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Now pitched as climate adaptive food, Kerala’s heritage Pokkali rice cultivation needs support

PRIYADERSHINI S

Kerala’s Pokkali farmers need support to grow this indigenous rice that weathers floods, is salt tolerant and offsets ground water salinity.

A worker unloading toor dal bags at a stock yard in Gollapudi near Vijayawada.

High prices of pulses may affect nutrition security, says study

Jagriti Chandra

Project Aahar team of NSUT students with farmer Ramlal in Goyla Dairy, Delhi. Photo: Special Arrangement/THE HINDU

Engineering students lay the groundwork for sustainable agriculture

Nahla Nainar Farmers in the outer suburbs of Delhi are experimenting with new growing methods through Project Aahar, run by students from Netaji Subhash University of Technology in Dwarka

Award for Coimbatore scientist

K Jeshi Coimbatore-based Kannan Warrier gets Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education’s National Award of Excellence

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Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. File

Rice cultivation: Revoke ban or face agitation, Congress tells Haryana govt.

Special Correspondent Desist from experiments with farming and farmers during pandemic, it says

R. Vijayakumar with a hat made of coconut leaves near the Collectorate in Tiruchi.

Labourer makes hats from coconut fronds

Kathelene Antony He picked up the skill from the Internet.

Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Principal Secretary, Agriculture, inspecting desilting works in Thanjavur on Tuesday.

‘Complete desilting before water release’

Special Correspondent THANJAVURAgriculture Production Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Agriculture, Gagandeep Singh Bedi, has directed the Public Works Department officials to complete the desilting works taken up under the Chief Ministers Special Desilting Scheme before water for irrigation is released into the Cauvery river.Mr. Bedi, who is also special officer depuuted to monitor the execution of the works in Thanjavur district, issued necessary instructions to the PWD officials during his inspection tour of

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Now pitched as climate adaptive food, Kerala’s heritage Pokkali rice cultivation needs support

Govt to spend ₹ 11.85 crore for funding 112 agri start-ups this year: Tomar

High prices of pulses may affect nutrition security, says study

Engineering students lay the groundwork for sustainable agriculture

Award for Coimbatore scientist for research on sacred groves

Covid-19: Homestead farmers in Kerala are looking at self-sufficiency post-pandemic

A Kerala entrepreneur’s experiments with ‘soil-less’ gardening

Anas Nasser from Aluva uses organic raw materials for his coco peat-based potting mixture that acts as a fertile soil substitute

This Andhra Pradesh mango is diabetic-friendly

Progressive farmer develops variety with low levels of sugar

CPCRI scientists visit arecanut plantations to study reasons for nut dropping

Bug menace suspected; production may fall by 30 per cent this year

Farm-to-table amid the Chennai lockdown, in the name of fresh produce

Entrepreneurs Vasanth and Vijay of I Support Farming have helped farmers stay connected with Chennai customers during these trying times for the agri-society

Telangana’s Haritha Haram heralds Yadadri method of the green revolution

The Japanese Miyawaki technique has been modified to suit our native conditions and species

Data | Market arrivals dip, procurement delays: How COVID-19 impacted agriculture

After the lockdown was imposed, the price of wheat dropped below the Minimum Support Price level which means that farmers were forced to sell at low prices

MSP for agri crops higher than global, market price; need to find viable solution: Gadkari

He said that the country has surplus rice and wheat and there is a problem of storage of these grains.

Farmers are strong, not vulnerable; they need to be given choices, says Agriculture Secretary

Option for direct marketing during the lockdown period has reduced government procurement of wheat in some States, says Agriculture Secretary.

MSP for kharif crops announced by Central government ‘inadequate’

It does not help farmers because of the rise in the cost of inputs, say farmer outfits and political parties

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A video on locusts that have attacked several districts in India

The Hindu Explains | Why is the locust surge posing a threat to agriculture in India?

What explains the attack this year? How can the country combat the insect invasion?

‘Chance of locust attack in Tamil Nadu remote’

Despite a ‘remote chance’ of a locust swarm attacking the State, Tamil Nadu government officials have planned a five-point strategy to handle the

Lockdown presents mixed fortunes for Prakasam farmers

Paddy, Bengal gram, maize growers saw gains, while tobacco and chilli cultivators faced hard times

Old Adilabad braces for possible locust attack

Swarms reported specifically from Nagpur that borders Kumram Bheem Asifabad and Adilabad districts

Wheat procurement on target despite lockdown

While it is progressing swiftly in States like Punjab and Haryana, U.P. is lagging behind; Madhya Pradesh crosses target

Locust threat is bigger this year, warns Agriculture Ministry monitor

A huge challenge is likely to emerge when the swarms flying over 20 districts in Rajasthan start breeding.

Rice cultivation: Revoke ban or face agitation, Congress tells Haryana govt.

Desist from experiments with farming and farmers during pandemic, it says

Labourer makes hats from coconut fronds

He picked up the skill from the Internet.

‘Complete desilting before water release’

THANJAVURAgriculture Production Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Agriculture, Gagandeep Singh Bedi, has directed the Public Works Department

How a group of women entrepreneurs in Kerala are helping local farmers

Going local, with help for the farmer in Kerala

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A video on jackfruit's growing popularity as a superfood meat alternative across the world

Thus flowed the toddy or ‘white water’ across Telangana villages, during the COVID-19 lockdown

Post-lockdown lifting, the writer heads to Siddipet, Telangana, to speak to toddy tappers about the emerging supply chain for freshly-extracted toddy

Kerala gives a push for tuber cultivation during COVID-19 lockdown

With food security emerging as a priority during the lockdown, the State is promoting tuber cultivation

Nagaland reports inchworm attack on crops

The new pest infestation follows that of fall armyworm

Meet India’s inspiring farmers who pivot, adapt and keep supplying fresh produce during the lockdowns

Even as large grocery stores went bare during the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers struggled to find buyers for their produce during lockdown, highlighting the importance of supporting local farms. MetroPlus speaks to these farmers who have adapted to the challenging new measures:

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A video on Kashmir saffron, that recently received GI tag

‘FM measures for agriculture will open new chapter’

Food processing sector to benefit a lot

When life gives you ash gourd, make petha

Farmers in Karnataka, struggling to sell 2,000 tonnes of ash gourd under lockdown, have found a sweet solution

Lockdown | Farmers’ group demands waiver of all crop loans

AIKSCC flags impact of lockdown on procurement, sales

Kashmir saffron gets GI tag

The aromatic spice possesses medicinal properties

DK farmers can now sell produce at KMF milk booths

Farmers growing fruits, vegetables and flowers in Dakshina Kannada can sell them directly to consumers in 20 milk booths of Dakshina Kannada

Vegetable farmers in Coimbatore district hit hard with total shutdown

Many are destroying the vegetables with them as they have no buyers and are unable to stock it.

Government must buy excess milk from farmers at higher prices: Nawale

‘State move to purchase 10 lakh litres fails to work on ground’

Deve Gowda seeks special package for horticulture, floriculture farmers

‘They are unable to sell their produce or export it’

BJP urges Governor to intervene on farmers’ problems

Situation at procurement centres cross Telangana contrary to Chief Minister’s claims, say party leaders

Many tobacco farmers shifting to ginger cultivation in Mysuru

‘They are giving up tobacco in view of the remunerative market for ginger’

Lockdown results in steep fall of market prices of cotton

With the closure of textiles mills, its demand has reduced

The science behind the ability to grow plants

Agri-scientist and entomologist Rajendra Hegde gives a step-by-step guide to urban gardening

Horticulture Department comes to the rescue of jackfruit farmers in Tamil Nadu

The Department has bought the fruits from farmers in Cuddalore district and is distributing them in kit bags to front-line workers

Punjab could see more areas under cotton cultivation

Shortage of labour due to COVID-19 pandemic likely to influence decision of the farmers in the State

Move to sell groundnut seeds through Rythu Bharosa Kendras

Process likely to start on May 15, price not yet decided

Poor prices for rabi crops at markets bode ill for farmers

Fruit producers have been hit the hardest

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