Farmer-Centric Initiatives of the Modi Government

Farmer – Centric Initiatives of the Modi Government The Government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has consistently demonstrated its commitment to improving the socio-economic condition of farmers by launching a series of farmer-centric initiatives. These policies and schemes aim at increasing farmers’ income, ensuring income security, modernizing agricultural infrastructure, and […]

FLYING TRACTORS

Farmers have been using Drones over the past 20 years for aerial imaging and scanning farms. Now the drones are being used for hands-on crop management enabled to spray herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, and foliar fertilization with precision and even to distribute seeds to farmers. A “Feather-weight flying tractor” is now at work treating thousand acres […]

FUTURE OF FARMING

Indian Agriculture Sector is delivering a bumper harvest resulting in broad-based gains across cereals, pulses, oilseeds, millets, and commercial crops especially in Sugarcane output. The Country’s total foodgrains production has also risen to 358 million tonnes in 2024-25. These gains are mainly attributed to Tractor-driven farm machinery especially in the small farm holdings. The signal […]

SUGAR THE DEAL WIDE OPEN

Extension Systems Foundation International (esfi) Sugarcane with Farmer

Currently, Sugarcane is being monitored by Agriculture Ministry, Sugarcane research is being hand led by multiple central Agencies, Cane development activities are being looked-after by State Depts, and Sugar production is controlled by Food Ministry. For sustainable sugarcane development, bringing all these stakeholders under one umbrella is very much called for. Hence, formation of a […]

TRACTOR GIRL

Extension Systems Foundation International (esfi) Tractor Girl

After finishing her household chores, a 37 years old Suman Rani from Hisar in Haryana is all set her hand at doing mechanized farming in the small landholdings of her in-laws. The mother of two kids is bringing change in the Khapland by way of ploughing the fields and driving tractor-trolley toGrains market and supporting […]