expert corner
“
Agri-tech is going to
be a major
contributor to
making agriculture
more remunerative
in the coming year,
and that will also
contribute to
bringing in the
much-needed
glamour to
agriculture”
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our bit by giving safe,
herbal, nano-tech
products for crop care
and animal care
products that
eliminates need for
chemical-based
products, while also
increasing production
and productivity!
Dairy is one allied
sector of agriculture
that has potential to
drive India’s rural
economy that is
currently under stress.
This also impacting
total aggregate
demand, given that
rural India drives 47%
Maharashtra, the
of it. A lot needs to be
alarming number of
done in the dairy
cancer patients in
sector, primarily on
Punjab and other
states, are now serving increasing the
productivity of milch
as a wake-up call for
animals. India has the
governments to ban
largest number of
chemical pesticides
milch animals, the
and find alternative
organic substitutes. We highest amount of milk
production in the
are also contributing
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world, but has the
lowest productivity at
1000 liters per year per
animal, against the
global best of 12000
liters. India needs
technologies to
increase milk
production without the
need for chemical
interventions.
Companies like
Livestock and Crop
Registry India Limited
are using DNA analysis
to help farmers