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Paddy, maize banana veggies hit badly in Telanganaedit
Deccan Chronicle – Online
Untimely rains over the last few days have caused extensive damage to crops in many districts. Among the worst hit in north Telangana districts were paddy, maize, sesamum, bajra, mango, banana and vegetables. Paddy farmers incurred heavy losses at the harvesting stage while sesamum crop was affected at the pod maturing stage and bajra at the grain filling stage. Unseasonal rains lashed undivided Nizamabad, Adilabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda and other districts from April 23 to 25. Some farmers were ready to sell their produce at the nearest paddy procurement centres, which the government has set up to ensure minimum support price.
It rains sorrow on farmers across Telanganaedit
The New Indian Express – Online
About 30,000 quintals of paddy were damaged by the hailstorm that lashed Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district on Tuesday night. Part of the paddy brought to IKP centres by farmers in Bhuvanagiri, Bhudampochampally, Bibinagar, Yadagirigutta, Turkapally, Bommalaramaram, Alair and Valigonda mandal soaked as the rain pounded the procurement centres without respite. A farmer from Nandanam village in Bhuvanagiri mandal O Nagaraju said that he brought his paddy to the IKP centre a week ago and it was yet to be procured when the rain lashed. There is an acute shortage in the supply of gunny bags and tarpaulin which compounded the problem as the entire paddy stock had to be kept in the open without ...
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Unknown disease ruins paddy crop, dashes farmers’ hope in Odishaedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Farmers of Bargarh district are in dire straits after an unidentified plant disease has affected their standing paddy crops leaving them damaged and pale. The unknown disease was first noticed by farmers of the Attabira, Bhatli and Bheden blocks during mid-April. They reported that the tip of their paddy crops first turned pale after which the entire plant got damaged. Later farmers of other blocks also complained of their paddy showing similar symptoms. While some reported the matter to the district agriculture office, others sent tweets to the principal secretary of the Agriculture Department, Government of Odisha, Arabinda K Padhee.
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Heatwaves, cyclones are impacting Indian, other Aisian stock marketsedit
The Times of India – Online
Stock pickers in some of Asia’s key markets are being battered by a series of extreme weather events from heat waves to flooding, signaling the difficulties ahead as El Nino-related risks rise and climate change accelerates. In resource-rich Australia, Newcrest Mining Ltd.’s Telfer gold mine was closed earlier this month and the company’s shares fell from more than a two-year high after the biggest cyclone to hit the Western Australian coast in almost a decade made landfall.