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Bihar minister questions Agri road maps, says cultivation of data can’t hide farming truthsedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Agriculture minister and RJD leader Sudhakar Singh on Sunday once again hit out at his own government’s policies by questioning the agriculture road maps, which the Nitish Kumar government has been over the years showcasing as a great initiative to transform the farm sector in Bihar. Singh said that the statistics of the government itself indicate utter failure of the agriculture road maps in achieving their objectives on any count. “These are not my statistics. The figures of the agriculture department point to the failure of the roadmaps and there is no point continuing with them with taking required corrective measures. At least, as agriculture minister I cannot give extension to this road map. The ...
Paddy in India
Paddy Cultivation: बिजनौर का बासमती धान मचाएगा खाड़ी देशों में धूम, मिलेगा किसानों को सीधा फायदाedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
देश में अभी खरीफ का सीजन अपने पीक पर है और इस सीजन में प्रमुख रुप से पैदा होने वाली फसल धान की कटाई भी शुरु हो चुकी है. लेकिन किसानों के सामने धान की कटाई करने के बाद उसे अच्छे दाम पर बेचना एक बड़ी चुनौती भरा काम होता है. जिसमें अक्सर किसानों को परेशानियों का सामना करना पड़ता है. लेकिन आज की ये खबर उत्तर प्रदेश, बिजनौर के बासमती धान उगाने वाले किसानों के लिए काफी सकारात्मक है, क्योंकि बिजनौर के बासमती धान को दुबई में निर्यात करने के लिए जिला प्रशासन ने एक निर्यातक को राजी कर लिया है. दरअसल, उत्तर प्रदेश के बिजनौर जिले में बासमती धान की पैदावार बड़े पैमाने ...
Tamil Nadu: Farmers demand mobile paddy dryers to maintain moisture content for sales to TNCSCedit
The New Indian Express – Online
In a view to conform to moisture content norms for procurement of paddy grain, farmers in Mayiladuthurai urge the authorities concerned to provide them with mobile paddy dryers at a subsidised rate or on a rental basis. With the recent spell of unseasonal rains, farmers have been struggling to limit the moisture content in grains below the required procurement rate of 17% set by TNCSC. ‘Arupathi’ P Kalyanam, a farmer representative, urged the State government to sell such dryers at 50% subsidy. “Also, the agriculture engineering department should buy the machines and rent it out to farmers,” he said. As per norms, TNCSC procures paddy grains with a moisture content lesser than or ...
Paddy growers worry as rain delays harvest, floods mandisedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Paddy and cotton growers in Punjab are a worried lot as incessant rains on Saturday put harvesting on hold besides threatening to hit the quality of the crops. Farmers in the Majha belt, where paddy harvest begins first, were left high and dry as sacks of the crop unloaded in the Amritsar grain market got drenched in the incessant rain with procurement yet to pick up. At the Rajpura grain market, Malook Singh, a farmer who had come with his produce, said, “My entire harvest was drenched as there were no proper arrangements by the mandi board. Besides, standing crop is also in danger. It will take another 10 days to drain out the water ...