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Agriculture Industry
Ramanagara district in Karnataka hit with drought in crop and cashedit
The rocks that dot the film are still there, grim and haunting. All the land around it is parched as the entire district has suffered an average 81% rainfall deficit in the last two months. The district administration has put the crop loss at nearly 90%, despite most of Ramanagara growing the dry crop ragi, which requires very little water.
Congress’ policies responsible for agricultural crisis: Samplaedit
Union Minister Vijay Sampla today blamed the policies of previous Congress governments for the “agricultural crisis” in the country and said the BJP government is working on a far-sighted policy for the sector. “The policies of the successive Congress governments during the past seven decades are responsible for the agricultural crisis in the country,” he said.
Odisha’s farmers at receiving end of cash crunch due to demonetisationedit
Cash shortage in cooperative banks has hit the farmers hard. Cooperative banks are important for farmers and lower income groups in rural areas, who avail smaller loans and get it quickly. Post-demonetisation, these institutions are gasping for breath, directly affecting the farmers.
Paddy procurement begins in Jharsuguda for current kharif seasonedit
Paddy procurement for the current kharif season began on Friday in the market yards at Sarbahal and Mudrajor areas under Laikara block of Jharsuguda district. Though the farmers agreed to the decision of deducting 3 kg paddy per quintal for family consumption, they opposed the sale of only 15 quintal paddy per farmer margin. They insisted on adopting the practice followed in the neighbouring districts to sell 100 per cent paddy.
BAU scientists to show farmers way to grow wheat without tilling landedit
Scientists at Birsa Agriculture University (BAU) are encouraging farmers to take up zero tillage cultivation of wheat, which helps in high yield at a low input cost. Supported by the Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR) under the programme ‘farmers first,’ the zero tillage farming aims at making furrows in the field and direct sowing of wheat with the required fertilizers. The process not just saves the farmer from burden of tilling the entire field but also catch up with the optimum sowing time.
Wheat output may plunge as UP’s cashless farmers delay sowingedit
Wheat output in Uttar Pradesh could go down sharply in the ongoing rabi season as demonetisation has sucked out most of the cash from the rural economy. Cash-strapped farmers are not able to buy seeds, fertilisers and other inputs as rural banks are running dry.
Centre stops wheat quotaedit
It is now officially learnt that the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has stopped the supply of CAPD wheat/ atta to over 45 lakh J&K consumers, falling under non-priority house hold category (NPHH/ tide over) from this month. The wheat/atta supplies will remain suspended for four months from this month while the supply of rice to the valley will not be affected by this order.
Krishak Mela inaugurated in Hailakandiedit
Deputy Commissioner of Hailakandi, Moloy Bora inaugurated the Krishak Sibir (Mela) in Hailakandi on Saturday, stated a press release. Inaugurating the mela at the premises of the District Agricultural Office, Deputy Commissioner Bora said the farmers must come forward to avail farm machineries and equipment at subsidized rates through direct bank transfer system (DBT). Bora said it was a good opportunity for the farming community to avail farm equipments at subsidized rates.
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Cash-strapped Andhra farmers stare at huge lossesedit
This time of the year during Rabi, farmers in Kurnool take up cultivating millet, oil seeds, pulses like Bengal gram, red gram and chillies with paddy to a lesser extent. Several had completed sowing and started the process of weeding, using fertilisers and spraying pesticides, before the announcement of demonetisation. Now, a majority are facing problems in getting workers for weeding, spraying another round of pesticides and harvesting, which starts in the last week of December and continues till the end of January. Even if the cash problem eases in January, farmers are worried about recovering the minimum support price. Rates falling is another concern. Prices of red gram, black gram fell by `30 per kilo ...
State accords top priority to agriculture, asserts Prathipatiedit
Agriculture Minister Prathipati Pulla Rao said that the State government is giving highest priority to agriculture and allied sectors and encouraging the poor farmers to get higher yields with lowest costs. He participated as the chief guest at the Udyana Mela, a horticulture exhibition, held at Dr YSR Horticulture University at Venkataramannagudem village in Tadepalligudem rural mandal on Saturday.
Governor urges farmers to adopt zero budget natural farmingedit
HP Governor Acharya Devvrat urged the farmers to adopt zero budget natural farming so that Himachal Pradesh emerges as the organic State in near future like Sikkim which was declared organic state of the Country. The Governor was speaking in a seminar on organic farming organized by CSK, Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur at Karsog in Mandi district today.
Govt asks farmers to stop burning sugarcane thrashedit
As part of its smoke-management strategy, the Karnataka government has issued a diktat to farmers: Stop burning sugarcane thrash in the fields. The move comes in the backdrop of the recent Delhi smog which was fueled by the burning of paddy straw in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana. In fact, the soaring pollution levels and falling visibility levels in the National Capital Region had not only set alarm bells ringing a fortnight ago but also triggered a blame game between the Delhi government, the neighbouring states and the Centre.