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The Chettyalthur settlement inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. Though the relocation project had begun in the settlement two years ago, it is yet to be completed.

Settler farmers in Wayanad hail hike in compensation

Central funding for each eligible family raised from ₹10 lakh to ₹15 lakh

A worker cleans wheat at Anaj Mandi on the outskirts of New Delhi on September 24, 2020.

‘FCI wheat counters to be opened in Narela mandi’

Farmers working on a cotton crop in Khammam.

‘Take up cotton, red gram on 95 lakh acres’

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Centre steps in to roll back fertilizer prices

Special Correspondent Move after meeting with manufacturers

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File photo of poppy cultivation in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh. Poppy crop cultivation is allowed based on licences issued annually by the Central Bureau of Narcotics.

Govt. to reboot dated Opium strategy

Vikas Dhoot It plans to rope in private sector to boost yield of alkaloids

The government needs to pay 60 lakh farmers under Rythu Bandhu. file photo

State to raise ₹8,000 cr. through OMB in Q1 to meet immediate commitments

M. Rajeev To participate in auctions to be conducted by RBI in next three months

Mission Bhagiratha pipeline bursts

Mission Bhagiratha pipeline burstsLarge quantities of food grains were swept away when the nearby pipeline of Mission Bhagiratha burst and resulted in water gushing out with huge force at Rudrur in Nizamabad district on Wednesday. The food grains were dumped by farmers on either side of the Bodhan-Bhanswada highway at Rudrur for drying when the valve of the pipeline broke. The stock was said to be the yield of paddy crop cultivated in fields nearby over 20 acres.

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‘FCI wheat counters to be opened in Narela mandi’

‘Take up cotton, red gram on 95 lakh acres’

Settler farmers in Wayanad hail hike in compensation

Centre steps in to roll back fertilizer prices

Mission Bhagiratha pipeline bursts

State to raise ₹8,000 cr. through OMB in Q1 to meet immediate commitments

Govt. to reboot dated Opium strategy

It plans to rope in private sector to boost yield of alkaloids

NRI returns to extol benefits of sustainable living

Vasireddy Anil Kumar is promoting traditionally extracted oil and natural pest-control practices.

Tobacco growers worried as COVID-19 second wave induces price correction

‘Major buyers are shying away from auction platforms due to health concerns’

CM releases water to Haldi Vagu, Gajwel canal

Farmers to get irrigation in summer

Provide drip, sprinkler facilities to small and marginal farmers: CM

‘Works should be done on saturation basis without giving scope for corruption’

Spices Board inks deal with UNDP to develop blockchain-powered traceability interface

The Spices Board India has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with UNDP India’s Accelerator Lab to build a blockchain-based traceability interface

Industry hit in Kerala as workers from West Bengal, Assam leave for voting

Labourers from West Bengal, Assam have gone home to exercise their franchise

PJTSAU to make farming future-ready

Agri university mulls offering short term certificate course in drone operation

Crop ploughed over, land forcibly taken for R&R Colony

Acquired under compulsory land acquisition, say officials

AI to aid cotton ryots in 2,800 villages

MoU signed by Agriculture department and Wadhwani AI to help check pests

Will the long struggle for water get any attention this time around?

Farmers of many villages in election-bound Maski constituency have been demanding construction of a new canal from NRBC

Hooda lauds farmers for struggle against farm laws

‘Continued protests is biggest victory’

‘New farm laws will pose a threat to food security’

The problem of unemployment could be easily resolved if farming is made viable, says the former Union Minister Babagouda Patil

Nine years after setting up panel, Goa yet to finalise agriculture policy

The Goa government is yet to fianalise its agriculture policy, even nine years after a special committee was set up for the same.State Agriculture

Focus on NREGS works, CM tells Collectors

Jagan reviews welfare schemes under Spandana

‘Farmers need to be educated on marketing, cropping patters’

Increase cotton, groundnut and red gram cultivation: Minister

Good response from farmers to compost

Nearly 25,000 tonnes of compost have been picked up so far in March

Harking back to the big farmers’ stir 70 years ago

Leaders fear recent changes to farm laws have undone some of the gains of Kagodu Satyagraha

Mega farmers’ convention in Belagavi on March 31

Over 50,000 farmers from across the district to take part

A bid to stop jumbo march

Across 4.5 km in Alur range, these will restrict elephant movement

Bharat Bandh: Railways say impact limited to Punjab, Haryana, almost zero countrywide

In the morning, protesters had squatted on railway tracks at 44 locations across the two states which led to four Shatabdi trains being cancelled.

Farmer destroys cabbage crop

He was depressed over not getting a decent price for the crop he grew on his farm

Farmers upbeat on kharif prospects in Chittoor

Water situation encouraging, drinking water needs can be met even beyond June, say officials

Land issue back in the limelight in Idukki

Development issues had taken front seat in the previous Lok Sabha and local body polls

This green expanse has some thorny issues

Alanganallur-Palamedu belt is awash with mango orchards and needs a mang processing unit

Banana, tapioca farmers stare at steep price fall

Crisis triggered by a dip in demand

In letter to farmer, Modi says govt. wants to ease farmers' journey from 'seed to market'

PM Modi says Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana protects farmers from risk associated with economic uncertainties.

Jai Kisan Andolan launches ‘MSP loot calculator’ to show losses incurred by farmers

Jai Kisan Andolan founder Yogendra Yadav said while the government has been claiming that the “MSP was, is and will be there”, farmers have been forced to sell below the minimum support price and face huge losses for years.

Sugar mills rush to sign for exports as prices rally

Overseas sales to help cut stockpiles

‘Forest Dept., farmers should work in unison to protect medicinal plants’

Alva’s Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital organises Alva’s Vanasiri for Forest Department personnel

Farmers in Kangeyam a disappointed lot

Concrete lining of LBP canal, cess on coconut, copra did not go well with them

‘Agriculture budget’ exercise begins in Rajasthan

The exercise for presenting a separate “agriculture budget”, with the emphasis on welfare measures for farmers, has started in Rajasthan in

Tobacco auctions begin on promising note

Good grade out-turn with bright grade varieties augured well for farmers: tobacco board chief

Pineapple farmers upbeat as demand soars in north India

Farmers foresee over 20% rise in fruit production

Agri students get hands-on experience in crop cultivation

A month-long training programme for a group of agriculture students from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, has helped them gain

Ants a threat to crop pollination, says study

Research conducted in farms in Kasaragod, Kannur

‘Gregarious bamboo flowering’ in WWS a threat to wildlife

The phenomenon may cause mass destruction of bamboo groves, the mainstay of herbivores

Tobacco growers in Prakasam hope to make turnaround as auction begins on March 15

Market intervention by govt. sought to create buoyancy in market

Banana farmers reaping it rich

Value chain development programme helping them realise a better price

ICAR-CMFRI goes for third harvest of open sea cage farming

Indian Pompano and Orange Spotted Grouper fish varieties have good demand in domestic market, says Principal Scientist

Watch | Using drones to protect crops

A video describing how hi-tech devices like drones can help farmers protect their crops from insect damage

Adivasi farmers threaten existence of Wenlock Downs, one of the last remaining grasslands in the Nilgiris

Over a hundred hectares of the last remaining grasslands in the upper Nilgiris, in Wenlock Downs, is being slowly eroded by encroachments by the

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