Agriculture Minister Tomar attends discussion on the livelihood of farmers in the G-20 meeting

22/04/2020Posted on
Agriculture Minister Tomar attends discussion on the livelihood of farmers in the G-20 meeting

All countries of the world including India are troubled by the Corona epidemic. On the same burning issue of Corona, a meeting was held on Tuesday through a video conference between the leaders of the G-20 countries. Agriculture ministers of all the G-20 countries made their presence at the conference.

In this meeting, there was a big discussion mainly on ways to keep the food supply chain in the world smooth and to further the livelihood of the farmers. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar was present in this meeting on behalf of India. The conference was chaired by Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Alfaazali.

Union Agriculture Minister Tomar welcomed the initiative of Saudi Arabia to bring the G-20 countries on a platform to consider ways to ensure the continuity of food supplies, including the livelihood of farmers. Tomar discussed the exemptions being given to agriculture amid the ongoing lock-down in India and apprised it to all his counterpart agriculture ministers.

Source: Aaj Tak

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How to do soil treatment in Cotton crop?

22/04/2020Posted on
How to do soil treatment in Cotton crop?
  • After starting the cultivation process in cotton with deep ploughing, use a harrow 3-4 times so that the soil is friable and water holding capacity increases. By doing this, the harmful insects present in the soil, their eggs, pupa and the spores of fungi are also destroyed.
  • Soil treatment must be done so 4 kg of zinc solubilizing bacteria, 2 kg of Growmax (seaweed, amino acids, humic acid, and mycorrhiza), 2 kg of Trichoderma viride and 100 gm of NPK consortia bacteria in 4 tons FYM per acre mix well at the rate and spread it in the field.
  • By doing this, along with improving the structure of the land, complete development of plants and complete nutritional growth, it also protects against harmful soil-borne fungal diseases.
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How to protect moong and urad crops from Bacterial Blight?

21/04/2020Posted on
How to protect bacterial blight from Green gram and black gram
  • Brown, dry and raised spots on the surface of the leaves are the symptoms of this disease.
  • These spots are found in red color on the lower surface of the leaves.
  • When the outbreak of the disease increases, the spots get mixed together and the leaves turn yellow, so there is a premature loss.
  • To control this, spray streptomycin sulfate IP 90% + tetracycline hydrochloride 10% w/w @ 20 gm per acre or kasugamycin 3% SL @ 300 ml per acre in 200 liters of water. Or
  • Spraying of Kasugamycin 5% + Copper Oxychloride 45% WP @ 250 gm / acre in 200 liters of water.
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Indian Meteorological Department alert: hail may fall in these states with heavy rains

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Indian Meteorological Department alert hail may fall in these states with heavy rains

Recently, farmers suffered due to rain and hail in many states of the country. Now the Indian Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rain for the coming days.

It is worth noting that in the last few days, many areas have been cloudy and there has been raining, due to which the temperature has also seen a drop. Now the Indian Meteorological Department has issued an alert in this episode, warning that the weather may remain bad in the next few days.

The meteorological department has issued a five-day weather-related bulletin in this regard and stated that the area around the Ganges River in West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram-Tripura, Assam-Meghalaya, Kerala-Mahe and in different areas of Karnataka There may be heavy rainfall.

Along with this, the Meteorological Department has predicted winds at a speed of 40-50 km per hour, lightning and hailstorm in Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada. Apart from this, the Meteorological Department has issued an alert for bad weather in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Konkan, and Goa.

Source: Jagran

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Wheat procurement continues in MP, Wheat worth Rs 400 crore has been purchased so far

21/04/2020Posted on

Taking all necessary precautions given the Corona crisis, wheat procurement was started on the support price in all the districts of Madhya Pradesh except Indore, Ujjain, and Bhopal from last 15 April. Today, a week has passed since this procurement work started.

In this entire week, wheat worth Rs 400 crore has been purchased from about 1.25 lakh farmers in the last week through about four thousand cooperative societies of the state. The procurement process is being extended further from Tuesday. In this, messages will be sent to about 25 thousand farmers. Society will call 25 farmers, with 20 small and five big farmers.

Source: Nai Dunia

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How to storage onion and garlic

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How to storage onion and garlic
  • Removing the tuber completely without ripening leaves space inside the tuber, which subsequently causes rot under the influence of heat and moisture.
  • To avoid this condition, remove the upper part of the tuber only after drying it up to 80%. Therefore the stem of the plants turns to the ground and then removes it.
  • If you have enough space and you want to keep the garlic safe for a long time, do not cut the stem from the bulb when you need it. Tie them in a bunch and keep them spread.
  • If you need to cut, first of all, dry it in bright sunlight for 8-10 days. Allow the root of the garlic tuber to dry until the roots are shattered. Then cut it with a distance of 2 inches between bulb & stem so that their layers are removed, the buds do not get scattered and the tubers are safe for a long time.
  • Many times a tuber gets hurt by a spade or shovel. While shorting the onion and garlic tuber, remove the damaged tuber because spread rotting in other tubers.
  • During the monsoon humidity increases and spoils, the tuber so stored onion and garlic should be kept watch from time to time. If there is rottenness or smell from bulbs, then separate the rotten bulb from that place, otherwise it also spoils the other produce.
  • For good storage, the temperature of the storage warehouses is 25-30 degrees Celsius and the humidity should be between 65-70 %.
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Method of Making Jeevamrut

20/04/2020Posted on
Method of Making Jeevamrut
  • First, put the plastic drum in the shade, 10 kg cow dung, 10-liter old cow urine, 1 kg any pulses flour, take 1 kg soil under banyan or pipal tree, 1 kg jaggery (bacteria present in the prepared solution become more active), Mix well with the help of wood stick in 200 liters of water.
  • Now cover this plastic drum with a cloth. This solution should not be exposed to direct sunlight.
  • The next day, mix the solution again with the help of stick 2-3 times a day.
  • Keep doing this work daily for 5-6 days.
  • This 200 liters Jeevamrut solution is sufficient for one acre of land.
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Madhya Pradesh: 15 lakh farmers will get big relief, 2990 crores to be received under crop insurance

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Relief for farmers, Govt. extended the duration of short-term crop loan

There is very good news from the government for farmers in Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has said that a total of 2990 crores of insurance amount will be given to 15 lakh farmers of the state under crop insurance.

This large amount will be given to the farmers of the state till next week. Under crop insurance, this amount will be directly delivered to the farmers’ accounts. This decision was taken during the meeting of the Department of Agriculture in the Ministry where Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Principal Secretary Agriculture Ajit Kesari, and other officials were also present.

During the Kharif season of 2018, about 35 lakh farmers of the state had insured their crops. Now 8.40 lakh of these farmers have to get the insurance amount of 1930 crores. Apart from this, in the Rabi season of 2018-19, 25 lakh farmers of the state had insurance for Rabi crops, out of which 6.60 lakh farmers have to get an insurance amount of 1060 crore.

Source: NDTV

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Increase the number of flowers by protecting the crop of moong and urad from white fly

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Increase the number of flowers by protecting the crop of moong and urad from white fly
  • The whitefly is found sucking on the lower leaves surface.
  • Both nymph and adult sucking juices from plants and stops the growth of the plant, due to which the leaf falls yellow and hence the yield decreases.
  • Whitefly is generally responsible for spreading viral mosaic disease.
  • To control this, spray diafenthiuron 50% WP 200 gm or pyriproxyfen 10% + bifenthrin 10% EC 200 ml or acetamiprid 20% SP 100 gm in 200 liter of water per acre.
  • To increase the number of flowers in green gram and black gram, spray homobrassinolide 0.04% @ 100 ml per acre mixed with 200 liters of water.
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What is Jeevamrut, its benefits and method of use

19/04/2020Posted on
What is Jeevamrut, its benefits and method of use
  • Jeevamrut is a highly effective organic fertilizer, Which is prepared by mixing several other ingredients in cow dung along with water like cow urine, banyan or peepal tree soil, jaggery, and pulses.
  • Jeevamrut help in plant growth and development. It protects plants from various microbes and also enhances the immunity of plants. Due to which the plants remain healthy and the crop gives a very good yield.
  • The use of 200 liters of Jeevamrut with every irrigation should be used in one acre.
  • By filtering well, dripping or sprinkling can also be used through irrigation, which is sufficient for an area of 1 hectare.
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