The Hindu

Telangana government is planning to promote one of the popular tuber crops tapioca cassava, karra pendalam, with a view to encourage farmers to diversify from water-intensive paddy crop and cultivate it as a commercial horticultural crop in the irrigated-dry method.

Inc 42

The newly-formed state of Telangana had to obviously battle many obvious uncertainties at the time of its separation from Andhra Pradesh. According to Deepthi Ravula, CEO of WeHub, the government-run incubator, “When Telangana was formed there were many misconceptions about what the state is going to be like. And amidst all this, there were no startups left in the state.”

The Hans India

Congress MLA from Sangareddy Assembly constituency T Jagga Reddy on Tuesday said that issues of the farmers would be raised in the upcoming budget session of the Assembly.

Addressing the media, he said that the government failed to implement Rythu Bandhu this year, crop loan waiver was not taken up and compensation to the farmers was not provided. He said that Rythu Bandhu is not reaching most of the farmers. The amounts are given to farmers who have less than 3 acres of land.

Times Of India

The cultivation of pulses including black gram and green gram in the delta districts has come down drastically as farmers are able to sow only on 65 per cent of the normal area covered during the season. Farmers and agriculture department officials attributed this to the delayed paddy harvest due to unexpected rain in the delta districts. Traditionally, farmers in Trichy, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts broadcast seeds of pulses manually amid standing samba paddy crop seven to 10 days before harvest. After a gap of about five years they were expecting bumper samba paddy harvest for the recent October – January season thanks to the continuous flow in Cauvery and adequate rain. However, the unexpected rain which ...

Outlook India

Rising awareness and health concerns is seeing people increasingly seek out organic foods, given the rising use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and their link to many diseases including cancer and cardiovascular-related problems.

Cashing in on the rising trend, several women entrepreneurs from across the country are coming forward with their own organic products that address taste, nutrition and hygiene concerns of consumers.

The Print

Several countries across multiple agro-climatic zones ranging from Africa, the Middle East to Asia are reeling under unprecedented locust attacks.

A warning — ‘Desert Locust Watch’ — put out by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on 2 March has described the situation as extremely alarming, especially in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.

Economic Times

Human surrogacy is passé, bovine surrogacy is the in thing. Old, unproductive cows now play surrogate mothers to high-yield milch calves. The new in vitro fertilization (IVF) technique, which is commonly referred to as test tube baby technology, has given a fresh lease of life to unproductive old cows which otherwise used to roam around on streets or would…

Business Insider

The government does not have data regarding financial condition of farmers in the country, Agriculture Minister Narender Singh Tomar said on Tuesday.

In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, he said, “The last survey was conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in 2013 and, therefore, no data is available with the ministry indicating the financial condition of the farmers.”

Maharashtra Times

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today said, “Our government’s decision to free the debt of farmers in the state was the most satisfying decision for me as the Chief Minister.” On the occasion of completion of 4 days (100 days of maha vikas aghadi government) to the development front of the state, Uddhav held a special press conference at the Legislative Assembly today. At that time, he reviewed the work of the government in the last 3 days.