The age-old tussle over scarce resources is nothing new and with land increasingly becoming a scarce resource the world is witnessing an increased struggle for it. However, the pace with which urban and industrial development encroaches on farmland and the way large tracts of farmland are going into private hands has not been witnessed since …
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March 26, 2018A tiger was found dead on Saturday morning at a farmland near a village in this district of Madhya Pradesh, a forest official said. In-charge Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF), Shahdol, CL Chaturvedi said the carcass was found at a farm owned by one Ayodhya Pande and located 8-10km from Devara village. The village falls …
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January 27, 2018The central and state governments should pump in about Rs 50,000 crore ($7.5 billion) to transform half a million or one million hectares of fallow land into farmland and create the right atmosphere for private investment to rid the country of the ongoing agrarian crisis, says an eminent agricultural scientist. “India is facing an agrarian …
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September 20, 2017Thousands of hectares of farmland are expected to be affected by a lack of irrigation this dry season as provinces are suffering funding shortages for the repair of irrigation systems. This year there are as many as 453 irrigation systems that require repair with the total cost estimated at about 142.5 billion kip, according to …
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January 21, 2017Thousands of hectares of farmland are expected to be affected by a lack of irrigation this dry season as provinces are suffering funding shortages for the repair of irrigation systems. This year there are as many as 453 irrigation systems that require repair with the total cost estimated at about 142.5 billion kip, according to …
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January 21, 2017