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The entrance of the tunnel that C.T. Thomas dug through a hill in Kannur district, Kerala. Photo: Special Arrangement

With just a pickaxe, Kerala farmer carves out a tunnel

C.T. Thomas has dug through the laterite slope beside his home in Kannur to create a 25-metre cave

India has stated that the WTO dispute panel’s findings are completely “unacceptable” to it. File

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Rent fixed for private paddy harvesters

Special Correspondent The district administration has fixed ₹2,350 per hour rental for paddy harvesting machinery (with track) and ₹1,700 rental for harvester with tyres.After an interaction with owners and agents of paddy harvesters here, Collector, J. Meghanath Reddy arrived at the rates of the machineries based on their present utility and expenses on repair.He appealed to the owners and agents not to collect more than what had been fixed. Farmers could lodge complaints with Revenue Divisional Officers, Tahsildars

Workers tying sugarcane in bundles in a field along River Cauvery near Erode on Saturday.

Sugarcane harvest for Pongal begins in Erode

Staff Reporter Increase in labour charge, transportation and production costs worry farmers

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Ernakulam KVK, with the participation of young fish farmers, engaged in a cleaning drive to remove water hyacinth from cage farming sites at Ezhikkara backwaters.

Water hyacinth poses threat to cage fish farming

Special Correspondent KVK conducts drive to remove plant from aquaculture farms

ID crop is being sown on a paddy harvested field at Tadkal village in Kangti mandal of Sangareddy district.

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With just a pickaxe, Kerala farmer carves out a tunnel

Rent fixed for private paddy harvesters

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How Tamil Nadu’s farmers revived heritage rice varieties over decades

Sugarcane harvest for Pongal begins in Erode

Shortage of harvesting machines puts Wayanad farmers in a fix

How to abate post-harvest losses

CFTRI holds a webinar on innovation and advancements in food protection

How country sugar or ‘naatu sakkarai’ is made at Erode’s Kavindapadi

With Pongal around the corner, we visit Kavindapadi in Erode district, famous for organic country sugar, a flavourful substitute to commercial jaggery and white sugar

Water hyacinth poses threat to cage fish farming

KVK conducts drive to remove plant from aquaculture farms

Farmers can save ₹180 crore through zero tillage

This can be applied to ID crops in paddy harvested fields

Mushroom farming provides relief for Bengal’s jobless tea workers

Assam-based foundation aids workers in Alipurduar district

Drones take over pesticide spraying

Technology addresses perennial issues of labour shortage and efficiency

Kerala Agriculture Department to form organic farming mission in 2022

Initiative to guarantee production of safe food, says Minister P. Prasad

Rediscover indigenous rice varieties of India at this zero-waste store in Coimbatore

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Master plan for carbon-neutral agriculture on the anvil

Farm sector should give due importance to soil health and climate, says Minister

Farmers oppose private farm produce market

Some farmers leaders have opposed the plan of the State Government to push for a private farmers market yard coming up in Belagavi despite the Union

Pest-infested Iranian kiwis threaten Kashmiri apples

The valley’s apple dealers write to horticulture experts and the Ministry of Agriculture

‘SEBI curb on futures trade in farm goods threatens food supply chain’

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Rise in prices of tomatoes was induced by a drastic fall in supply and when demand surged, traders and retailers increased their mark-ups

Time to correct wrong farming practises, says PM Modi

‘Science-based shift to natural farming needed’

The push for Zero Budget Natural Farming

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Zero budget natural farming back on top of Government agenda

Committee to discuss MSP guarantee will also promote the method: official

How a farm in Visakhapatnam is popularising natural farming techniques

Shankar Lingala of Rythu Mitra has been spearheading a silent movement to run sustainable farms applying the science of the soil

Thanjavur Food Museum serves up culinary history with a dash of technology

Take a closer look at what ends up on your plate by visiting India’s first Food Museum in Thanjavur

Ryots asked not to raise paddy in rabi

Speed up kharif procurement, Chief Secretary tells officials

India coffee output hit by rains

Industry also affected by rising wage, input costs

Paddy farmers to get ₹20,000 compensation

Rangasamy announces ₹5,000 assistance to fishermen

Largest plant genome sequencing yields a pan-genome for chickpea

Efforts resulted in seven improved chickpea varieties in India and Ethiopia over the last three years

Drones may be deployed to expedite crop insurance claim settlements

Agriculture Insurance Company looks at technology-aided assessment methods

‘Local growers yet to savour rising global coffee prices’

Government intervention sought to check cartels, say trade sources

Indian farming practices: Learning from elsewhere in the world

Strip cropping, as seen in the U.S., is when wheat is grown along with corn and soyabean, in the same farm in an alternative manner

Vilwadri cattle established as genetically divergent

Will get prominence in conservation along with other native cattle of Kerala

Suicides among farm workers rose 18% in 2020

However, suicides among landowning farmers dropped slightly during pandemic year

Sugar surplus may drop due to U.P. rains, higher ethanol capacity

Lower surplus, higher prices could help reduce arrears to farmers in poll bound U.P. and Punjab

Why cardamom farmers welcome these frog species endemic to the Western Ghats

The bush frog, or Raorchestes ponmudi, eats up moths known to destroy cardamom’s pseudo-stem, a major menace faced by farmers

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Himachal’s women farmers expand their horizons, without hurting the nature

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Reduction in penalty sought for unauthorised tobacco cultivation

Pratap Simha, MP, writes to Union Minister, officials

Guidelines for non-transgenic gene editing techniques pending since January 2020

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Paddy farmers in Kuttanad bear the brunt of rain

Cultivation in 538.60 ha. has been destroyed, loss estimated at ₹10.19 crore

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Kudumbashree units in Kerala promote medicinal plant cultivation

The harvested plants are purchased by Ayurveda medicine manufacturers, hospitals and cooperative societies

And now, a GI tag adds more vibrancy to Rajasthan’s Sojat Mehndi

Known for its entrancing, deep burnt-red stain, the world famous Sojat Mehndi of Rajasthan got its due on September 14. We explore its harvesting, manufacturing and various art and medicinal forms — as well as the issue of adulteration

A panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram revives paddy cultivation after two decades

A few farmers have restarted paddy cultivation on over one acre at Anacode in Poovachal panchyat

India’s agriculture exports can be doubled in ‘medium term’, says ITC Chairman

“There is an urgent need to deal with the agriculture value chain, which would help in improving the quality of income in rural areas and ushering in socio-economic transformation in the country, ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri said.

Cocktails menus in India shaped by geography, now boasting bael, vetiver, kokum and Darjeeling tea

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Record paddy harvest, lower oilseed production this kharif season

Increase in pulses production, especially toor dal crop

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