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Agriculture sector increases in India during covid-19 situation.

  "Around 59 lakh ha more sowing area coverage reported under kharif crops in comparison to last year" "Sowing area coverage of oil seeds  increased by more than 10%"        Record progress of area coverage reported on 1104.54 lakh ha area compared to corresponding period of last year 1045.18 lakh ha. Sowing of rice still continues while sowing of pulses, coarse cereals and oilseeds is almost over. The final sowing figures for kharif season are expected to be closed on 1 st October 2020. Rice: Sowing of Rice has been reported on 402.25 lakh ha compared to 373.87 lakh ha during the corresponding period of last year i.e. increased in area coverage by 7.59%. Pulses : Pulses on 137.87 lakh ha against 131.76 lakh ha area of last year i.e. increased in area coverage by 4.64%. Coarse Cereals : Coverage of Coarse Cereals reported on 179.70 lakh ha area against 177.43 lakh ha area of last year i.e. increased in area coverage by 1.28%. Oilseeds : O...
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''KISAN RAIL''

The Indian Railways has introduced the first “Kisan Rail” from Devlali (Maharashtra) to Danapur (Bihar). The Centre had announced plans of starting special parcel trains called ‘Kisan Rail’ in the Budget 2020-21. Important fact of "KISAN RAIL" Kisan Rails are the first ever multi commodity trains. Earlier, Indian Railways had run single commodity special trains like Banana Specials etc. These trains with refrigerated coaches will help in bringing perishable agricultural products like vegetables, fruits to the market in a short period of time. These will ensure that agro products reach from one corner to another corner of the country. These trains are a step towards realizing the goal of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022. These are expected to be a great help to the farmers, as freight of these trains will be charged as per parcel tariff of normal trains. The Devlai-Danapur train (a weekly service) is expected to reduce transportation costs by Rs. 1000 per tonne compared with ...

3G Cutting Of cucurbitecious crops

कद्दूवर्गीय (बेल वाली) फसलों में 3 G कटिंग द्वारा अधिक उपज प्राप्त करें।             गर्मी व वर्षांत के मौसम में हर घर के पास लौकी, तोरई, चचिंडा, ककड़ी, करेला,कद्दू आदि सब्जियों की बेलें देखने को मिलती हैं। कई कृषक इन फसलों की व्यवसायिक खेती भी कर रहे हैं।  ऐसे पहचानें,मुख्य तना द्वितय व तृतीय पीढ़ी के तनों को           तकनीकी जानकारी के अभाव में कृषक इन वेल वाली सब्जियां से भरपूर उपज व आर्थिक लाभ नहीं ले पाते।            कद्दू वर्गीय फसलों के पौधे द्विलिंगी (monoecious) होते हैं, यानी एक ही पौधे पर नर व मादा पुष्प होते हैं। पुष्प एक लिंगी (uni sexual) अर्थात नर व मादा पुष्प अलग अलग लगते हैं। मादा पुष्प में नीचे छोटा सा फल लगा होता है जब कि नर पुष्प सीधे डंडी पर खड़ा रहता है। पौधों पर फल तभी विकसित होते हैं जब पौधों पर मादा फूल विकसित होते हैं तथा खिले हुए नर फूल से पराग परागण द्वारा खिले हुए मादा फूल के वर्तिकाग्र में गिर कर परागित/ निषेचन करें।         ...

What is Agriculture

         The term agriculture is derived from the Latin words “ager” or “agri” meaning “soil” and ‘cultra’ meaning ‘cultivation’          Agriculture is a very broad term encompassing all aspects of crop production or cultivation, livestock farming, fisheries, forestry etc.          Agriculture may be defined as the art , the science and the business of producing crops and livestock for man’s use and employment.          Agriculture is the cultivation of lands for production of crops for a regular supply of food and other needs for progress of the nation.         The term “Agronomy” is derived from Greek words “Agros” meaning “field” and “nomos” meaning “to manage”              Agronomy is a branch of agricultural science which deals with principles and practices of soil, water and crop managem...