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Agriculture Industry
Skill development for farmersedit
A skill development cum farmers training programme on agro-horticultural crops under BADP was organized at Kaying by the Department of Horticulture.
Over one lakh farmers benefit under Krishi Bhagya schemeedit
As per details made available to The Hindu here on Sunday, the government has extended Rs 968.37 crore financial assistance and grants to help over one lakh farmers in the rain-fed areas. Under the Krishi Bhagya scheme, the emphasis is on helping farmers take up water conservation measures such as constructing farm ponds in their agriculture land and saving every drop of rainwater for use during dry spells to protect standing crops.
Import duty on tur fails to help farmersedit
The government’s move to impose 10% import duty on tur has not helped farmers at home. The duty has been levied in a bid to make imports costlier, so that domestic rates also increase, thus helping farmers get a better price. Tur, which made headlines in 2015 for spiralling rates, is again in news for a huge glut. Farmers are not even able to get minimum support price (MSP), fixed at Rs5050 a quintal. Market rates of tur at present are in the range of Rs4100 to 4200 per quintal in open market
Brainstorming to save cropsedit
Under the Godavari basin also, farmers are struggling to protect the standing crops due to scarcity of water. Water levels have almost reached dead storage level in Sriramsagar and Nizamsagar. In the backdrop of this situation, the farmers have no other option but to rely on agricultural pumpsets for water supply to their crops
“Centre ready to help distressed farmers in T’gana”edit
Talking to reporters after holding a review meeting with two state Ministers and officials of various departments, Dattatreya said he will discuss with Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh about the issues of farmers particularly with regard to those who have grown chili.
Nor’wester damages wheat, pulse crops in stateedit
The untimely summer rain led by Nor’wester might be comforting the residents, but the unexpected weather developments are leading to problems of plenty for tillers. Agriculture experts say Nor’wester — sudden thundershowers in summer season, also known as Kal Baisakhi — is damaging the standing crops in the agricultural fields. Two particular spells of Nor’wester thunderstorm on March 13 and 26 damaged the standing crops at many places in north Bihar. Hailstorm occurred at Bihta and a few other places in the state on Friday as well.