19-November-2022: GPS Renewables, Syngenta, Oil meal Exports, Integrated Pest Management

20 November 2022

• GPS Renewables Launches ‘ARYA’, a Platform for Climate-Positive Projects

  India is the third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide globally despite having low per-capita emissions. A report by McKinsey Sustainability indicates that six industries—power, steel, automotive, aviation, cement, and agriculture—are responsible for the majority (about 70%) of these emissions. At COP26, India pledged to meet 50% of its energy needs from non-fossil sources and set a goal of reaching Net Zero by 2070. In order to meet this goal, environmental projects need to be prioritised and accelerated. GPSR Arya will also prioritise projects that focus on managing stubble by using it as biofuel. Every year, Punjab and Haryana generate 27 million tonnes of paddy straw of which 75% is non-basmati variety. 

• Syngenta Introduces ‘Crop Doctor’ Feature in Its Cropwise Grower App for Quick Solution to Pest & Disease Attack

  Syngenta – a leading science based global agtech company – today announced the introduction of Crop Doctor feature in its Cropwise Grower App, an AI-powered tool offering swift, simple and effective solutions for farmers to identify pest or disease attack and get an instant remedy. Syngenta also completed the Drone Yatra in 13 states, completing a milestone of 17,000 Km to create awareness of drone spraying among farmers.

• Oil meal Exports in India up by 38% in 2022-23; Rapeseed Doubled

  According to data compiled by the vegetable oil industry body, the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA), India's overall oil meal exports during the current fiscal year from the month of April to October - were 38% higher year on year at around 1.97 million tonnes. During the comparable period last fiscal year, oil meal exports totaled 1.43 million tonnes. Oil meals are the residue left over after extracting oil from oilseeds, and they are popularly used as livestock feed.

• Tomar Inaugurates 30 Integrated Pack Houses in Aterna, Haryana

  Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that Haryana is ahead in crop production and horticulture, it cannot be praised enough. While speaking to media he said, “Today, farmers must cultivate new crops, use technology in production, and produce quality products. It is a matter of happiness that the farmers of Haryana and the Haryana government are walking on this path.” In this program organized by the Horticulture Department of the Haryana Government, Union Minister Tomar praised the schemes being run for the farmers in the state. In Haryana, 30-pack houses are being built across the state through FPOs.

• Integrated Pest Management in Vegetable Crop Production

  Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a dynamic and evolving system in which all appropriate control tactics and available surveillance and forecasting information are combined into a holistic management program delivered to farmers at appropriate intervals as part of sustainable crop production technologies. Due to increasing urbanization and deforestation, most of these natural resources are being depleted at a rapid rate. With limited land and depleting water resources, India must feed its growing population without disturbing the ecological balance.