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Digital Advice of Gramophone App increased income of Khandwa farmer

06/10/2020

The whole world is slowly being digitized, today anyone can get any information anywhere on one touch of mobile. There is also a lot of potential for the Indian farmer in this era of digitization. Gramophone is opening the doors of these possibilities to farmers. Now farmers are getting every information related to agriculture through the Gramophone Krishi Mitra app on one touch of a smartphone. Soybean farmer Sagar Singh Solanki of Khandwa is also doing smart farming with the help of the Gramophone Krishi Mitra App.

The use of the Gramophone app not only made Sagar Singh Solanki a smart farmer but also brought a good increase in income while reducing agricultural costs. The use of the app reduced their agricultural costs by 21% and increased income by 25%. Apart from this, their total profit also increased by 37% as compared to earlier.

Like Sagar Singh Solanki, lakhs of farmers are using the gramophone app and taking advantage of it. If you also want to become a smart farmer like them then you can also join Gramophone. To connect with Gramophone, login to the Gramophone Krishi Mitra app.

Farmers of MP will be able to sell paddy on MSP from this date, registration process is going on

05/10/2020

The Kharif season is in its last phase and harvesting of crops like paddy has started. In such a situation, the Madhya Pradesh government has fixed the date of purchase of paddy at the minimum support price (MSP). Paddy procurement will start from the 25th of November next month.

Explain that the registration process has already started for selling paddy produce at the minimum support price and its last date is October 15. Explain that the purchase of paddy will start from November 25 and will last for more than a month.

Source: Nai Dunia

Mandi Bhaw: What are the prices of potato, onion, tomato and wheat in different mandis of MP?

03/10/2020

Onion prices are running at Rs 850 per quintal at Gautampura Mandi in Indore and tomato, onion, okra, and gourd are priced at Rs 1400, 500, 1200, and 700 per quintal respectively in the Agricultural Produce Market Committee of Khandwa.

Apart from this, the price of potato and onion in Deori mandi of Sagar district is 2700 and 1500 rupees per quintal respectively. Talking about Damoh Mandi, here tomato is Rs 3500 and the potato is Rs 2500 per quintal.

Talking about wheat, at present the price in Gautampura mandi is Rs 1900 per quintal. The price of wheat in Mhow is Rs 1810 per quintal. Wheat prices in Saver and Indore mandi are Rs 1656 and Rs 1519 per quintal respectively.

Source: Kisan Samadhan

There is a possibility of rain in these states in the last phase of monsoon

01/10/2020

The monsoon is at its last stop and with the beginning of October, the final monsoon rains are seen in some states of the country. The monsoon has taken farewell to most states.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the southwest monsoon is expected to return from the capital Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, and most parts of northern India while light to moderate rains may occur over many parts of Jharkhand, Bihar, and UP.

During the coming 24 hours, heavy to moderate rains may continue over parts of coastal Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and parts of Gangetic West Bengal. Apart from this, light rains are expected at one or two places in southern Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, southern parts of Madhya Pradesh and southern Rajasthan as well as northern parts of Jammu and Kashmir.

Source: Krishi Jagran

Dhanuka agricultural company joined hands with Gramophone

30/09/2020 Wednesday September 30th, 2020

This large agricultural company joined hands with Gramophone

Gramophone has joined hands with leading agrochemical company Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. With its expertise in the agricultural sector and world-class technologies, the company is endeavoring to increase its reach to farmers and provide them affordable solutions for their crops through the tech platform Gramophone.

However, this partnership will ensure the convenient delivery of agricultural inputs such as seeds, crop protection, and crop nutrition products through agronomy intelligence. Gramophone has also partnered with local young rural entrepreneurs to ensure last-mile delivery. Companies like Dhanuka are also collecting real-time data from farmers across the country. This will help in increasing their productivity by providing the best quality products to the farmers.

Registration begins for purchase of Kharif produce on support price in MP

28/09/2020

Harvesting of Kharif season crops is about to begin now and in view of this, the procurement process has also been started on the support price of Kharif produce. Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan has said on the subject that “excellent arrangements will be made for procurement from farmers on support price of paddy etc. crops in the Kharif marketing year 2020-21”.

CM said that 1395 registration centers have been set up so far this year for the procurement of paddy, jowar, and millet on support price. Registration has started on these which will run till October 15. Explain that 9 thousand 142 farmers have registered themselves in the first two days of registration.

Talking about the support price, this time the support price of jowar, millet, and paddy has been kept at Rs 2620, 2150, and 1868 per quintal respectively. Last year it was Rs 2550, 2000 and 1825 per quintal respectively.

Source: Krishi Jagran

Mandi Bhaw: What are the prices of potato, onion and wheat in different mandis of MP?

26/09/2020

Onion prices are running at Rs 850 per quintal at Indore’s Gautampura mandi and potato and onion rates at Rs 2700 and 1500 per quintal at Deori mandi in Sagar district.

Apart from this, the prices of bitter gourd are running at Rs 4550, 2200 per quintal in Damoh, and Harda Mandi respectively. Talk about the tomato market price in Damoh, it is Rs 2500 per quintal, while in Petlavad market it is running Rs 1800 per quintal, in Barot mandi, it is Rs 1700 per quintal.

Talking about wheat, at present the price in Aklera mandi is Rs 1632 per quintal. At the same time, wheat prices in different mandis of Indore like Gautampura, Mau, Sanver, and Indore are 1900, 1810, 1656, 1519 per quintal respectively.

Source: Kisan Samadhan

Apart from PM Kisan Yojana, recommendation of Rs 5000 more to farmers

25/09/2020

On behalf of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, the Central Government has been recommended to give Rs. 5,000 to the farmers besides the 6000 rupees of Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi. The Commission has asked the Central Government to provide a cash amount of Rs. 5,000 as fertilizer subsidy to the farmers every year.

Apart from this, the Commission has also said in its recommendation that this amount can be directly transferred (DBT) to the bank account of the farmers in two times. Under this, Rs 2,500 can be given in the Kharif crop and Rs 2,500 in the Rabi crop season.

Source: Krishi Jagran

These states, including MP, will get rain in the final phase of monsoon, know weather forecast

24/09/2020

The monsoon has now reached its final stage in the entire country and the moving monsoon rains have made the weather pleasant in many states. Significantly, this year the monsoon rainfall has increased by 15%. According to the Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of strong rains and thunderstorms in different parts of the country including Madhya Pradesh in the coming two days.

Talking about the weather forecast for the next 24 hours, there are some moderate to heavy rains that have been predicted in Konkan Goa including Bihar, eastern and central parts of Uttar Pradesh, northern and central parts of Madhya Pradesh, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, and Mumbai. Apart from this, light to moderate rains is likely to occur at one or two places over Northeast India, Vidarbha, Marathwada, and parts of Central Maharashtra, with light to moderate rains over South Gujarat.

Source: Krishi Jagran

Good news for farmers, MSP has been increased for many crops including wheat

23/09/2020

Taking an important decision for all farmers of the country, the government has increased the minimum support price of other crops including wheat. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has given this information through a tweet.

PM Modi said on this subject, ‘It is a great privilege for us to work for the welfare of farmers. In line with our priorities to work for the benefit of the donors, the Cabinet has taken another historic decision to increase the MSP. Crores of farmers will be benefited from this. While more MSP will empower the farmers, it will also help in doubling their income.

How much support price increased?

The support price of wheat increased by Rs. 50 to Rs. 1975,
Barley Rs 75 increased to Rs 1600,
Gram’s Rs 225 increased to Rs 5100,
Lentils Rs 300 to Rs 5100,
Mustard rises by Rs 225 to Rs 4650,
Kusumbh’s Rs 112 has been increased to Rs 5327/quintal.

Source: Nai Dunia