Down to Earth – Online

When a group of 20 farmers in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitharama Raju district ventured into production of seeds of finger millet (ragi) and little millet (samai) in 2019, it had no idea what the future had in store. For the next two years, unusual weather events ensured that the crops did not have grains good enough for use as seeds. “The years 2020 and 2021 saw excess rain in July and August. This did not allow the plants to take nutrition from the soil. The resultant grains were weak and the endosperm—part of a seed that stores food for the development of a ...

The Times of India – Online

The efforts of the agriculture department to increase the cultivation area of pulses, such as black gram and green gram, in the delta districts have started to yield results. This year, the area of pulse cultivation has significantly increased compared to last year. However, farmers have urged the state government to fix a reasonable price for the grains to motivate more farming communities to take up pulse cultivation in other areas. To promote the expansion of pulse cultivation in the coming year, the state government has allocated Rs 30 crore in the agriculture budget 2023-24 under a pulses development scheme. This scheme aims to increase ...

The Times of India – Online

All liaison officers being trained to escort foreign delegates expected to visit during the G-20 events here will be sensitised about development work in the city and basic information on the agriculture scene in Varanasi region. To take stock of the training programme of the liaison officer for the proposed G-20 events slated here between April and August, district magistrate S Rajalingam reached the office of joint director tourism on Wednesday. He took part in a training session and asked the trainers to sensitise liaison officers about agriculture in region surrounding Varanasi. “As the session of G-20 here is based on agriculture, all liaison officers should be made well aware about the basic ...