Bhaskar

Good rains in the region in the last few days have resulted in some losses as well as farmers to some extent. Farmers who were still engaged in harvesting the soybean crop from the field, suffered losses due to rain. The same few farmers who were engaged in sowing rabi these days have benefited from this rain. After the rain stopped, the farmers started preparing cotton and tur from the river drains and wells, then the weather changed completely and the rain turned. Good rains have not only benefited cotton from Ghantali, Pipalkunt, Nalpada, Duglavani, Nayan Thachala and many other places, but also brought moisture to the ground for sowing of rabi crops. These days farmers are busy sowing gram, maize, garlic etc. ...

Mid-Day

The onion farmers of Maharashtra appear to be at the receiving end of climate change. For the last two years, farmers from Ahmednagar and Nasik have been experiencing heavy rainfall. But this year, the monsoon season that continued till October, has brought along disease. Much of the onion crop has been destroyed after being infected with a fungal disease called Anthracnose, which tends to attack plants in the spring when the weather is cool and wet.”

Sandeep Kokate, a farmer from Yeola taluka, 35.3 km from Lasalgaon, Nasik, said, “I had nearly 500 quintals of onions in stock and suddenly, due to heavy rainfall and fungal infection [Anthracnose], nearly 70 per cent of my stock got destroyed. I ...

Mid-Day

The Global market for organic food and beverages is expected to touch $327,600 million in the next two years. That is going to be an almost 200% increase since the market was worth $115,984 million in 2015. Quite interestingly, organic fruits and vegetables collectively made up for half of the global market share in 2015 and experts believe that the share has only grown higher since then. Population boom and global warming together have pushed the world towards better agricultural practices and what is the most heartening to know is that even well-educated, salaried youngsters are now driven towards ethical and organic agriculture business as an alternate career.

Times Of India

From the simplicity of the underlying technology involved, the shorter quantum of time needed for cultivation to the evidently superior quality of produce, hydrophonic fodder cultivation is gaining in popularity across the state, more so among dairy farmers. Peasants in the state who have adopted this method swear by the benefits including higher content of protein and vitamin. However, what makes this method most attractive for the agrarian community is the reduced time needed for growing fodder.