Agri Info

 Indicator plant for Nutrient Deficiency 

Nutrient	Indicator Plants
N	Cauliflower, Cabbage
P	Rapeseed
K	Potato
Ca	Cauliflower, Cabbage
Mg	Potato
Fe	Sugarbeet
Mn	Sugar beet, Oat, Potato
B	Sugar beet

 Classification of Alkaline Soils

 Optimum pH range for available of different nutrients 

Nutrient	Optimum pH range
N	6.0-8.0
P	6.5-8.5
K	6.0-7.5
S	6.0 & above
Ca & Mg	7.0-8.5
Fe	6.0 & above
Mn	5.0-6.5
B, Cu, Zn	5.0-7.0
Mo	7.0 & above

 Soil Fertility Vs Soil Productivity 

Weather Vs Climate

Definition of weather

• Modification of  Weather, except to a limited extent, is difficult and uneconomical. 
• Weather is a state or condition of atmosphere at a given place and at a given time
• Weather is daily variations or conditions of lower layers of atmosphere
• Weather pertains to smaller area like village, city, or even a district and smaller duration of time i.e, part of a day or complete day.
• Weather is expressed by numerical values of meteorological parameters.
• Example of weather are hot day, rainy day, cloudy weather, dry weather etc.,

 Register now "Climate resilient animal husbandry" free Online training by ICAR- Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad, Telangana

 List of Free Online Webinar from 07/08/2021 to 25/09/2021 by MANAGE, Hyderabad.

Date & Topics for Webinar 

1. Agro Tourism and Agri-Entrepreneurship - Webinar - 07-aug-2021
2. Startups and Business opportunities in Poultry Sector - Webinar - 14-aug-2021
3. Agri-Startups: Managing Finances and Cash Flows - Webinar - 21-aug-2021
4. Agri-Startups: Food Supply, Security and Sustainability - Webinar - 28-aug-2021
5. Agri-Tech Startups for R&D - Webinar - 04-sep-2021
6. Disruption in Agri-Tech Sector using Data Analytics - Webinar - 11-sep-2021
7. Startups for Soil Health Management - Webinar - 18-sep-2021
8. Agri-Startups in Seed Sector: Opportunities and Challenges - Webinar - 25-sep-2021

Date of Training : 10/08/2021 to 12/08/2021

Venue: Online (No Fee), ICAR – IINRG, Ranchi

The application is available on Playstore and Appstore."This Mobile App is dedicated to the general public and designed to communicate the weather information and forecasts in a lucid manner without technical jargons," said the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences. Users can access observed weather, forecasts, radar images and be proactively warned of impending weather events.

The Mausam mobile app has the following services:

Current Weather: Current temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction for 200 cities updated 8 times a day. Information on Sunrise and sunset along with moonrise and moonset are also given.

Nowcast: Three hourly warnings of localized weather phenomena and their intensity issued for about 800 stations, and districts of India by State Meteorological Centres of IMD. In case of severe weather, its impact also is included in the warning.

City Forecast: Past 24 hours and a 7-day forecast of weather conditions around 450 cities in India.

Warnings: Alerts issued twice a day for all districts for the next five days in colour code (Red, Orange and Yellow) to warn citizens of approaching dangerous weather. The colour code Red is the most severe category urging authorities to take action, Orange code prompts authorities and public to be alert and Yellow code prompts authorities and public to keep themselves updated.

Radar products: Latest Station wise radar products updated every 10 minutes.

This app has been designed and developed jointly by ICRISAT’s Digital Agriculture & Youth (DAY) team, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

 The Ministries of Earth Sciences and Agriculture have launched a mobile application, called Meghdoot, that will provide location, and crop and livestock-specific weather-based agro advisories to farmers in local languages.

To begin with, the service would be available for 150 districts in different parts of the country. It will be extended to rest of the country in a phased manner over the next one year.

It will provide forecast relating to temperature, rainfall, humidity, and wind speed and direction, which play critical roles in agricultural operations and advisories to the farmers on how to take care of their crops and livestock.

The information would be updated twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays.

The app would provide information in the form of images, maps and pictures to help the farmer to have a clearer picture of what is in store. It has been integrated with WhatsApp and Facebook as well to help farmers share advisories among themselves. It will also be integrated with YouTube in future.

It has been developed by experts from the India Meteorological Department and Indian Institute of Tropical meteorology and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. 

The app can be downloaded from Google Play Store and App Store.

 The World Bank has approved a USD 250 million projects in India for a long-term dam safety program and improving the safety and performance of existing dams across various states of India. The Second Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP-2) agreement was inked on between the World Bank, the Government of India, the Central Water Commission, and government representatives from 10 participating states. The project will be implemented at the national level through the Central Water Commission (CWC).

At the state level, approximately 120 dams will be undertaken across the states of Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu. Other states or agencies may be added to the project during project implementation.

Other important measures that DRIP-2 will support include flood forecasting systems and integrated reservoir operations that will contribute to building climate resilience; the preparation and implementation of Emergency Action Plans to enable vulnerable downstream communities to prepare for and enhance resilience against the possible negative impacts and risks of climate change; and the piloting of supplemental revenue generation schemes such as floating solar panels.

Note:

• World Bank Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States.

• World Bank Formation: July 1944.

• World Bank President: David Malpass.

The 200 Agro-AWS installations were done at District Agromet Units (DAMUs) located in the Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) network, to augment block-level Agromet Advisory Services (AAS) under the Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS) scheme, Union Minister of State Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

Weather-based operational AAS viz GKMS scheme, rendered by the IMD jointly with the ICAR and State Agricultural Universities, is a step towards weather-based crop and livestock management strategies and operations for the benefit of the farming community in the country, he said.

Under the scheme, medium-range weather forecast at district and block level is generated and based on the forecast, agromet advisories are prepared and communicated by the Agromet Field Units (AMFUs) co-located with state Agricultural Universities, and DAMUs at KVKs to the farmers every Tuesday and Friday.

These Agromet Advisories help farmers to make decisions on day-to-day agricultural operations, which can further optimise the application of input resources at the farm level during deficient rainfall situations and extreme weather events to reduce monetary loss and maximise crop yield.

Agromet Advisories are communicated to the farmers through multi-channel dissemination systems like print and electronic media, Doordarshan, radio, internet etc. including SMS using mobile phones through Kisan Portal launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and also through private companies under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.

At present, 43.37 million farmers in the country receive the Agromet Advisories through SMS directly. KVKs of the ICAR has also given links to the respective district-level advisory in their web portal, the Minister said.

Mobile App 'Meghdoot' has also been launched by the Ministry of Earth Sciences to help the farmers to get the weather information including alerts and related Agromet Advisories specific to their districts, he added

 NUTRISMART FISH to Boost the Nutritional Security of the Rural Women 

Date: 10/08/2021 to 12/08/2021

Venue: Online(No Fee), ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal

Objectives :

• To orient the target group about “NutriSmart” fish species and induct the participants about the potential of fish as a nutrient rich food item to meet the ‘Hidden Hunger"

Content: 

• An introduction to the activities of ICAR-CIFRI; Assessment of nutritional needs of Rural people with special emphasis on women; Importance of nutritional intervention during prenatal and postnatal stage(1000 days) to improve Childhood development; Common nutrient deficiency disorders in women and preventive measure using plant, animal and fish products; Fish as health food; Orientation on ‘Nutria-smart’ fish species; SIF to boost nutritional security –CIFRI’s experience; ‘Nutrifish’ –a potential avenue for livelihood security; “Nutrifish” to address ‘Hidden hunger’; Nutritional requirement-based value addition on fish and fishery products;Cost effective nutrition sensitive innovations to address nutritional security; Innovations in agricultural extension and MANAGE initiatives

Methodology:

1. Course will be offered through online live sessions and the link will be sent to the participants e-mail 2. Selection of candidates: The participants will be selected as per the eligibility defined for the programme 

3. Last Date for Applying online: 6th August, 2021, 5:30 pm

 4. Online examination: An online examination will be conducted on 8th August, 2021, 4:00-4:30 pm in which the participants has to respond 25 multiple choice questions through Google forms. 

5. Issuing of certificate A digital certificate will be issued to the participants after fulfilling following criteria * Full time attendance * Minimum 40% score in online exam

 6. Program Feedback: The participants have to rate each session as a feedback which will be incorporated through online mode

To whom:

Faculty/students of Fishery Universities, Scholars, Students and SMS (Fishery Science), ICAR Institutes, Fishery Colleges, SAUs, KVKs and State Fishery Officers are eligible to apply

Click the link to apply : https://www.manage.gov.in/trgModule/emailRegn.asp?tpno=ELF&tpyear=FDFE

The Government of India has launched a new Central Sector Scheme called the “Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Produce Organizations (FPOs)”.

• The scheme has been launched with a clear strategy and committed resources in order to form and promote 10,000 new FPOs across India.

• For the making of FPOs, Rs 6865 crore have been allocated

 The government on Monday said there is no proposal under consideration to waive loans of farmers, including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad said the Centre has not implemented any farm loan waiver scheme since 'Agriculture Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme (ADWDRS), 2008'.