Month: June 2019

Agriculture Products Choose The Best For Healthy Crop

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What if suddenly you wake up from your sleep and find that your house has no grains to be cooked? What will be your state of mind when you realize that you dont have sufficient amount of raw materials to cook? All these seem to be nightmare in any persons dream, even to the business technocrat and to a not much well to do person. Now make yourself relieved, it was just a dream! But, it could be a reality if proper consideration and care is not given to the crops.

Crops require utmost nourishment and care, than any other sector. It is a field which needs constant monitoring, both by the workers involved in it and by the higher authority individuals. Crops need be nourished and taken care of high quality fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides and many more crop cultivation products.

The factor via which the crops may yield best results is making the farmers aware of the latest irrigation technology. Several crop cultivation and harvesting programs are organized around the globe. Since farmers are not that much economically sound, therefore, the professionals arranging for that seminars on the latest and most recent irrigation procedure and technology, could arrange for that seminar in the nearby area.

By the help of most recent and advanced irrigation technology, new Agriculture Products, the farmers may get beneficial tips on cultivating their crops. If by little effort they could yield the best results and better results, then it is advisable that the farmers must be given the training and asked to attend the seminar. Farmers are the professionals who work in the fields, whole day, in the harsh sunlight, rain, fog, mist. They have to work in that hard field, then what if they get some beneficial tips on lessening their effort and making their hard work earn equal amount of errands for them.

Farmers must sternly select their crop fertilizer supplier after proper research and feedback from other farmers. Farmers must ask from other fellow farmers as to what latest agriculture products they are using and many more. Agriculture may only and only yield good result if high and fine quality products are used while cultivation and harvesting. The most essential factor is choice of the apt agriculture supplier. If the opted agriculture supplier is not apt then there is no way that the farmer may get the finest agriculture products for harvesting.

Agriculture Machinery

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Indian Agriculture Machinery
Agriculture in India, the most excellent sector of the economy, is the resource of livelihood of almost two thirds of the workforce in the country. The contribution of agriculture and allied activities to India’s economic growth in recent years has been no less momentous than that of industry and services. “If agriculture survives, India survives”. Agricultural machinery and equipment have revolutionized the agricultural industry global. They help in increasing and improving the productivity content to a great level. Other country’s peopleare generally saysthast India is an agricultural country. For agriculture India uses many types of the machinery used for to farm like tractor, cultivator, huffing, plough, electric plough, hydraulic plough,etc
List of agricultural machinery and equipment are as follows

Tractors:
Tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction. It is used specially as a farm vehicle. Agricultural implements may be towed behind or mounted on the tractor, and the tractor may also provide a source of power if the implement is mechanized.

Cultivators:
Cultivator is a large farm machine used for cultivation. This farm implement is used for thrilling and pulverize the soil for planting, or for weed control or moisture conservation. It is also used in mixing compost and fertilizer into the soil.
This farm implement or machine is designed to destroy weeds with shallow roots and to break up surface soil near plants for aeration. Cultivator also eliminates habitat for mice, other rodents, insects, etc.

Garden Cultivators:
Garden Cultivators are used in maintaining gardens, though the smaller variant is used for this purpose. This motor powered machine is used to mix soils with manures and fertilizers in preparation for planting. It is controlled by an operator walking behind and also used in ploughing the soil.

Farm Cultivators:
In agriculture farms, tractor powered cultivators are used for soil’s stirring and pulverizing. They vary greatly in their size and shape, ranging from 10 feet (3 m) to the huge 80 feet (24 m). The large cultivators are equipped with hydraulic wings that fold up to makes road travel easier and safer.

Other machinery is as follows:
Tillers
Oilseed Processing Machinery
Leveling Blade
Grain Drilling Machinery
Harvesting Machinery
Sprayers
Harrow
Tractor Spares
Sowing and Planting Machinery
Planters
Hand Tools
Ploughs
Crop Processing Machinery
Crop Drying Machinery

Aryavart Gramin Bank – Scheme of Agriculture Graduates for Establishing Agri Clinics and Agri Busin

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Aryavart Gramin Bank, a Regional Rural Bank, was constituted on 3rd October 2006 after amalgamation …

Aryavart Gramin Bank, a Regional Rural Bank, was constituted on 3rd October 2006 after amalgamation of three Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) namely Avadh Gramin Bank, Barabanki Gramin Bank and Farrukhabad Gramin Bank as per Government of India notification no. F.No.1/4/2006-RRB dated 03-10-2006.

The Aryavart Gramin Bank, henceforth mentioned as the Bank, has 306 branches, six Regional Offices and a Head Office. The bank offers home loan, personal loan, agricultural loan, educational loan etc in order facilitate the customers in rural and semi urban areas.

Purpose- Financial assistance for setting up Agri Clinic and Agri Business centers for providing expert advice for better cropping practices, protection from pests and diseases, market trend and also clinical services for animal health.

Eligibility- Agriculture graduates or graduates in subject allied to agriculture, like veterinary, dairy, etc.

Amount 0f Loan -Rs.10 Lac

Quantum Of Loan- As per project cost.

Margin- No Margin up to Rs.5 Lakh, 25% above Rs.5 Lakh

Subsidy- 25% to 33.33% on capital investment (back ended), interest subsidy for two years

Rate of Interest- 12.50% per annum

Repayment- 5 to 10 years including moratorium period of maximum 2 years

Briquetting Of Biomass – Create Bio Briquettes From Agriculture Waste

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Briquette fuel produced from briquetting of biomass is fairly good substitute for coal, lignite, firewood. Fuel from biomass briquetting is the process of converting low bulk density biomass into high density and energy concentrated bio briquettes. Compared to fire wood or loose biomass, bio briquette gives much higher boiler efficiency because of low moisture and higher density.
* Biomass Briquettes coal is cheaper than usual coal.
* Oil, coal or lignite, once used, cannot be replaced.
* High sulfur content of oil and coal, when burnt, pollutes the environment. There is no sulfur in biomass Briquettes coal.
* Biomass briquettes have a higher practical thermal value and much lower ash content (2-10% as compared to 20-40% in coal).
* There is no fly ash when burning briquettes fuel.
* Briquettes fuel has consistent quality, has high burning efficiency, and is ideally sized for complete combustion.
* Combustion is more uniform compared to coal and boiler response to changes in steam requirements is faster due to higher quantity of volatile matter in briquettes.
* Briquettes are usually produced near the consumption centers and supplies do not depend on erratic transport from long distances.
The composition of the Briquettes biomass varies by area due to the availability of raw materials. The raw materials are gathered and compressed into briquetting machines in order to burn longer and make transportation of the goods easier. Compared to fossil fuels, the biomass briquettes produce low net total greenhouse gas emissions because the materials used are already a part of the carbon cycle.
Briquettes in India helps processing of the material in pieces of geometrically regular and uniform in each case form, almost same mass. Biomass Briquette manufacturers create additional raw materials of fine materials whose use is inefficient and inconvenient as well as recycled waste.
This can be prevented by using biomass briquettes for electricity generation instead of other energy sources. A renewable resource can be replaced as needed without hurting the planet or the inhabitants. Biomass in India is now used by many companies as it is environment friendly. Briquetting machine price can also be high. The fixed costs with creating those products are high because of the brand-new undeveloped technologies that concentrate on the extraction, production and storage within the fuel.

Indian Agriculture Sector At The Cusp Of A Revolution

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In the recent years, India has put up an impressive growth performance at the agricultural front, almost 30% as per the latest report. Thanks, to the public and private sector investments flowing in at a continuous pace.

Agriculture is Indian economys mainstay and it comprises 18.5 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP).

In the last two years agriculture and its allied sectors have registered a noteworthy growth rate of 4% as opposed to the average annual growth rate of 2.5% during the 10th Five-Year plan.

The current thrust on the Agricultural Sector has been mainly possible due to sizeable number of initiatives adopted in the recent years. Say, for instance, public sector investment in the farm sector has grown from 1.8% in 2000-01 to 3.5% in 2006-07, private sector investment has increased from 8.9% in 2003-04 to 9.9% in 2006-07.

According to a report, agri-biotech sector in India has been growing at a mind-blowing rate of 30% since the last five years, and it is likely to maintain this growth rate in the future. The report further adds that agriculture biotech in India has immense growth opportunities and the country could become a forerunner in the production of transgenic rice and several other genetically engineered vegetables by 2010.

The food processing sector, which is considered to the prime driver of the Indian Economy, is currently growing at 13.5% as opposed to 6.5% in 2003-04.

Production

Riding on the back of agro-climatic conditions and rich natural resource base, India, today has become the worlds largest producer of numerous commodities,

The country is the leading producer of coconuts, mangoes, milk, bananas, dairy products, ginger, turmeric, cashew nuts, pulses and black pepper. Further, it is also the second largest producer of rice, wheat, sugar, cotton, fruits and vegetables.

According to the report of Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), crop production is estimated to increase by 1.7 per cent during FY 10. Foodgrain production is projected to rise by 1.1 per cent. Of which, wheat production may remain at the same level of 80-million tonnes as estimated for FY 09. Rice production may swell by 1.1 per cent to 98.8-million tonnes. Manufacturing of coarse cereals and pulses is also expected to rise in FY 10.

Also, India is the second-largest producer of cotton. The yield may rise 10% to about 32 million sales in 2009-10. Cotton output in 2008-09 is being pegged at 29 million bales, as per the projections by state-owned Cotton Advisory Board.

Indias coffee yield is estimated to touch at 3.1 lakh tonne in 2009-2010, 4.4% higher compared to 2008-09, according to the Coffee Board.

Exports

According to APEDA- government’s agri-trade promotion body- India’s Agricultural and processed food products clocked a 38 per cent increase in the 200708 fiscal, on the back of increased shipments of coarse cereals like maize, jowar and barley. According to official report, India exported 17.5 million tonnes worth of agricultural and processed foods valued at US$ 6.39 billion in FY 200708 as opposed to 10.9 million tonnes in the previous year.

APEDA believes that exports will grow further due to growing demand from Asian and African markets that are vigorously obtaining rather cheaper Products from emerging markets like India.

Today, 70 per cent of the countrys agricultural and processed foods exports are send to developing countries in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and South America.

Investments

* India may shell out US$ 14.05 million for the development of organic spices by 2012, specially turmeric, chilli, and ginger.

* Monsanto Company is planning to spend US$ 9.8 million to set up scholars program to support research and production of rice and wheat, through plant breeding techniques.

* DuPont has taken over Nandi seeds for US$ 8.3 million.

* To cultivate drought hit areas of the Telangana region, the Andhra Pradesh government has approved US$ 773.68 million for the Pranahita-Chevella Lift Irrigation Scheme to be made functional here.

* Tata Chemicals will be setting up a manufacturing plant for customised fertilisers at Babrala in Uttar Pradesh. The company is planning to invest US$ 10.02 million in this facility which is having a production capacity of 20 tonne per hour.

Government Initiatives

Few of the initiatives taken by the government to speed up growth include:

* The government has given approval for 60 Agricultural Export Zones (AEZs).

* The National Food Security Mission aspires to enhance the production of rice, wheat and pulses by 10 million tonnes, 8 million tonnes and 2 million tonnes, respectively by the end of the 11th Plan.

* The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana was introduced in 2007. Under this scheme the States will be offered US$ 5.01 billion over the 11th Plan period for investment in various projects.

* Agro and allied sectors have been allowed 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) via the automatic route.

Road ahead

With the governments special focus on this sector, the agriculture segment is all set to play a more proactive role in the economy.

In the 200910 budgets, the government has initiated various steps to support the growth of this sector in order to achieve self-sufficiency in food grains.

Agriculture credit may probably touch US$ 67.14 billion for the year 2009-10. In 2008-09 agriculture credit flow was at US$ 59.3 billion.