Tag: paddy
Punjab govt announces Rs 1,500 per acre aid for direct seeding of rice
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann exhorted the farmers to sow paddy using the DSR technique...
Telangana CM KCR gets Rakesh Tikait’s support against Centre on paddy procurement issue
The controversy between the Centre and the Telangana Government on the paddy procurement...
Bio-fertilizers blue-green algae and Azolla better nitrogen substitutes for crops
Bio-fertilizers blue-green algae and Azolla fix the atmospheric nitrogen in the...
Average rural wages increase by more than 4 per cent : DEA report
According to the economic report released by the Department of Economic Affairs...
Cong promises farm debt waiver, Rs 400/quintal sugarcane price
Congress has promised farm debt waiver and subsidized power in the UP election manifesto....
UP government allocates Rs 535 crore for crop loss in crucial election year
Ahead of the crucial UP Assembly elections, the Yogi Adityanath government has allocated...
Paddy procurement election issue in UP; only 27 per cent procured at MSP so far
As of now, 46.50 lakh tonnes of paddy has been procured at MSP from 6.56 lakh farmers...
Political economy of sugarcane, paddy crucial for 2022 UP polls
While the political firmament is abuzz with pre-poll activities, the farmer leaders,...
Roots Foundation to train nearly 50,000 farmers of Punjab and Haryana to tackle stubble burning
Every winter, the burning of crop residue of over 30 mt in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab...
Rice industry needs a comprehensive strategy: Infomerics
The report “Rice Industry — Emerging Contours” by Infomerics is optimistic about...
Paddy procurement starts in Punjab and Haryana on Oct 3; decision to delay procurement would have virtually negated scientific achievements
When on Oct 2 the farmers in Haryana and Punjab protested the central government’s...
Paddy area in UP increases to 6 million hectares
With an increase in paddy area in UP from 5.89 million hectares last year to 6 million...
Break in monsoon activity burdensome on farmers; IMD ignored negative IOD in its forecast
Owing to a break in the monsoon activity, there has been 11.3 per cent less rainfall...
“We tried to bring in a system where seed quality percentage can be easily assessed.” — Nikhil Das, Agdhi
Nikhil Das is the brain behind Agdhi, an agritech startup based in Bengaluru which...
