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Agriculture in Vidarbha,Marathwada at high risk to
climate change: ReportState working with Centre for bringing changes in crop patterns,
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Written by Shubhangi Khapre | Mumbai |Published:February 2, 2016 1:21 am
The districts of Marathwada and Vidarbha witnessing maximum farmer suicides in
Maharashtra face higher risk to climate change. A report by the National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) recommends the state government to
initiate policies and measures to adapt to climate changes that would be detrimental to
the agro-sector in 14 districts affected by severe drought across Vidarbha and
Marathwada.
According to the Central Research Institute for Dryland Farming, “The districts in
Marathwada and Vidarbha face very high risk to climate change. Studies warn that if
no action is taken, financial implications on account of damages due to climate
change would be massive. Mumbai alone can incur financial damages of as much as
Rs 2 trillion due to climate change-related damages.”
CRIDA has also mapped the vulnerability atlas of India, a collection of maps showing
parts of India vulnerable to natural disasters.
At least 80 per cent of the total area under agriculture cultivation is rainfed in
Maharashtra. “Climate change was never factored in our policy-making or annual
state budget. Now, for the first time in 2014-15, unseasonal hailstorm and changing
rain patterns extending to longer dry spells have come as an eye opener to
policymakers in the state,” said sources in the agriculture and irrigation ministry.
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Out of the total 355 talukas in the state, 226 talukas received deficiant rain. While 112
talukas received normal rainfall, only 17 talukas received excess rainfall.
According to officials, a study done by TERI has identified Maharashtra as one of the
most vulnerable states in India. Based on biophysical, social and technological
indicators, the state has low “adaptive capacity” to climate change, meaning that it has
little potential to respond successfully to climate variability and change, including
adjustments in resources and technologies.
The state falls in the zone of high to very high climate sensitivity, with a widespread
dependence on agriculture.
The region is also interpreted as an area of “double exposure” where globalisation and
climate change pose simultaneous challenges to the agriculture sector.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, along with the Ministry of Environment, Forests
and Climate Change (MoEFCC), has sought funds to undertake adaption and
mitigation measures to tackle climate change.
The ministry has approved a proposal submitted by the state government related to
challenges in agriculture growth due to climate change.Apart from the “Jalyukt
Shivar” water conservation project, the government has emphasised on crop pattern
changes and promoting horticulture.Water management has been accorded the highest priority and the government is
pushing for the adoption of new technologies to cope with the shortage in rainfall.
The policy also includes agriculture practices to improve soil fertility. Higher yield
and lower input cost is being modelled to help farmers.
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Why milk prices have fallen
by Rs 10/litre for farmersCooperatives saddled with excess stocks as private dairies slashprocurement.
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Written by Harish Damodaran | New Delhi |Updated: February 4, 2016 7: am
Most private dairies with a predominantly commodity (powder and ghee) portfolio have
responded to the global crash either by sharply slashing their milk purchase price or even
discontinuing operations in the last one year.
Since April-May 2014, milk realisations for farmers have collapsed by around Rs 10
per litre.
Maharashtra farmers are currently selling cow milk, with 3.5 per cent fat and 8.5 per
cent SNF (solids-not-fat) content, to
private dairies at roughly Rs 16 per litre, compared to Rs 26 one-and-a-half years ago.
During the same period, farm-gate prices in northern India for buffalo milk,
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containing 6.5 per cent fat and 8.5 per cent SNF, have dropped from Rs 39-40 to Rs
29-30 a litre.
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The blame for this can be laid primarily on “global” factors. Prices of skimmed milk
powder (SMP) at GlobalDairyTrade — the fortnightly online auction platform of New
Zealand’s Fonterra Cooperative, the world’s No. 1 exporter — averaged $ 1,792 per
tonne on Tuesday. The corresponding rate on April 1, 2014 ruled at $ 4,126 per tonne,
which itself was below the record $ 5,142 for the same period the previous year.
The above unprecedented global crash has done three things to India’s dairy industry.
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First, it has brought exports to a standstill, with SMP shipments from the country
plunging from a peak of 1.3 lakh tonnes in 2013-14 (valued at Rs 2,717.56 crore) to
34,490 tonnes (Rs 681.69 crore) in 2014-15 and a paltry 8,130 tonnes (Rs 155.73
crore) during April-November 2015.
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Second, low export demand has impacted domestic SMP prices too. These have
declined from an average ex-factory level of Rs 240-250 per kg in April-May 2014 to
Rs 140-150 now, even as fat (ghee) prices have remained stable at Rs 300-310 per kg.
Lower powder realisations have affected the operations of private dairies —
especially those in the North and Maharashtra whose revenues are mainly from
commodities, as opposed to branded liquid milk sales.
When SMP and ghee were selling at Rs 250 and Rs 300 per kg respectively, a dairy
would have grossed Rs 3,270 or so from processing 100 litres (103 kg) of cow milk
with 3.5 per cent fat and 8.5 per cent SNF. After deducting Rs 300-350 of processing
and packaging costs, they could pay up to Rs 2,950 for milk delivered at the plant.
This price, at the farm-gate, would have worked out to about Rs 2,600 or Rs 26 a litre.
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But at Rs 140/kg for SMP and Rs 300/kg for ghee, the gross revenue from the same
100 litres of milk would be just over Rs 2,300. Netting out Rs 350 of processing-cum-
packaging costs and an equal expense for transport of milk from the farm, thus,
effectively leaves Rs 16 per litre — which is what Maharashtra’s farmers are
receiving today.
Simply put, most private dairies with a predominantly commodity (powder and ghee)
portfolio have responded to the global crash either by sharply slashing their milk
purchase price or even discontinuing operations in the last one year.
But the sharp cut-back in procurement by private dairies has resulted in a third
outcome — diversion of the surplus milk to cooperatives, particularly in the western
and southern states where they have a reasonable presence.
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for exports. These are, instead, putting further downward pressure on prices. While
cooperatives are saddled with too much powder, the only thing that has still kept them
going is liquid milk sales, which make up anywhere from two-thirds to three-fourths
of their total procurement. Unlike SMP, retail prices of pouch milk haven’t fallen. If
anything, they have risen marginally in the last one-and-a-half years. This has also
enabled cooperatives to pay farmers more than what commodity-focused private
dairies are giving.
Farmers supplying milk to the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) unions are, for
instance, now getting around Rs 21 per litre for cow milk. The cooperative is selling
the same milk to consumers under its Nandini brand at Rs 33 per litre. KMF’s farmers
are, in addition, receiving a state government subsidy of Rs 4 per litre, which, on an
average daily procurement of 65 lakh litres, comes to nearly Rs 950 crore a year.
But it’s not only cooperatives. Some private dairies in the South like Hatsun Agro
Product and Heritage Foods also have a significantly large liquid milk marketing
business, insuring them against the commodity price crash that has hit their northern
and western counterparts hard.
“My procurement has gone up 25 per cent this fiscal, as against the normal yearly
increase of 12-13 per cent. All the surplus milk in Tamil Nadu, has been absorbed byme or Aavin (the state cooperative federation), while others (including private
commodity players) are finding the going tough”, says R.G. Chandramogan, chairman
of the Chennai-based Hatsun Agro, which owns the Arokya brand of liquid milk.
Liquid milk apart, the other consolation for the industry is ghee prices holding up,
partly due to the government clamping down on butter oil imports after a couple of
traders brought in an estimated 4,000 tonnes ahead of Diwali at landed prices of Rs
200 per kg. But the benefits of it would accrue more to buffalo milk, whose prices are,moreover, expected to firm up once the “lean” summer months set in. No such luck is
foreseen for cow milk, which has lower fat and is also less prone to production
fluctuations round the year.
“It is the buffalo that is probably going to save the dairy farmer”, sums up RS Sodhi,
managing director of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul).
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Air pollution, certain viral infections, along with tobacco in its many forms, are among
the top five avoidable causes of cancer in India, concluded an extensive review of close to
500 known carcinogens by the ministry of health and family welfare.
The top three carcinogens are smoking and chewing tobacco, areca nut (supari) and betel
quid (paan, paan masala), which together have made oral cancer the most common cancer
in India. Of them, tobacco in its three forms — chewing, smoking and second-hand
smoke — accounts for 30% of all cancers in India.
“Most people don’t link viruses with cancer, but viruses such as human papillomavirus
(HPV) have been proven to cause cervical cancer and Hepatitis B is linked with liver
cancer,” said Dr Harit Chaturvedi, director of surgical oncology at Max Healthcare.
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Getting vaccinated against both these viruses – Hepatitis B vaccine is a part of routine
immunization in India – can protect against cervical cancer in women and liver cancers in
both genders, Dr Chaturvedi suggested.
Annually, an estimated 30 lakh people in India suffer from cancer; of these 11 lakh are
new cases and the disease claims 5 lakh lives each year. The cancers that claim most lives
in India are also the most common, including oral, breast, cervical and lung cancers.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer Monographs lists 481 agents and
environmental factors that are carcinogenic, probably carcinogenic, or possiblycarcinogenic to humans.
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context. For India’s monograph, 500 known carcinogens were reviewed and
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Over 50 farmers’ unions oppose GM
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Javadekar urged to cancel GEAC meet slated for Feb 5, make bio safet data!ublic
NEW DELHI, FEB !" A da after t"e A!e# Court soug"t an e#!lanation from t"e Centre on its !ro!osed moveto introduce geneticall$modified %G&' cro!s in violation of a court$im!osed ban, over 5(farmer organisations across t"e countr slammed Environment &inister )rakas"Javadekar for allo*ing t"e regulator bod to meet on Februar 5 to decide t"e fate ofG& mustard+
n a -oint statement, t"e farmer organisations, urged t"e &inister to immediatel call offt"e slated .secret/ meeting of t"e Genetic Engineering A!!raisal Committee %GEAC', *arning "im t"at, if forced, .t"e fate of G& mustard *ill be t"at of an un*anted 0and
Ordinance t"at t"e government !ressed for again and again/+
Bio#safet$ data
.All ma-or mustard gro*ing 1tates in ndia, including BJ)$ruled 1tates, "eeding tociti2ens3 voices and scientific advice, "ave come out against G& mustard+ 4"e "ave alsoe#!ressed concern about t"e secretive !rocesses ado!ted b t"e regulators and for not!utting out bio safet data in t"e !ublic domain,/ said t"e statement signed b All ndiaisan 1ab"a, B"artia isan 1ang", Jai issan Andolan, B"aratia isan Union,arnataka Ra-a Rait"a 1ang"a, 4amil 6adu Farmers Association, "edut 1ama-,Gu-arat, 4elangana Rt"u 1ang"am, 1"etkari 1angat"ana, &a"aras"tra, erala Jaivaars"aka 1amit"i, among ot"ers+
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4"e statement, *"ile *ondering *"ere .t"e need and !ressure *as emerging from/, saidt"e *ere ob-ecting to .t"e secretive manner in *"ic" t"e government *as !roceeding ont"is matter, *it"out !ublic scrutin of data or an !ublic consultations including *it"farmers3 unions, des!ite t"e G&O being created ostensibl for farmers3 benefit+/
nstead, t"e !itc"ed for !romotion of alread available .feasible alternatives t"at aresafe, affordable and farmer$controlled/+
.n t"e case of mustard, for instance, t"ere are non$transgenic "brids alread availablein t"e market, in addition to "ig"$ielding mustard varieties+ Furt"er, ne* agro$ecological a!!roac"es like 1stem of &ustard ntensification are out$ielding t"eseunsafe solutions significantl, ensuring vastl$increased !rofitabilit for farmers, if ieldis a concern,/ t"e statement said+
Alleging t"at t"e government *as not investing in t"ese alternatives .!robabl because ofcollusion *it" t"e seed and c"emical industr/, t"e statement cited t"e e#!erience *it"Bt cotton,/ *"ic" "as not addressed t"e issue of farm crisis or reduced t"e number farmsuicides/, and "ad led to "ig"er agro$c"emical use+
'entre tests (i)( densit$ *otton *roppin) in+e&an)ana
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=ield seen rising to >(( kg<"ectare from 5?( kg<"aM.MBI, FEB/./ !"4"e 4e#tile &inistr "as initiated a !rogramme to increase cotton ield and "as testedout "ig" densit cotton cro!!ing on @,((( acres in 4elangana t"is season+
1!eaking to media avita Gu!ta, 4e#tile Commissioner, said t"e initial feedback "as been ver encouraging and all indications are t"at t"e ield *ould increase to >(( kg<"ectarefrom t"e average current level of 5?( kg<"a+
.e *ould be graduall increasing t"e "ig" densit cro!!ing coverage to 5,((( acresne#t ear+ 1imilarl, in 6ag!ur *e are going to re!licate srael model of droug"tresistance cotton cro! *"ic" *ill consume less *ater com!ared to t"e normal variet,/s"e said+
Gu!ta said a five$member committee "eaded b R rant"i, :irector, Central nstitutefor Cotton Researc", *as formed on 4uesda to conduct a stud on latest develo!mentsin t"e cotton farming across t"e *orld and submit a re!ort in si# mont"s suggesting best!ractice for ado!tion in ndia+
E#!ressing concern over t"e recent boll*orm attack on Bt cotton *"ic" su!!osed to be!est resistance, s"e said an tec"nolog "as a s"elf life of five ears as !ests also develo!sresistance !o*er against t"e tec"nolog+ &ean*"ile, t"e Cotton Advisor Board "asforecast out!ut to fall seven !er cent to 59 lak" bales %of @( kg eac"' in cro! seasonstarted in October 9(@5 due !est attack in Gu-arat and )un-ab and severe droug"t inarnataka+
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it" C"ina cutting do*n on its im!ort, ndia "as found a ne* market for its cotton inneig"bouring )akistan+
n t"e :ecember Duarter, t"e countr "as e#!orted @;+; lak" bales of cotton to )akistanagainst +> lak" bales in t"e same !eriod last ear, according to t"e data com!iled b4e#tiles Commissioner3s office under &inistr of 4e#tiles+
4"e sudden -um! in e#!ort to )akistan *as due to *"itefl !est attack damaging about?( !er cent of cro! in t"at countr, said Gu!ta+
4"e !revailing trend in cotton e#!orts is likel to continue for t"e rest of t"e ear as ot"ercountries suc" as Banglades", C"ina and ndonesia are also ram!ing u! t"eir cotton!rocurement from ndia, s"e added+
+ea Board fi1es )reen &eaf pri*e at !2534)
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'OONOO/, FEB/./ !"Close to t"e average !rice of black tea at Januar3s last auction of Coonoor 4ea 4rade Association rising to t"ree$ear "ig" of %@(9+>> a kg, 4ea Board "as announced t"eaverage !rice for green leaf in t"e 6ilgiris district as %@5 for Februar+
.According to 1ection ( of 4ea &arketing Control Order 9((, t"e district average !rice
for green leaf from Februar @$9, 9(@;, "as been fi#ed as %@5<kg+ All Boug"t leaffactories in t"e 6ilgiris district are instructed to ad"ere to t"is average green leaf !rice *"ile buing green leaf from t"e farmers+ All field officials of 4ea Board s"all ensure t"atno boug"t leaf factor in t"eir -urisdiction !as lo*er t"an t"is !rice in Februar+ 6e*green leaf !rice for &arc" *ill be announced at t"e end of Februar,/ 4ea Board3s :e!ut:irector of 4ea :evelo!ment C1 ari!rakas" said+
.On re!resentations of small gro*ers, 4ea Board announced t"e average !rice for t"eirgreen leaf for t"e first time in :ecember 9(@5+ o*ever, t"e !rice announced *as onl%@9+5( in :ecember and %@ in Januar+ e "ave been asking for at least %@5 to tide overour !roduction cost as also t"e economic distress *e "ad been suffering for long+ 4o t"ate#tent, *e *elcome 4ea Board3s fi#ing %@5 for t"is mont",/ 4"iagara-an, )resident,
6ilgiris 1mall 4ea Gro*ers3 Association, told BusinessLine.
.o*ever, because of *inter conditions, "arvest "as drasticall reduced+ 4"e !rice forgreen leaf "as increased because of lo* su!!lies no*+ 1o, des!ite rising t"e average !riceto %@5<kg, our take "ome mone "as fallen+ e "ave a!!ealed to 4ea Board to fi# t"eaverage !rice not less t"an %@5 ever mont", even *"en our "arvest increases in comingmont"s, to stabilise our economic conditions,/ "e said+
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4"e &1) for FA of .ball co!ra/ "as also been increased to %;,9?(<Duintal for 9(@;season from %5,>(<Duintal in 9(@5, an official release said after a meeting of t"e CabinetCommittee of Economic Affairs "ere on ednesda+
4"e decision is based on t"e recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs and)rices %CAC)'+ CAC), *"ic" is an e#!ert bod, takes into account t"e cost of !roduction,
overall demand$su!!l, domestic and international !rices, cost of conversion of co!rainto coconut oil, t"e likel effect of t"e !rice !olic on t"e rest of econom, besidesensuring rational utilisation of !roduction resources like land and *ater, *"ilerecommending &1)s+
4"e 6ational Agricultural Coo!erative &arketing Federation of ndia 0imited %6afed'and 6ational Coo!erative Consumer Federation of ndia 0imited *ould continue to act ascentral nodal agencies to undertake !rice su!!ort o!erations at t"e minimum su!!ort!rices in t"e coconut gro*ing 1tates+
elcoming t"e decision, 4"alat" &a"mood, :irector, Coc"in Oil &erc"ants Association,said t"at at a time *"en co!ra !rices started d*indling, a full fledged !rocurement b
recognised government agencies *ould revive t"e coconut oil market+
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:o*n trend continued in tur on sluggis" demand from millers and rise in arrival of ne*cro!+ n t"e !ast one *eek tur !rices in local mandis "ave declined b %>(($%(( aDuintal *it" tur %&a"ras"tra' being Duoted at %,(($>,((( a Duintal, *"ile tur %&ad"a)rades"' declined to %,((($,@(( +
4ur dal traded lo* on decline in s!ot tur *it" tur dal %sa*a no+' being Duoted at %@(,;(($@@,((( , tur dal %full' declined to %@@,@(($@@,?((', *"ile tur marka ruled at %@@,5(($@9,;((+ Urad and its dal traded lo*er on slack demand and buing from millers *it" urad%bold' being Duoted at %5,((( , *"ile urad %medium' ruled at %>,((($>,5((+