North East Today – Online

Central Agricultural University (CAU), the largest agricultural university in the country having 13 colleges in the North East with its headquarters here, has released four paddy varieties with weather-resilient properties in the last five years.

Nai Duniya – Online

लगभग माह भर तक आसमान में छाई बदली तथा बारिश के बाद मौसम के खुलने तथा बढ़ी ठंड का असर अब फसलों में भी देखने को मिल रहा है।. मौसम के बदले मिजाज का फायदा रबी फसलों को मिलने की बात से इंकार नहीं किया जा सकता है। जिले में किसानों द्वारा रबी फसल के रूप में मुख्य रूप से चना गेहूं अरहर मसूर व अन्य फसलें भी ली जाती है।

Ras Free Notes – Online

Mechanization, poor power supply, lack of quality rural roads; marketing & policy challenges and agriculture credit challenges. An overhaul of agriculture is required for the sustainable livelihood of India’s nearly 49% population.

The New Indian Express – Online

Paddy procurement process for the kharif season in Ganjam district has not been up to the mark even as around 375 millers had given their consent to take part in it. Official sources said, 6,24.644.28 quintal paddy has been procured from 12,591 farmers till the first week of January this year. However, the quantity is 11 per cent less than the previous year.

Business Standard – Online

Various states have cumulatively written off a whopping Rs 4.7 trillion of farm loans in the past one decade, which is 82 percent of the industry-level bad loans, according to a report.

The Indian Express – Online

In Odisha, procurement of paddy during the ongoing 2019-20 Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) is, for the first time, being done from registered farmers only after Aadhaar-based biometric authentication.