26-September-2022: TNC India, Assam CM, Record Food Grains Production, Paddy Crop, GROWiT

26 September 2022

• TNC India Launches Crop Residue Management Connect Portal for Punjab Farmers

  The Nature Conservancy (TNC) India with the support of IBM launched CRM Connect, a web-based portal for farmers and the agricultural community in Punjab to address crop residue burning at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana during Farmer Fair. CRM Connect was launched by Gurpreet Singh Bassi, MLA, West Ludhiana; Dr S S Gosal, Vice Chancellor, PAU; Dr Gurwinder Singh, Director Agriculture, Punjab; Dr Ashok Kumar, Director Extension, PAU; Dr Manjeet Kang, former VC, PAU; and progressive farmer Pavitra Pal Singh Pangli in the presence of the Crop Residue Management (CRM) team from The Nature Conservancy India.

• Sadhguru and Assam CM Face Huge Criticism Over Kaziranga National Park Row

  Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of Assam, refuted claims made by two activists that he, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, and Tourism Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah breached the law by going on a night safari in Kaziranga National Park. According to two activists in Assam, Sadhguru, Sarma, and Baruah entered the national park on Saturday well after the scheduled visit time, which is where the Indian one-horned rhino lives. 

• “Record Production of Food Grains in Uttar Pradesh Proves Our Farmers' Potential”, Yogi Adityanath

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that farmer incomes have increased more than double since 2014 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the goal of doubling farmers’ income by 2022.

• Paddy Crop on 1.5 Lakh Hectares Damaged Due to Continuous Rainfall in Punjab

  According to reports over 1.5 lakh hectares of paddy crop in Punjab have been damaged due to heavy rainfall in the past few days. Emergency surveys conducted by the state agriculture department said that certain locations have seen complete crop damage. Farmers are concerned about the decrease in yield due to continuous rain. Dalip Singh, a farmer from the village of Nandpur Kesho near Patiala said we are in a terrible situation because the crop was about to be harvested and rainfall has led to the lodging of the crop. I am not sure whether the crop will recover. This time, we will have to suffer huge losses.

• India’s Leading D2F Protective Farming Firm GROWiT Partners with Samunnati

  GROWiT, India’s leading Direct-to-Farmer (D2F) protective farming company, announces a partnership with Samunnati, an open agri network. The partnership will increase awareness and penetration of protective farming techniques and products among farmers associated with Samunati and its farmer-producer organizations (FPOs).