Tag: Farming
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40 percent rainfall deficit harms farming in South Bengal district
Burdwan (East), the state’s rice bowl, is set to cultivate Amon paddy on 3.80 lakh hectares this year of which cultivation on 2.05 lakh hectares are dependent on DVC’s irrigation.
July 20, 2019 -
Malkangiri admin makes inroads in areas of Chitrakonda for farmers
DRDA Project Director Lingaraj Panda, P.M. Selo and Dr. Manjit Lad. BDO of Chitrakonda Larimon Kharsel , AHO Namita Madhi, BPM Parsuram Behera, BLC Somanath Kumbhar, Gopal Padhi were present at a meeting that was held to take stock of the progress and future course of action.
July 1, 2019 -
Himachal Pradesh’s love for ‘desi’ cow and natural farming
The government has kept provision of half subsidy on purchase of ‘desi’ cows in the budget and has initiated a special project on Zero Budget Natural Farming.
April 20, 2018 -
Horticultural movement
The nationwide farmers’ protests seeking implementation of the Swaminathan Commission report have kept the BJP government at the Centre led by Narendra Modi on its toes. BJP governments at the Centre and states in a bid to assuage the farmers held conferences involving progressive farmers, scientists, economists, policy makers, representatives of farmers’ unions and stakeholders …
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March 25, 2018 -
For an organic world
Organic farming for me is as important as animal welfare. Both save thousands of species and make the world a better place for humans. When I became minister for Women and Children, we started a new project: we hold an annual Mela in Delhi Haat, the best location, for 15 days, in which 300 women …
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March 11, 2018 -
Odisha doubled farm income: Naveen
Farming is not only the fulcrum of the economy of Odisha, but is also the chief source of livelihood for a vast multitude of people, said CM Naveen Patnaik while emphasising on the fact that Odisha had doubled farm income in the period 2003-2013. Though we have doubled farm income, we have to further strengthen …
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March 7, 2018 -
Himachal Pradesh to replicate Andhra’s model of zero budget natural farming
Governor Acharya Devvrat on Saturday said a team of experts will visit the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh from 7 to 11 March for effectively implementing the zero budget natural farming in Himachal Pradesh. The team will submit its report to the state government before 17 March, the proposed date of state level conference on …
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March 3, 2018 -
Chamling calls for India to go organic
As the Sikkim Organic Day- 2018 concluded on Thursday, Chief Minister Pawan Chamling said it was high time that the rest of the country and the world realized the importance of organic farming. Citing the rampant use of chemical fertilisers in the rest of the country and the world, which is adversely impacting the fragile …
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January 20, 2018 -
Himachal to constitute committee on zero budget natural farming
Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat on Tuesday said a committee would be setup at the state level that will give its report after study on zero budget natural farming. After a meeting with senior scientists of Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Agriculture University at Palampur in Kangra district, he said the recommendation of the committee will be …
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January 10, 2018 -
Ominous bunkers
Sanctioning of the construction of some 14,000 bunkers along the LOC and international border with Pakistan will certainly be welcomed by people in villages in that “line of fire”. For the more-than-intermittent shelling has wreaked havoc with their lives: farming has become very risky, homesteads and livestock destroyed and a sense of deep frustration grips …
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January 9, 2018 -
Unutilised forest wealth generates huge revenue for Rajasthan’s tribals
Farming has rarely been a viable proposition in Rajasthan’s dry and hilly Udaipur region. A new way has now been found to provide sustainable sustenance for the area’s tribals by enabling them to sell — for a staggering Rs 189 crore ($29 million) in the last two years — minor forest produce (MFP) that is …
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November 20, 2017 -
India’s agriculture: Limitless potential
India’s ongoing odyssey in the realms of farming is a dynamic story, particularly from the 1950s, because statistics enlightens one on the sector’s progress. According to the World Trade Organisation’s report on International Trade Statistics (2012), the export and import of agricultural products is almost 1.66 and $1.82 trillion respectively in the world. India’s export …
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November 17, 2017 -
Understanding the cost of water
The steady depletion of groundwater has now forced the authorities to think of micro-irrigation as an alternative to traditional methods.
October 30, 2017 -
Turning cow dung to black gold
I apologise for the dirt,” says Pak Suparjono’s wife nervously as I pull up my trouser legs and tread between the cow pens and duck houses. Embarrassed about her back garden where the waste of seven cows lies in heaps among the coconut palms and bananas, she tries to lure us away with sweet tea. …
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April 22, 2017 -
Medicinal plant farming to get boost in Himachal
With a view to provide additional source of income to farmers in the state, Himachal government is identifying and developing agro-techniques to boost Medicinal plant farming. A state government official said the government has started a project to identify genuine species of the medicinal plants of the respective agro climatic zones and develop agro-techniques of …
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February 26, 2017 -
‘Sowing increased by 7% in demonetisation period’
Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Monday said sowing operations during the demonetisation period increased by seven per cent as compared to the year-ago period. "During November 8 to December 30, 2016, sowing operations increased by about 7 per cent. This data was sent by the states," Singh said while responding to a query …
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February 13, 2017 -
Unreasonable reform
In the 1960s when traders and agents were looting farmers — paying them a pittance for their produce while selling the same at steep prices in cities — the government of Maharashtra introduced the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act 1963. The law, and the markets set up under it, were supposed to …
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September 24, 2016