Understanding India’s farm crisis and farmer issues
Understanding India's farm crisis and farmer issues Parts of Delhi turned red on Wednesday as thousands of farmers, demanding loan waivers and increase in minimum wages, hit the streets in…
Diversified Farming
Diversified Farming It started as an experiment in 1988, when Sabarmatee, her father and other likeminded people wanted to rejuvenate barren land using organic farming. They zeroed in on wasteland…
Overall yield for onion, potato & tomato output drops in 2017-18
Overall yield for onion, potato & tomato output drops in 2017-18 Production of onion, potato and tomato has fallen marginally in the 2017-18 crop year ended June 30, agriculture ministry…
Pesticides use to be minimal in basmati rice in Punjab
Pesticides use to be minimal in basmati rice in Punjab CHANDIGARH: Basmati grown in Punjab this year is likely to witness a major reduction in use of pesticides and fungicides…
Heavy rains increases reservoir levels and also Kharif crop plantation
Heavy rains increases reservoir levels and also Kharif crop plantation NEW DELHI: An increase in water storage levels in reservoirs along with heavy rains across Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha…
Himalayan farmers return to traditional crops because of climatic changes
Himalayan farmers return to traditional crops because of climatic changes Climate change is making food production harder for communities in the Indian Himalayas. Over the past few decades, there have…
Andhra Pradesh moving towards green revolution 3.0 with zero budget Natural Farming
Andhra Pradesh moving towards green revolution 3.0 with zero budget Natural Farming It is paradoxical that it is in a country like India that economists are so seriously taken the…
Rural income from farming is only 23%, reveals NABARD 2016-17 survey
Rural income from farming is only 23%, reveals NABARD 2016-17 survey AGRICULTURE GENERATES not even a quarter of rural household incomes in India. Even for so-called agricultural households, just over…
Rs. 2.5 Crore given by Amitabh Bachchan To Families Of Martyrs, Farmers
Rs. 2.5 Crore given by Amitabh Bachchan To Families Of Martyrs, Farmers MUMBAI: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan today said he would be donating Rs. 1 crore to the families of martyrs and an additional Rs. 1.5…
Local residents angry because Toxic Froth Builds Up In Lake Near Bengaluru
Local residents angry because Toxic Froth Builds Up In Lake Near Bengaluru The Byramangala lake in Bidadi, 35 km from Bengaluru, is receiving waste from expired medicines to paint to…
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