Indian Express
Stemming the rot
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Always straddled with overflowing stocks, the Granary of India is now all set to have huge grainhouses. Of the total capacity of 127 lakh MT storage space to be created in the country, 71.25 lakh MT will come up in Punjab alone....
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To rice and shine, Assam draws 8-point strategy
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In early April this year, when boro (summer) paddy covering a record 3.25 lakh hectares was just beginning to flower....
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NREGS fuels labour shortage, farm mechanisation
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The National Rural Employment Guarantee Agency (NREGA) scheme meant to provide minimum employment of 100 days per year has had in many places a ripple effect labour shortage leading to farm mechanisation....
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Punjab in mechanisation overdrive
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Shortage of farm labour has pushed the Department of Agriculture in Punjab to launch a multi-pronged mechanisation programme for its farmers....
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In a Ma(i)ze
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Jagdish Sharma, a marginal maize farmer in Katihar, committed suicide last month....
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Not drought, Aurangabad farmers live in fear of herds of deer
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For the past eight years, standing crops of the three tehsils of Kannad, Gangapur, Vaijapur and some parts of Phulambri in Aurangabad district lay vulnerable, not only to drought and heavy rains, but also to deer herds....
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In a season of glut, apple prices crash
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The bumper apple crop in Himachal Pradesh this year has failed to translate into good news for growers yet again. Drought and hail have damaged the fruits....
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No pause in Punjabs toxic harvest
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Even as recent media reports caution that most fruits and vegetables are largely unfit for human consumption due to their high chemical content, pesticides continue to be used recklessly in the fields of Punjab....
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To green its arid tracts, UAE turns to Indian fungus tech
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It has already helped grow cereals and fodder in the desertland of Qatar, mangrove species along the highly saline Gujarat coastline, and a wide variety of plantation crops on wastelands covered with fly ash....
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In Shimla, keeping a tab on the apple in Delhi markets
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Demand of flowers in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, the price of Himachal apples in Delhi markets, a new subsidy scheme for polyhouses, or new varieties of maize developed at a research centre....
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