Wheat producers will benefit as the heat is expected to break

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the daytime temperature will decline after Tuesday as the anticyclonic circulation above Gujarat moves towards the Arabian Sea following days of a persistent heat wave that jeopardized wheat yield, particularly in Gujarat and west Rajasthan. Yet as a precaution, the government has established a high-level committee to…

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Telangana’s cotton production increased by 33% in just six years

Telangana, the third-largest cotton-producing State in the nation, increased its cotton production by 33% from 18.85 lakh tonnes (lt) in 2015­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­. This is right despite the crop’s area not significantly expanding. 19 lakh hectares (lh) of cotton were planted over the time period, a 12 percent increase from 17 lh. The state’s ability to export…

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Cotton farmers receive additional “long staple” attention in the budget

Extra-long staple cotton, a specialty crop with strong demand in the textile sector, was given a huge boost by the host of initiatives Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced for increased productivity and improved rewards to farmers. “We will use public-private partnerships (PPP) to adopt a cluster-based and value chain approach to increase the productivity of…

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