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KisanKraft Conducts Demonstrations on Aerobic Rice
KisanKraft, a manufacturer of quality agricultural equipment – now venturing in to seed industry, has successfully conducted a series of demonstrations pertaining to aerobic rice cultivation across the country. Aerobic rice is a new variety of seed combined with simpler system of growing rice which can
Mechanization: The Solution To Tamil Nadu’s Water Crisis
Agriculture is the most important sector in the economy of a state. Being the principal source of livelihood, it provides wages, goods and raw materials for the industrial sector. Looking into the context of Tamil Nadu, it was ranked ahead of other states in terms
Benefits of Mechanization in Agriculture
Mechanization of agriculture is a term used in vast sense. Mechanization does not mean to include the use of machines, whether mobile or immobile, small or large in size, it is run by power and used for both primary and secondary tillage operations like harvesting
Sustainable solutions to impact of land degradation and drought on Indian GDP
During the 2014- 15 fiscal, India lost more than 2% of its GDP (approximately Rs. 3 lakh crores)as a result of increased Desertification, Land Degradation, and Drought (DLDD). Land degradation negatively impacts agricultural productivity due to a decline in land quality on site where
Water Scarcity in Agriculture: Predicting, Preventing and Protecting
Food grain production in India, in 2016-17, was 271.98 million tons. However, by 2020, the country’s farmers need to produce 300 million tons, to meet the ever-growing demand for food. Indian agriculture largely depends on the monsoon and so far, there
Aerobic Rice – (Sustainable way to grow Rice)
Rice is the most important food crop of India. Paddy uses largest amount of fresh water and covers 28% of the irrigated lands. Now we must produce ‘more crop per drop’ due to increasing water scarcity.
Aerobic rice is a type of rice cultivation adapted