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Pixxel to Launch India’s First Private Satellite Network, Eyes $19 Billion Market
Pixxel is set to launch three of its six hyperspectral imaging satellites aboard a SpaceX rocket from California on Tuesday. The launch is scheduled to take place at the Vandenberg Space Force Base at around 10:45 a.m. Pacific Time (1845 GMT) on Tuesday - just after midnight the next day in India - subject to final approvals.
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Experts Forecast Up To 10% Drop In Wheat And Rice Yields Due To Climate Change
In the 2023-24 crop year, India produced 113.29 million tonnes of wheat (14% of global supply) and over 137 million tonnes of rice.
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Why India's Easing Of Export Curbs Is Important To Global Rice Trade
India has removed most of the export curbs it imposed on rice shipments in 2023 with immediate effect, as above-average monsoon rains are expected to boost crop yields amid overflowing stocks in state granaries.
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A Heavy Monsoon Season Is Great News For These Indian Stocks
Stocks of Indian firms that earn a large chunk of their revenues from the nation's hinterland are showing signs of a revival, as traders bet that bountiful monsoon rains will lead to better crop yields and boost rural demand.
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Amazon Signs Agreement With ICAR to Help Farmers Enrolled Under Kisan Store
Amazon India on Friday signed an agreement with the government's premier agri-research body ICAR to guide farmers enrolled on its 'Kisan store' on scientific cultivation of different crops and help them achieve optimum yield and income. Under the MoU, Amazon and ICAR will collaborate to extend the latest and most precise agriculture practice that h...
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Centre To Offer Wheat To Flour Millers, Biscuit Makers To Bring Down Prices: Report
Wheat prices have surged in India this year after a sudden rise in temperatures hit crop yields and output.
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Union Cabinet Clears National Mission On Palm Oil To Cut Dependence On Imports
The palm oil mission will have a financial outlay of Rs 11,040 crore and will boost domestic cultivation of palm oil in the next five years.
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Chant Vedic Hymns For Better Crop: Goa Government's Advice To Farmers
The Goa government is promoting a novel technique to improve crop yield: asking farmers to chant ancient Vedic 'mantra'.
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Dejected Punjab Farmer Kills Self Over Low Crop Yield
A 30-year-old farmer, dejected over low crop yield allegedly committed suicide in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib today, police said.
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No Stubble-Burning For 17 Years, Punjab Farmer Says He Has Technique
A farmer in Punjab has claimed he has been sowing wheat directly into the hard soil of his fields without burning crop residue since 2001 and getting up to 2.5 quintals of higher crop yield per acre, a feat that the authorities said could encourage other farmers to do the same.
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Climate Change Leading To Reduced Crop Yield, Study Shows
A scientific study commissioned by the government to assess the impact of climate change has projected reduction in crop yields for irrigated maize, wheat and rain-fed rice, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
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Over 300 arrested After Police Hault 'Kisan Mukti Yatra' In Madhya Pradesh
The farmers were demanding loan waivers and fixing the maximum support price of the crop yield based on recommendations by the M S Swaminathan Committee.
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Punjab Cotton Farmers' Dilemma: Despite More Crop Yield, Profit Is Meagre
For 12 years, the majority of Punjab's farmers have been growing Bt cotton, or genetically modified cotton seeds, which have protected their crops from pests like bollworms. Their yields have doubled too. However, in the last few years, Bt cotton has displayed a remarkable vulnerability to a large number of sap feeding pests like white-flies, which...
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April Snow, Heavy Rains Take Damaging Toll On Fruit Crops In Jammu And Kashmir
Damages to trade, hotels, restaurants, horticulture and handicraft are the first to be noticed, but heavy rains and unseasonal snowfall have completely destroyed the fruit crops in the Valley. Farmer Bashir Ahmad's hopes have dashed to the ground. He was expecting a good yield this season. His daughter gets married next summer, but snowfall in the ...
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India's Crop Yields Lower than US, Europe and China: Government
India's crop yields are lower than those in the US, Europe and China and the government is implementing several schemes to address this issue, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said today.
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Pixxel to Launch India’s First Private Satellite Network, Eyes $19 Billion Market
Pixxel is set to launch three of its six hyperspectral imaging satellites aboard a SpaceX rocket from California on Tuesday. The launch is scheduled to take place at the Vandenberg Space Force Base at around 10:45 a.m. Pacific Time (1845 GMT) on Tuesday - just after midnight the next day in India - subject to final approvals.
-
Experts Forecast Up To 10% Drop In Wheat And Rice Yields Due To Climate Change
In the 2023-24 crop year, India produced 113.29 million tonnes of wheat (14% of global supply) and over 137 million tonnes of rice.
-
Why India's Easing Of Export Curbs Is Important To Global Rice Trade
India has removed most of the export curbs it imposed on rice shipments in 2023 with immediate effect, as above-average monsoon rains are expected to boost crop yields amid overflowing stocks in state granaries.
-
A Heavy Monsoon Season Is Great News For These Indian Stocks
Stocks of Indian firms that earn a large chunk of their revenues from the nation's hinterland are showing signs of a revival, as traders bet that bountiful monsoon rains will lead to better crop yields and boost rural demand.
-
Amazon Signs Agreement With ICAR to Help Farmers Enrolled Under Kisan Store
Amazon India on Friday signed an agreement with the government's premier agri-research body ICAR to guide farmers enrolled on its 'Kisan store' on scientific cultivation of different crops and help them achieve optimum yield and income. Under the MoU, Amazon and ICAR will collaborate to extend the latest and most precise agriculture practice that h...
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Centre To Offer Wheat To Flour Millers, Biscuit Makers To Bring Down Prices: Report
Wheat prices have surged in India this year after a sudden rise in temperatures hit crop yields and output.
-
Union Cabinet Clears National Mission On Palm Oil To Cut Dependence On Imports
The palm oil mission will have a financial outlay of Rs 11,040 crore and will boost domestic cultivation of palm oil in the next five years.
-
Chant Vedic Hymns For Better Crop: Goa Government's Advice To Farmers
The Goa government is promoting a novel technique to improve crop yield: asking farmers to chant ancient Vedic 'mantra'.
-
Dejected Punjab Farmer Kills Self Over Low Crop Yield
A 30-year-old farmer, dejected over low crop yield allegedly committed suicide in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib today, police said.
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No Stubble-Burning For 17 Years, Punjab Farmer Says He Has Technique
A farmer in Punjab has claimed he has been sowing wheat directly into the hard soil of his fields without burning crop residue since 2001 and getting up to 2.5 quintals of higher crop yield per acre, a feat that the authorities said could encourage other farmers to do the same.
-
Climate Change Leading To Reduced Crop Yield, Study Shows
A scientific study commissioned by the government to assess the impact of climate change has projected reduction in crop yields for irrigated maize, wheat and rain-fed rice, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
-
Over 300 arrested After Police Hault 'Kisan Mukti Yatra' In Madhya Pradesh
The farmers were demanding loan waivers and fixing the maximum support price of the crop yield based on recommendations by the M S Swaminathan Committee.
-
Punjab Cotton Farmers' Dilemma: Despite More Crop Yield, Profit Is Meagre
For 12 years, the majority of Punjab's farmers have been growing Bt cotton, or genetically modified cotton seeds, which have protected their crops from pests like bollworms. Their yields have doubled too. However, in the last few years, Bt cotton has displayed a remarkable vulnerability to a large number of sap feeding pests like white-flies, which...
-
April Snow, Heavy Rains Take Damaging Toll On Fruit Crops In Jammu And Kashmir
Damages to trade, hotels, restaurants, horticulture and handicraft are the first to be noticed, but heavy rains and unseasonal snowfall have completely destroyed the fruit crops in the Valley. Farmer Bashir Ahmad's hopes have dashed to the ground. He was expecting a good yield this season. His daughter gets married next summer, but snowfall in the ...
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India's Crop Yields Lower than US, Europe and China: Government
India's crop yields are lower than those in the US, Europe and China and the government is implementing several schemes to address this issue, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said today.
