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Agriculture Industry
NBHC releases Rabi crop estimates for the year 2018-19edit
National Bulk Handling Corporation (NBHC) has come out with its final report on Rabi crop estimate for the year 2018-19 where it has stated that scanty rainfall hasresulted in significant fall in sowing areas of major crops in states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu.
Hopes wither away as summer hits agriculture sectoredit
The harsh summer is wreaking havoc on the agriculture sector in the district with farmers, especially those engaged in cultivation of fruits and vegetables, being the worst affected. Farmers from Muvattupuzha and Kothamangalam, two of the hard hit areas, have reported damage to vegetable crops, besides coconut, pineapple, nutmeg and banana plantations.
Youth new to agriculture helps better ryots’ livesedit
At a time of widespread agricultural distress caused by successive droughts, unremunerative farming and debt-trapped rural economies, a young man with his mobile app is showing how change can be brought in the life of farmers at the grassroot level.
Woman farmer bags CRIDA Awardedit
A woman farmer Sudharani from Chitticherla village in Chinnagottikallu Mandal of Chittoor district bagged CRIDA’s ‘farm innovator award’.