Plasticulture can lift agro output to Rs.68,000 cr
The Dollar Business Bureau Agricultural output can increase to Rs.68,000 crore by using plasticulture applications in all pre and post-harvest requirements, a report by FICCI and Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG) said. The term ‘Plasticulture’ is referred to the use of plastics in agriculture in a scientific way that not only enhances the productivity but also improves the input resources. While releasing the report, prepared by FICCI and TSMG, in New Delhi on Friday, Hukmdev Narayan Yadav, Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, highlighted the plasticulture benefits in agriculture. Yadav suggested that plastics industry in India should encourage sustainable development by funding in technologies that safeguard the environment and stimulate growth whereas balancing economic requirements and monetary constraints. The report focused ...
Fake pesticides put India's food grain exports at risk
The Dollar Business Bureau India’s export of 29 million tonnes of food grains worth Rs. 1, 578 billion ($26 billion) is at stake due to increasing use of fake pesticides, says a study. “India's position as one of the leading food grain exporter in the world is fully at stake as the possibility of rumors or sabotage by other countries or rejection of Indian exports food items from developed importing countries would increase," FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) said in its report. Besides food grains, exports of 3 million tonnes of fruits and vegetables worth Rs. 88 billion ($1.43 billion) is also at stake due to non-genuine pesticides. The study titled ‘Menace of Spurious/Counterfeit Pesticides in India’ warned ...
