From the Ground
Tech-savvy UP jaggery maker raises recovery by 3pc, creates new benchmark for less moisture in bagasse
Hans Heritage Jaggery, a jaggery factory located in Oon in Shamli district of Uttar...
International Day of Rural Women: Success stories of Pramila Devi, Rani Devi highly inspiring
Pramila Devi and Rani Devi are no high profile names. They come from non-descript...
Smile returns on the faces of Makhana farmers, Gurri sells at Rs 17,000 a quintal
Kosi, Seemanchal and Mithilanchal regions of Bihar are famous for the cultivation...
Odisha tribal girl making waves, pursuing graduation despite abject poverty
A Bonda tribal is making waves not only in her home state Odisha, but all over the...
'Agenda for Rural India': Issues of life and livelihood of rural community discussed at Bhubaneswar brainstorming session
A brainstorming event was held in Bhubaneswar to address the question of ‘how should...
Going back to roots, KP Singh sets up automated Jaggery unit, gives higher prices of sugarcane to farmers and employment to villagers
Krishana Pal Singh, a resident of Oon village in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh,...
Saroj Devi, Rajasthan's successful hybrid millet farmer
43-year-old Saroj Devi is a millet farmer from Rasilpur village in the Roopwas block...
Brainstorming meet on agri, rural prosperity by Rural Voice, Socratus Foundation
To promote participation of farmers and villagers in framing policies on agriculture...
Farmers suffer as mustard price fall below MSP due to low price import of edible oils
Mustard prices are ruling below the MSP of Rs 5,450 per quintal by Rs 1,000-1,200...
Millets: The lost and found crop - thanks to FAO-backed community seed banks
Over the past two decades, communities in central and eastern Indian states had...
Women agripreneurs leading the way
at present women constitute only 14 per cent of the total entrepreneurship in India...
India, dairy to the world by focusing on animal productivity and breed improvement
Even with an average milk production of 2.5-3 litres per cattle, we are the largest...
Potato goes the onion way - neither price nor buyer, farmers are upset
after the crash of onion prices, when the bumper crop of potatoes came in the market,...
Laxmi & Saraswati make their mark on Int’l Women’s Day
Laxmi Bai is a member as well as farmer group representative of Chirayu Women Crop...
Road ahead for farmers disappointed with makhana; sowing to start in Feb
Makhana (fox nuts), full of medicinal properties and beneficial for health, ruined...
Agri Infra Fund silently changing agriculture landscape
Within two-and-a-half years of the implementation of the AIF, the scheme has mobilized...
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