Crop residues

• MGNREGA Workers to Collect Crop Residue Says Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal

  Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said on Saturday that MGNREGA workers will be used to collect crop residues from the fields while addressing farmers at a district-level training camp at Ajnala hosted by the Agriculture Department.…

• Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi Urges Farmers to Use Bio-decomposer, Happy Seeder Machine to Control Stubble Burning

  The government provides 50% financial assistance to farmers for the purchase of crop residue management machinery, and 80% is given to cooperative societies, FPOs, and panchayats for the establishment of Custom Hiring Centers.…

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

  CRM Connect would not only help farmers with access and availability-related issues of CRM machines but would also provide valuable information related to the proper usage and handling and share best practices from progressive farmers on the usage of these machines.…

• 11,275 Crop Residue Management Machines in Punjab Go Missing; Government Begins Investigation

  Agriculture minister, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said in a statement during a physical verification that a total of 11,275 machines were not found with the beneficiaries and ordered a comprehensive inquiry into it.…

• Farmers May Soon Get Rs. 2,500 per acre as Incentive for Not Burning Paddy Stubble

  "The proposal will soon be delivered to the finance department and then forwarded to the Delhi government. A senior officer in the agricultural department spoke on condition of anonymity: "We are also writing to the Centre to release funding for its share of promised incentives”.…

• Advantages and Disadvantages of Weeds

  Weeds are unwanted plants that obstruct the use of land and water resources, reducing food productivity and negatively impacting human welfare.…

• The Need for Prioritizing Residual Farming Over Organic Farming

  Residual-free farming is a superior alternative in terms of production and environmental benefits. There has been a paradigmatic shift in consumer choices in recent years. This article discusses the factors influencing residual farming and the need of prioritizing it over organic farming.…

• Commission for Air Quality Management Provides Guidelines for Burning of Crop Residues

  According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting (SAFAR), the estimated average contribution of biomass burning to PM2.5 levels in Delhi in 2020 (10 October - 03 December) and 2021 (10 October - 23 November) was 13 percent, with…

• Farmers Get Training on Crop Residue Management at ICAR-CICR

  The training's major goal was to show how to manage crop residue to increase soil organic carbon content and improve soil health and fertility.…

• Ambuja Cements Support Farmers to Earn Additional Incomes through Procurement of Biomass Fuel

  Over 10,000 farmers are supported through Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) across multiple locations. Additional incomes help in improving the socio-economic status of farmers and farm labourers by creating alternative livelihood sources.…

• KVK Delhi Starts Preparation of Pusa Decomposer Solution

  Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ujwa, Delhi has started the preparation of "Pusa Decomposer Solution" under the project "In-situ Management of Crop Residue" on 23rd October 2021 in the presence of Dr. Naveen Aggarwal, District Collector and Deputy Commissioner, South-West Delhi District, Delhi, and Amit Kale, (I.P.),…

• India’s ‘Agri-Waste’ Recycling Project Wins Prince William’s Earthshot Environmental Prize

  Vidyut Mohan-led Indian company Takachar won the "Clean our Air" prize for its cheap technology innovative machine which converts crop residues into fertilizer (sellable bio-products) so that farmers do not burn the agricultural waste and cause air pollution.…

• Crop Residue Management: Farmers to Get 31,970 Machines to Curb Stubble Burning

  As many as 10,297 applications, which have been received from PACS, panchayats, and CHCs registered under farmers’ societies and individual farmers to ensure crops residue management, have already been approved…

• Agricultural Crop Residues Plays a Crucial Role in Carbon Sequestration

  There's an unprecedented rise in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere - almost an increase of more than 20% in less than 40 years, owing largely to human activities. This is exacerbating the problem of global warming resulting in extreme events like heat waves,…

• Why Farmers Must Start Using 'Happy Seeder' for Crop Residue Burning

  The average farmer who uses the Happy Seeder can generate up to 20% more profits than those who burn their fields…

• UAE's Agthia inks JV deal with US hay exporter

  Agthia Group, the Abu Dhabi-based food and beverage group, has announced that it plans to set up a joint venture with Anderson Hay & Grain Co, the number one hay exporter of the United States.…