27-October-2022: Herbicide Glyphosate, Dairy Farmers, Wheat & Rice Silo, Nutritious Cereal Products

27 October 2022

• Centre Asks Bihar to Complete Construction of Wheat & Rice Silo in Buxar by December

  Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary Department of Food and Public Distribution gave the order to finish building the wheat and rice silo in Buxar by December 2022 so that it may be used efficiently during his visit to the Bhojpur and Buxar Districts of Bihar on Wednesday. He examined the lifting and distribution of food grains under the National Food Security Act and PMGKAY's progress, as well as the preparedness of the paddy purchase for the forthcoming KMS 2022–23.

• India to Promote Nutritious Cereal Products for Public Health, Nutrition: Tomar at 7th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting

  The 7th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting (AIMMAF) on Agriculture and Forestry was held virtually on Wednesday (26 October 2022). The meeting was co-chaired by Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Agriculture Ministers of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam also took part in the meeting.

• Udupi Dairy Farmers to Launch Postcard Campaign on October 27 Seeking Hike in Milk Procurement Price

  Dairy farmers affiliated with Sahakara Bharathi, a cooperative NGO, will launch a postcard campaign on October 27 by holding a farmers convention in Udupi to urge the State government to raise the milk procurement price by Rs 5 per litre. The convention will be held at the Rajangana of Sri Krishna Mutt, according to the convener (dairy farmers' cell) of Sahakara Bharathi Sanoor Narasimha Kamath.

• Govt Limits Use of Herbicide Glyphosate Due to Health Concerns

  Fearing harm to human and animal health, the Centre has officially restricted the use of the widely used herbicide glyphosate. Glyphosate will now only be applied by pest control operators (PCOs). PCOs are authorised to use lethal chemicals to treat pests such as rodents. More than two years after a draught of the restriction was circulated for comments and views, a formal gazette notification was issued last night. Though the official order did not state it explicitly, many experts believe it is intended to limit farmers' use of glyphosate.

• Plantation Sector to Request Exemption from New Glyphosate Use Regulations

  The plantation industry believes it should be exempt from the new glyhposate regulations. According to a notification issued by the Agriculture Ministry earlier this week, the use of glyphosate is hereby restricted, and no one shall use glyphosate except pest control operators (PCOs). Planters claim that hiring a professional to spray the herbicide would be prohibitively expensive in the vast and remote plantation areas.