Hi, NewsWrap for October 06, 2022

06-October-2022: Nurture.Farm, Krishi Unnati Sammelan 2022, 'Hurun India Rich List 2022'

6 October 2022

  • Barwani Youth Transforms Lives of Lakhs of Rural Farmers via Agritech Startup, Earns PM Modi’s Praise

    True dedication towards the country and society, conquers all boundaries. India always resides in the hearts of Indians who have settled abroad due to work or studies. Atul Patidar was working in a Fortune 500 MNC in Toronto, Canada, after completing 4 post-graduation degrees from the top universities of the world. Deep down in his heart, he wanted to use his technical knowledge and capabilities to solve the problems of rural farmers.  4-years back, he started an agritech startup Farmkart in his hometown Barwani. Today, the startup is helping lakhs of Indian farmers thrive with user-friendly agritech products and services. 

  • Govt. to Provide Subsidy on Smart Seeder to Reduce Paddy Residue Burning

    The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has added the 'Smart Seeder' created by Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana to the centrally funded subsidy program. The PAU's Research Evaluation Committee has approved using its smart seeder to sow wheat straight into paddy leftovers. The smart seeder effectively keeps the advantages of both happy seeder and super seeder in a single machine by incorporating surface mulching to manage the paddy residue.

  • Krishi Unnati Sammelan 2022: Odisha’s Biggest Agri Exhibition is on 17-18 Oct

    Krishi Jagran in association with M S Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Centurion University is teaming up to organize Krishi Unnati Sammelan 2022 “Explore the Unexplored Affluent Agri Odisha” on 17th and 18th October at the School of Pharmacy, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Rayagada, Odisha to bring farmers, agricultural experts, agriculture industrialists together on one stage.

  • Case IH Optum Scoops ‘2021 Tractor of the Year Award’ at China Agriculture Machinery Forum

    The Case IH Optum 3004 CVXDrive took home the “2021 Tractor of the Year” award in the heavyweight tractor category at the China Agricultural Machinery Annual TOP50+ award ceremony, which was a part of the tenth China Agriculture Machinery High-end Forum, held on September 21-22 in Zhongxiang, Hubei, China.The event was hosted by the Chinese Academy of Agriculture Mechanization Sciences Group Co., Ltd., Hubei Agricultural Development Center, the Government of Zhongxiang city, and Farm Machinery Magazine and as one of the most famous events in the industry, the event aims to present agricultural machinery technology development trends as well as promote advanced agricultural products and innovations.

  • Meet the Youngest Entrant from Agriculture Industry Featured In 'Hurun India Rich List 2022'

    At 32, Agam Khare, Founder, and CEO of Absolute become the youngest Ag bioscience entrepreneur to be featured in the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022. Agam sits at 987 positions currently with a worth of 1100 crore. Absolute leverages billions of years of evolutionary biology harnessing nature’s intelligence to transform the performance of agriculture worldwide.

  • Nurture.Farm Collaborates with HDFC Ergo to Provide Crop Coverage to Farmers

    Agritech venture nurture.farm has partnered with HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company to improve and expand its insurance solutions for the platform's 2.3 million farmers. Most farmers do not purchase insurance because the premiums are too high and the paperwork is too time-consuming. Because of the widespread nature of this issue, nurture.farm intends to offer its insurance solutions to nearly 2 million farmers and will continuously innovate to provide risk mitigation solutions to boost farmer resilience, according to a statement from the company.

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