Farmers backbone of rising India; industry driving agriculture into new trajectory: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said farmers are the backbone of a rising India and also credited industry with driving the agriculture sector into a “new trajectory”.”Bharat is on the rise as never before. It is a global recognition. And in this rise, farmers are the backbone,” he said in his inaugural address at the 15th edition of the agriculture and food technology fair organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here.
The vice president said the commitment of the industry to drive the agriculture sector on a novel trajectory is commendable, welcome and needs to be taken to higher stages of execution.
Calling the theme of the fair — Digital Transformation for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security — an apt one, he said its relevance can never be over emphasised. “It is the farmer who needs to be well informed so that he adopts economically sustainable measures,” he said.
Wheat acreage jumps 5-fold to 7.56 lakh hectares so far this rabi season
New Delhi: Area under coverage for wheat jumped over five-fold to 7.56 lakh hectares in the ongoing winter sowing season ‘rabi’, according to agriculture ministry data. Wheat acreage stood at 1.47 lakh hectares in the year-ago period.
In case of oilseeds, about 47.10 lakh hectares coverage has been reported as on November 4 of this rabi season, compared to 40.72 lakh hectares earlier.
Out of total oilseeds, mustard acreage increased to 45.71 lakh hectares from 38.14 lakh hectares.
The area under coverage for pulses rose to 29.06 lakh hectares from 27.13 lakh hectares.
However, the acreage of coarse cereals declined to 7.63 lakh hectares from 8.67 lakh hectares.
Tea estates in Assam may start growing rubber as well
With the Assam government allowing diversion of tea land for non-tea purposes, the Rubber Board is looking to promote rubber plantation on those lands.
The board has identified Assam as the next frontier for rubber as it looks for ways to reduce rubber import bill.
“We can explore planting of rubber in the periphery of tea estates. We had a discussion with the revenue department of the state government and officials informed that the state government is working on necessary changes of allowing tea areas for no tea purpose,” K N Raghavan, executive director of Rubber Board, told media persons in Guwahati on Thursday. “Assam has over 850 tea estates,” he added.
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