Connecting farm with Gramophone app results in 17% cost decrease and 30% profit increase

28/06/2021Posted on
Farmer Success Story

The main goal of Gramophone is to make all farmers prosperous. Gramophone is engaged in this work for the last 5 years. Gramophone Krishi Mitra app is motivating farmers to do smart farming. Many farmers have started doing smart farming by joining this app.

Dinesh Patel, a resident of village Gol Sailani in Punasa tehsil of Khandwa district, is one such farmer who has done smart farming by Adding his farm with Gramophone app. Dinesh Patel’s farming has improved with the help of Gramophone app. He kept getting the early alert on all the possible problems related to his crop and he kept diagnosing it in time. This reduced their agricultural cost by 17% and increased income by 20%. His profit, where he was earlier ₹25800, increased by 30% to ₹33600.

Like Dinesh, lakhs of farmers are using Gramophone app and taking advantage of it. If you also want to become a smart farmer like Dinesh, then you must also connect your farm with Gramophone app and join smart farming.

Also read: Know the complete process of adding a farm with the Gramophone app

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Benefits of seedling treatment before transplanting in a paddy crop

28/06/2021Posted on
Benefits of seedling treatment before transplanting in a paddy crop

  • As all farmer brothers know, the paddy crop is sown in nursery and paddy is transplanted from nursery in main field.

  • Rice Planting Method: paddy seedlings are ready for transplanting after 20 to 30 days of sowing. Suitable time for transplanting is from mid-June to mid-July. Light irrigation should be given before uprooting the plant from the nursery, by doing this the root of the plant is not damaged. and the plant is easily transplanted. After uprooting the plant from the nursery, it should not be kept in direct sunlight.

  • Seedling Treatment: It is very important to take out the paddy seedlings from the nursery and treat the seedlings before planting them in the field. Therefore, for good root development, make a solution at the rate of 5 grams of mycorrhiza per liter. Keep the quantity of water as required. Soak the roots of paddy seedlings in this solution for 10 minutes. After adopting this process, the seedlings should be planted in the field.

  • By treating with Mycorrhiza, there is no problem like rot in the plants, it helps in good growth of paddy seedlings after transplanting in the main field.

With the sowing of the crop, connect your farm with the My Farm section of Gramophone app and keep on getting the exact advice and solutions related to smart agriculture throughout the crop cycle. Share this article with your friends with the share button below.

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Break on Monsoon for next one week, heat will increase in Madhya Pradesh

28/06/2021Posted on
monsoon rains

Due to the westerly winds, there has been a break on the monsoon for a week. Due to this, the little rain that was happening in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh may also stop. Weather of most areas of Punjab Haryana Delhi will also remain dry and hot. Whereas, rain will continue over North East India.

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Jio is bringing the world’s cheapest 4G mobile smart phone

27/06/2021Posted on
Jio is bringing the world's cheapest 4G mobile smart phone

The country’s famous telecom company JIO has recently launched the world’s cheapest 4G mobile smartphone, which you will start getting in the market in the coming few days at a very low rate. Get information related to this mobile through video.

Video Source: Biz Tak

Also read: These 5 Bikes Under Rs 70000 Are Suitable For Your Budget

Also read: These smart mobile phones of the best quality will come at a low price

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For improved cultivation of kharif Green Gram, do seed treatment before sowing

27/06/2021Posted on
seed treatment in kharif Green Gram

  • Seed treatment is very important in Green Gram crop before sowing.

  • Seed treatment in green gram crops can be done both by biological and chemical  methods.

  • Seed treatment in Green Gram is done with fungicide and insecticide and Rhizobium. It should be done by FIR method ie first fungicide, then insecticide lastly Rhizobium.

  • For seed treatment with fungicide, treat with Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% @ 2.5 g/kg of seed or Carboxin 17.5% + Thyrum 17.5% @ 2.5 ml/kg of seed or Trichoderma viride @ 5-10 gm/kg of seed.

  • For seed treatment with insecticide, treat seed with Thiamethoxam 30% FS @ 4 ml/kg of seed or Imidachloroprid 48% FS @ 4-5 ml/kg of seed

  • To increase nitrogen fixation in the moong crop, treat the seed with Rhizobium @ 5 gm/kg seed.

  • By seed treatment with fungicide, moong crop is protected from wilt disease, root rot disease.

  • The seed germinates properly and the germination percentage increases

  • The initial development of the green gram crop is uniform.

  • Seed treatment with Rhizobium increases nodulation in the roots of moong crop and fixes excess nitrogen.

  • By treating seed with insecticides, the green gram crop is protected from soil insects such as white grubs, ants, termite etc.

  • A good crop is also obtained in adverse conditions (low / high moisture).

With the sowing of the crop, connect your farm with the My Farm section of Gramophone app and keep on getting the exact advice and solutions related to smart agriculture throughout the crop cycle. Share this article with your friends with the share button below.

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Rain will continue in most districts of Madhya Pradesh, know weather forecast

27/06/2021Posted on
weather forecast

Barring the northern districts of Madhya Pradesh, there is a possibility of rain in almost the entire state. Dust storm and light rain may occur in Northwest India between summer and humidity. Monsoon may advance further towards the end of the first week of July. Good rains will continue over parts of East and North East India. Heavy rain is possible along the coasts of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

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Cotton farmer Balram made double profit by halving the cost with the help of Gramophone

26/06/2021Posted on
Cotton farmer Balram made double profit by halving the cost with the help of Gramophone

Mr. Balram Kag has been cultivating cotton for the past several years. Balaram used to cultivate cotton in a traditional way. In this, he sometimes had a loss or sometimes an average level of profit. But Balarama was not happy with this and was trying to get more production from his crop.

Meanwhile, Balaram came in contact with Gramophone. After this, his method of farming changed completely. He received advice from Gramophone agricultural experts several times throughout the farming cycle, from crop preparation to sowing to harvesting. During this time, on the advice of experts, he bought all agricultural products and used them in his fields. Where earlier they used to cost 2.5 lakhs, this time they had to invest only 1.5 lakhs, and the profit has also doubled from the earlier 4.5 lakhs to 9 lakhs.

If you also want to make such a big difference in your farming method like Balaram, then you should also take advantage of different features of Gramophone app and make your farming smart.

With the sowing of the crop, connect your farm with the My Farm section of Gramophone app and keep on getting the exact advice and solutions related to smart agriculture throughout the crop cycle. Share this article with your friends with the share button below.

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Farmers of Madhya Pradesh will get subsidy on sprinkler, pipeline, electric pump

26/06/2021Posted on
Farmers of Madhya Pradesh will get subsidy on sprinkler pipeline electric pump

With the use of sprinkler sets, pipeline sets, electric pump sets, etc the crops get better irrigation and the farmers are prosperous. In order to make these irrigation machines easily available to the farmers, subsidies are given by the state governments from time to time.

At present, applications have been sought from farmers for subsidy under National Food Security Mission and Bundelkhand Special Package Scheme- Pulses on behalf of Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Department. Farmers of 6 districts of the state including Sagar, Damoh, Panna, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Niwari can take benefit from this scheme. At the same time, farmers can apply for irrigation equipment in all districts under the National Food Security Mission (Pulses) and National Food Security Mission (Oilseeds and Oil Palm).

To take advantage of the scheme, farmers can apply on the e-Krishi Yantra Grant portal from 22 June 2021 to 04 July 2021. For the application, documents like a copy of Aadhar card, copy of the first page of bank passbook, caste certificate (only for SC and ST farmers) and proof of electricity connection will be required.

Source: Farmer Solutions

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