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Crop Insurance Scheme: apply with the necessary documents, to compensate for crop loss

26/04/2020 Monday November 23rd, 2020

Due to natural calamities like unseasonal rains, hailstorms, droughts, etc crops of farmers are often affected. To avoid this, the Central Government had launched the Pradhan Mantri Crop Insurance Scheme. With this scheme, farmers can compensate for their crop losses. This scheme started in the year 2016, so far millions of farmers of the country have benefited.

How to apply?
You can apply for this through the bank and also online. To apply online, go to the link https://pmfby.gov.in/ and fill the form. For this application, a photo and identification card such as PAN card, driving license, voter ID card, or Aadhaar card is required. Apart from this, a document is also required for address proof, for which the farmer has to show the documents related to farming and the Khasra number. For the truth of the crop that has been sown, a letter of pradhan, patwari, or sarpanch has to be given. A cancellation check has to be given so that the claim amount comes directly into the account.

Source: Nai Dunia

How to treat when the animals have Afra

26/04/2020 Sunday April 26th, 2020

The animal dies after a short delay in treatment. Therefore, treatment should not be delayed. Call a doctor immediately or by taking any one of the following measures, the animal’s life can also be saved.
Mix 50 grams asafetida and 20 grams black salt in one liter buttermilk and drink it. Or
Half liter of mustard, flaxseed, or sesame oil is mix with Turpentine oil 50 to 60 ml and drink. Or
Mix 15 grams asafetida in half a liter of warm water and feed it with the pipe.
There are home remedies for Afra above given and some medicines should also be kept by the animal keeper so that proper treatment can be done if the doctor does not come on time.
Efron, Garlill, Tempol, Tymplax, etc. are the main drugs in anti-bloats which should be given to the animal only on the advice of the doctor.

Symptoms and Causes of Afra disease in animals

25/04/2020 Saturday April 25th, 2020

The animal has difficulty breathing, excess belly of the animal, Lie down on the ground feet and tossing, animal do not chew and stop feeding and drink water, increases pulse speed but the normal temperature is the main symptom of Afra.
The condition of the animal becomes severe due to Afra, sometimes leading to death.
Barsim, oats, and other juicy green fodder, especially when it is wet, cause Afra.
Eating more quantities of wheat, maize grains makes Afra because they contain more starch.
Eating too much raw fodder in the rainy season, not getting the proper temperature in summer days and causing digestive disturbances and unfavorable indigestion, drinking water immediately after feeding, etc reasons are for Afra.

Government will give 8.8 lakh subsidy on loan of 20 lakh for agribusiness

25/04/2020 Saturday April 25th, 2020

The government is making various efforts to bring educated youth into the agriculture sector. Now the central government has prepared a plan to promote agriculture-related business and to add more and more youth. Under this plan, the government is giving a loan of up to 20 lakh rupees for starting a business related to farming.

The person applying will be given a loan of Rs 20 lakhs individually and a group of five persons will get up to Rs 1 crore. On this loan, a 36 percent subsidy will be given to general category applicants and 44 percent to applicants belonging to scheduled castes, tribes, and women.

To get the benefit of this scheme, one has to take 45 days of training. After training, if the person is found eligible for this loan, then NABARD will give him a loan. To join this scheme visit this link https://www.acabcmis.gov.in/ApplicantReg.aspx

₹36,000 annual pension to farmers, know scheme information and application method

25/04/2020 Saturday April 25th, 2020

Farmers have to face many kinds of problems in old age. Due to the weakening of the body, they are not able to participate fully in agricultural work, that is why they have to face economic crises in old age. To overcome this economic crisis in the old age of farmers, the government has launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Man-Dhan Yojana. Under this scheme, a pension of 36,000 rupees per year will be given to farmers in old age.

Farmers coming between 18 and 40 years can register under this scheme. Farmers will have to pay a monthly premium of Rs 55 to 200 for a minimum of 20 years and maximum 42 years. The amount the farmers will deposit, the government will deposit the same amount in it. Finally, when the farmer crosses the age of 60, he will get a pension of Rs 36,000 annually from the government. This 36,000 rupees will be given every month in the installment of 3 thousand rupees.

How to register?

Farmers can register under this scheme by visiting their nearest Common Service Center. There is no charge for its registration. If a farmer is availing benefits under the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi, then all he needs to do is to take the Aadhar card only for this scheme.

Farmers’ money will not be lost

If a farmer wants to leave the scheme in the middle, then the money deposited by him will not be lost, but the amount deposited by him will be returned along with the interest received under the savings account.

Source: Krishi Jagran

Nursery management using scientific method in Chilli

25/04/2020 Tuesday January 12th, 2021

How to manage scientific nursery in chili

To prepare chilli plants, first seeds should be sown in 3 x 1.5 m size land and these beds should be raised 8-10 cm high from the ground so that the seeds and the plants do not rot due to water accumulation.
One acre area requires 100 grams of chili seeds. Add 750 gm DAP, 100 gm Incryl (seaweed, amino acids, humic acid, and mycorrhiza) and 250 gm Trichoderma viride per square meter to the soil in 150 kg FYM to increase plant growth with soil structure. and it also protects against harmful soil-borne fungal diseases.
8-10 days after sowing, spray 10 gm thiamethoxam 25% WG in 15 liters of water for aphid and jassid insects and another spray after 20-22 days, 5 gm fipronil 40% + imidacloprid 40% WG with 15-liter water.
After 15-20 days of sowing, the problem of damping-off in the nursery so spray or drenching with 0.5 gm of thiophanate methyl 70 WP per square meter or spray 30 gm of metalaxyl 4% + mancozeb 64% WP in 15 liters of water.

You can prepare cane juice in a bottle

24/04/2020 Friday April 24th, 2020

Mix one lemon and 2-3 grams of ginger juice for three kg of sugarcane juice.
Heat the sugarcane juice at 600-700 C temperature for 15 minutes.
Drain the waste or dirt from the muslin cloth.
Add 1 gram of sodium metabisulphite per 8 liter sugarcane juice to keep clean and safe.
Fill this juice in bottles sterilized with hot water and apply it with the help of a corking machine.
This bottled juice can be stored for 6-8 weeks.

MP becomes the leading state in wheat storage through scientific method

24/04/2020 Friday April 24th, 2020

Wheat procurement in Madhya Pradesh has been going on daily since April 15 and now its storage has also started. Wheat is being stored scientifically here. Madhya Pradesh has become the leading state in the country in terms of scientific storage. The 289 cooperative societies of the state have procured 11 lakh metric tonnes of wheat from more than 1 lakh of 81 thousand farmers. The acquired wheat is being stored in 25 silo bags and steel silos.

While explaining about silo bags and steel silos, Principal Secretary Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection Shri Shivasekhar Shukla said that this is the most modern technology for storing food grains. There is no need to use pesticides to preserve food for a long time. This technique can preserve wheat for a long time without using the pesticide.

This technique helps in maintaining social distancing
Principal Secretary Mr. Shukla explains that the silo-bagged technique is also helpful in maintaining the social distancing required to prevent corona infection. This technology requires less human labor in storage. In this method, the farmer reaches with his produce in a tractor, trolley or truck, then after weighing it with a weighing machine, its entire wheat is emptied for storage at once by the hydraulic system. This entire work takes only 15 to 20 minutes and does not gather much crowd.

Source: Public Relations Department, Madhya Pradesh

Dheeraj Ramesh Chandra of Indore becomes ‘smart farmer’ with the help of Gramophone

24/04/2020 Friday April 24th, 2020

Dheeraj Ramesh Chandra, a farmer of Karjoda village of Depalpur tehsil of Indore district, has been cultivating since his father’s time. He says that Earlier farming was done in very old ways but now many new ways have come. There are many medicines available in the market, but instead of what we ask for, the shopkeepers give other medicines. That is why there is no trust in these medicines, that the crop will be saved or spoiled.”

When Dheeraj was looking for a solution to these problems, he came in contact with Gramophone. He said that he was getting information about the Gramophone from the people of the village when he was looking for a solution to his problem. After that, he started receiving medicines from Gramophone. He said, “From here I received good quality and original medicines at a reasonable price and at the right time, at my home.

Dheeraj stated the advantages of joining Gramophone and said that “Whenever I encountered any problem in the crop, I took a picture of it and uploaded it to the Gramophone app and I got immediate help from Gramophone.” He also told other farmers that even if you do not use a smartphone, you can solve your problem by giving a missed call to the toll-free number. Finally, he described Gramophone as a true friend and companion of the farmers.

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Farmers begin receiving wheat procurement amount in MP, 200 crore given so far

24/04/2020 Friday April 24th, 2020

It has been more than a week since the wheat procurement started in Madhya Pradesh on the support price. Now the farmers of the state have also started getting their wheat procurement money. State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan himself gave this information. He said that “the process of sending the amount of wheat to farmers’ accounts has been started in the ongoing Rabi procurement work in the state. Approximately Rs 200 crore of the procurement amount has been sent to the banks. In the next 02-03 days, this amount will reach the farmers’ accounts. ”

Compared to last year, this time, twice the wheat has been sold through mandis. The Chief Minister himself was monitoring the work of Rabi procurement in the Ministry along with his ministers and other senior officials. Giving information related to the wheat procurement made so far in this meeting, it was informed that 81% of the purchases made so far have come from deal sheets. Under this, traders are buying wheat from the farmers’ house itself.

However, let us know that through the mandis, so far, twice as much wheat has been purchased as compared to last year. Till last year, 1.11 lakh metric tonnes of wheat were purchased from the mandis, while this time 2 lakh 14 thousand metric tonnes of wheat have been purchased so far.

Source: Public Relations Department, Madhya Pradesh