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How profitable is flour manufacturing in India during Covid-19?

Food processing companies are left in a pathetic situation due to Covid 19 because of shutting processing units, decreased customers, and poor revenue. They are forced to find “innovative methods” and “automation” as there’s a shortage of manforce in factories as well as small and micro packaging units across India. And the largest impact can be seen in Flour Industry. Hungry and poor migrants started trudging through unimaginable distances to reach their native places and the ones who couldn’t they remained confined inside crudely-built shelter homes by respective state governments. Industrialists who are planning to reopen their factories feel that the labourers may not immediately return to work in such situations. But now despite labour shortage, supplies to retail stores have improved, demand for wheat flour remains robust. During the lockdown, when all the economic activities were suspended, the government made provisions for essentials to continue being sold through retail...

Top 5 Recent Agricultural Inventions

  After 1960’s Green Revolution, Agriculture has undergone many substantial technological advancements. Whether it was drip irrigation, precision agriculture, involvement of drones, sensors & big data, environmental controls, farm management software, smart refining & packaging etc. have all created a huge impact in taking agriculture into the digital age. Kisan Samrat has also incorporated majority of those and today we are going to tell you as well, the Top 5 Recent Agriculture Inventions that took place across the world. Take a look! 1.        GIS-Based Agriculture GIS softwares used for precision farming in order to map current and future changes in precipitation, temperature,  crop yields , plant health, etc. It uses of GPS-based software applications and smart machinery to optimize fertilizer and pesticide usage; provided that farmers have to treat certain areas and not entire field. Apart from this, GIS-based agriculture uses ...

Top 5 myths of online grocery shopping

  Since the Corona’s new strain has affected the country, people are advised and forced to stay home. Partial lockdown is being imposed and it is now impossible to get everything that you want from the market. Supply chain has been affected and also these markets have now become home for Covid 19. Hence online grocery delivery services are seeing a boom in business. As per Indi-Mart, online grocery shopping accounted for 10.5% of consumers' total weekly grocery spending in 2019. That number increased to 14.5% in February, and 27.9% in March and April—and it's estimated that people could be spending $100 billion a year on online groceries by 2022. Hence it can be concluded that contactless grocery shopping isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Though it is convenient to purchase grocery from home yet people are apprehensive about online grocery shopping. Many who've never tried shopping their groceries online are sceptical because of misinformation and false beliefs. He...

Tips to improve your Immunity during Covid 19 at home

  Worrying about Covid 19? Do no more. Indi-Mart is happy to tell you that you can improve your immunity at home. Your immune system is your body’s defense system and a healthy immune system consists of two components: the innate system you are born with and the adaptive immune system that develops when exposed to those “outside invaders.” Both work together to keep you healthy. And in these difficult times, it’s important to maintain those and that too sitting at home, since going outside is dangerous. Indi-Mart has listed down five tips to improve your immunity during Covid 19 at home. 1. Maintain a healthy lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle is the key to healthy immune system. This includes maintaining a healthy weight, eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, not smoking and limiting the intake of alcohol. Wash your hands thoroughly and often before eating, before and during cooking, after using the bathroom, after we blow our nose, after coughing or sneezing, and...

Impact of AI on food processing in India

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science which means to impart human intelligence in computer deals i.e. creating machines that are developed in such a way that it acts like a human being. John McCarthy, the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI), says, “The science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs”. Today right from home appliances to mobile phones everything uses AI. It has affected automobile sectors, education, the Health care sector, etc., and presently is impacting food industries as well. Right from helping farmers with weather forecasts, transportation companies in reducing the shipping cost, or the operations of the food processing industry, AI has shown its power. Swabhiman Agro after observing the market trends have come up with the following impacts of AI in food processing industries: 1.        Product Development: Food processing involves incorporating the ri...