, mobile rangans.

Applications were sought for subsidy under the National Food Security Mission Scheme in Katni, Balaghat, Chhindwara, Seoni, Dindori, Mandla, Narsinghpur, Damoh, Panna, Rewa, Singrauli, Satna, Umaria, Anuppur, Raisen, Hoshangabad and Betul districts.

Along with this, farmers of Katni, Seoni, Sagar, Panna, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Rewa, Sidhi, Satna, Khandwa, Shivpuri, Guna, Ashoknagar, Raisen, Vidisha and Rajgarh can apply under the National Food Security Mission Wheat Scheme.

The last date to apply for this scheme is 27 January 2021. Farmers can apply for this scheme by visiting the e-Krishi Yantra Grant Portal. For more information visit https://dbt.mpdage.org/Agri_Index.aspx .

Source: Krishi Jagran

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Photo contest started again on Gramophone app, you can win many attractive prizes

Gramophone Krishi Mitra app

The ‘Mera Gaon Mera Abhiman’ photo contest is starting from 22 January on the Gramophone Krishi Mitra app, in which you can win many attractive prizes by participating.

Any farmer can participate in this photo contest. To participate in this, you will have to post a beautiful picture of your village in the community section of the Gramophone app and get likes from the farmers around you on that photo.

Winners will be selected based on the number of likes on the photo you posted. This means that the person posting the photo that has the most likes will be the winner.

The contest will run for 10 days and during these ten days every two days a contestant who gets the most likes (must have at least ten likes) on their photo will be the winner. With this, the top farmers will get bumper prizes at the end of this ten-day competition.

*Terms & Conditions Apply

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Weather is likely to remain dry in central India, know weather forecast

Weather Forecast

The weather is expected to remain dry in the coming days in all the states of Central India, while the rainy season over Northeast India over Assam, Arunachal, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Nagaland will remain for the next 24 hours. During this period, there will be rain in some places in Tamil Nadu. The weather will be cloudy in North India from January 22.

Video Source: Skymet Weather

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Know what is the identity of Mewati cow

Know what is the identity of Mewati cow
  • Many types of cows are found in India,
  • One of such breeds is Mewati Cow, which is found in the Mewat region.
  • This breed is found in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, Mathura in western Uttar Pradesh and Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana.
  • The neck of Mewati breed animals is normal white.
  • Its face is long and thin. Eyes are bulging and black in color, the upper lip is thick and hanging, the upper part of the nose appears to be shrunken.
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10500 food processing plants to be opened in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has said that food processing plants will be set up in the state at a cost of Rs 500 crore under ‘Aatm Nirbhar Madhya Pradesh’. In this regard, instructions have been given to the officials from the state government.

Minister of State Kushwaha has said on this subject that “10 thousand 500 new food processing plants will be set up in the state in the next 4 years, which has recently been approved by the Cabinet. An amount of Rs 500 crore has been approved for setting up these plants.”

Source: Krishi Jagran

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Weather will change from January 22, know the weather forecast for your area

Weather Forecast

While the weather of Central India will remain stable in the coming days, an active western disturbance will soon be knocked near the hill states of North India. Due to this effect, there is a possibility of rain and snowfall in many places in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Uttarakhand from 23 January to 25 January. Rain and hailstorm may occur at some places in Punjab, Haryana as well. Meanwhile, light to moderate rains will continue over the northeastern states and Tamil Nadu during the next 48 hours.

Video Source: Skymet Weather

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Solar water pump will benefit farmers, agricultural costs will come down

Solar water pump will benefit farmers, agricultural costs will come down
  • Due to the rising prices of diesel and electricity, the expenditure on the use of water pumps by farmers through these means is very high. That is why farmers can use solar powered pumps as their alternative.
  • In the solar water pump system, electricity is received either through one or several photovoltaic (PV) panels.
  • This solar powered pumping system consists of a solar panel. This solar panel provides energy to an electric motor. This motor powers the pump.
  • The maintenance cost of these pumps is also very low and can also be used for a long time.
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