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14 hours, 43 minutes ago

Farmers urged to use Krishi Rakshak app to report crop loss

The unseasonal rainfall in the last couple of days in all coastal and some interior districts have caused considerable damage to harvested crops. The low pressure induced rains lashed Angul, Balasore, Bhadrak, Boudh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Deogarh, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Kendrapada, Keonjhar, Khurda, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Puri and Raygada districts, Patil said about 15 lakh farmers from these …

Loss Crop Crop Loss Krishi Rakshak Farmers Urged

2 days, 9 hours ago

Farmers are still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South

Associated Press

LYONS, Ga. — Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march across the South. It is emotionally draining.” Farmer Chris Hopkins stands in one of his cotton fields before being harvested, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, near Lyons, Ga. Farmer Chris Hopkins stands in one of …

Georgia Florida Farmers Hurricane South Cotton Share

2 days, 14 hours ago

Farmers still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South

LA Times

A machine works in a field of cotton near Lyons, Ga. Hurricane Helene ripped through blooming cotton fields, pecan orchards laden with nuts and fields where fall vegetables like cucumbers and squash awaited picking. Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march across the South. …

Georgia Florida Farmers Storm Hurricane Houses South

2 days, 21 hours ago

Farmers complain of cross loss, low yield

The Hindu

Farmers complained about crop loss and low yield at the farmers’ grievance meeting held at the Madurai Collectorate on Friday. However, it had resulted in low yield and in some cases the crops had been affected, they said. An official said the low yield could have been a result of the climate in the region. Some of the other grievances …

Farmers Collector Low Yield

2 days, 23 hours ago

Special team issues advisory to farmers in Karaikal on managing paddy affected by waterlogging

The Hindu

A team of scientists from Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, and agricultural extension officers has advised farmers in Karaikal to adopt integrated pest management strategies to protect standing paddy crops inundated during the recent heavy rain. Earlier, the Department of Agriculture reported to the Puducherry government that there was a possibility of significant …

Karaikal

2 days, 23 hours ago

Kalakkad farmers express concern over crop loss caused by wild animals

The Hindu

Farmers from Kalakkad region in Tirunelveli district have expressed their concern over the significant crop losses caused by wild animals. Karthikeyan to take steps to protect their crops from frequent attacks by wild animals such as monkeys, wild boars and sambar deer. Another group of farmers from Manur region requested a survey to clear encroachments along the water canal supplying …

Collector Crop Loss Wild Animals Kalakkad Farmers

4 days, 15 hours ago

After victory over Florida in water war, Georgia will let farmers drill new irrigation wells

Associated Press

ATLANTA — Jason Cox, who grows peanuts and cotton in southwest Georgia, says farming would be economically impossible without water to irrigate his crops. For more than a decade, farmers in parts of southwest Georgia haven’t been able to drill new irrigation wells to the Floridian aquifer, the groundwater nearest the surface. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that Georgia’s Environmental Protection …

Georgia Florida Water Farmers River Cox Water Use

5 days, 4 hours ago

An essential Christmas dinner item is under threat from global warming

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr Meacham-Hensold, of the Realising Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency project led by the UIUC, said the work aimed to meet …

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1 week ago

How Indian indigenous tubers can be the hero of urban dining tables

The Hindu

I recently attended the Rooting for Tubers festival hosted Spudnik farms by in Bengaluru. Speaking about the initiative, Sumeet Kaur, founder of Spudnik Farms, explained, “We are trying to present tubers more in an urban format by collaborating with Central Tuber Crops Research Institute. Focusing on developing products like chips, papad, noodles, cookies, and pasta, that can seamlessly fit into …

Health India Karnataka Indian Tubers

1 week ago

Rain devastates acres of onion and pulses cultivation

The Hindu

The continuous rainfall in the Thoothukudi district has adversely affected the farmers in its northern regions, including Vilathikulam, Ettayapuram, Kovilpatti and others causing significant crop loss especially pulses and onions. Farmers in this region commonly cultivate crops like black gram, green gram, maize, onion and pearl millet. Annakodi, a farmer from the Muthupatti village near Vilathikulam, said that the rainfall …

Farmers Rain Rainfall Onion Black Gram

1 week, 1 day ago

Rain batters Nellai, Vadakku Kodaimelalagian channel breached

New Indian Express

TIRUNELVELI/KANNIYAKUMARI: Heavy rain battered Tirunelveli district for the second consecutive day, damaging crops in Cheranmahadevei areas. Due to breaches in Vadakku Kodaimelalagian channel in VK Puram area, water entered low-lying areas in Marutham Nager and Thiruvalluvar Nager on Saturday. According to sources, over 120 hectares of banana crops were damaged in various places of Ambasamudram and Cheranmahadevi taluks, including Kallidaikurichi, …

Tirunelveli Vadakku Kodaimelalagian Channel Marutham Nager

1 week, 2 days ago

Standing crops under water in Sivaganga district; In Ramanathapuram, Collector travels on tractor to oversee water logging issues

The Hindu

Standing crops, including paddy and chilly plants, were submerged due to continuous rain in Tirupuvanam and Illayankudi blocks in Sivaganga district, farmers said here on Saturday. As the water could not be drained, the crops have submerged and the produce would become useless, said Rajasekaran, a farmer, and added that he had raised chilly in 51 cents of land and …

Water Collector Ramanathapuram

1 week, 2 days ago

Punjab should procure all crops at MSP: Saini

Hindustan Times

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said that all crops of farmers in Haryana are being procured at minimum support price and the Punjab government should also come forward and announce that the produce of farmers in the AAP-ruled state will be purchased at MSP. Interacting with reporters here on the sidelines of a handicraft exhibition, Saini said …

Delhi School Farmers Congress Haryana State Minister

1 week, 2 days ago

Edappadi K Palaniswami Wants Survey of Crop Damage and Relief

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami urged the State government to make an assessment of the damage to crops in the two-day rains brought about by the depression in the delta districts of Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Thanjavur and Cuddalore and other places and pay adequate compensation to the affected farmers. In a statement on Friday, Palaiswami said the heavy …

Crop Damage

1 week, 3 days ago

Srisailam Hydro Power Cuts Water Release for Agriculture

Deccan Chronicle

Kurnool: Paddy farmers in Nandyal district, under the Kurnool-Cuddapah canal, are in distress due to a fall in water levels in the Srisailam reservoir. Water from Muchumarri to the KC canal ayacut can be released only if the water level in the Srisailam reservoir reaches 812 feet. The designated Rabi cultivation area in the joint Kurnool district spans 92,000 acres …

Water Power Power Generation Canal Muchumarri Srisailam Hydro Dry Crops

1 week, 5 days ago

Central team visits areas hit by landslip in Tiruvannamalai

The Hindu

: A three-member inter-Ministerial team, deputed by the Union government to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Fengal to crops and propertyto crops and property, visited the landslip and flood-affected areas in Tiruvannamalai district on Tuesday. Accompanied by Tiruvannamalai Collector D. Bhaskara Pandian, the team began the day-long exercise at the landslip site of Arunachala Hills near Arunachaleswara temple by …

Team Damage Tiruvannamalai Hectares Thandrampattu

Group of 101 farmers to resume march to Delhi from Shambhu border on December 14

Hindustan Times

Protesting farmers camping at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana will observe "Prarthna Diwas Ardas Dihada" on Wednesday as part of their ongoing agitation, seeking demands that include a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price and loan waivers. Protesting farmers look at smoke trails made by falling tear gas shells used by the police near Shambhu border that divides …

Delhi Farmers Congress Border Haryana Saini Msp

2 weeks ago

Odisha: Major Crackdown on Illegal Cannabis Cultivation

Deccan Chronicle

In a significant operation against illegal cannabis cultivation, a joint team of Odisha Police and excise officials destroyed cannabis crops worth an estimated Rs 8 crore in the Gajapati district on Sunday.Acting on a tip-off, the authorities targeted a hill near Pengam village under the Bada Sindhaba panchayat within the Mohana police limits. The plants were set on fire during …

Odisha Cannabis Cannabis Crops Illegal Cannabis Cultivation

2 weeks ago

Climate change hits Jeju island's mandarin oranges

China Daily

The pillar mandarin orange sector on South Korea's Jeju island is facing mounting challenges as climate change disrupts traditional cultivation practices, with prolonged tropical nights and rising temperatures delaying harvests and impacting fruit quality, according to latest industry reports. "Mandarins develop their yellow color when nighttime temperatures fall below 20 C," said Hyun Jong-ho, manager at the Namwon Agricultural Product …

Climate Change Fruit Oranges Han Mandarin Jeju Subtropical Crops

2 weeks ago

Climate change hits Jeju island's mandarin oranges

China Daily

The pillar mandarin orange sector on South Korea's Jeju island is facing mounting challenges as climate change disrupts traditional cultivation practices, with prolonged tropical nights and rising temperatures delaying harvests and impacting fruit quality, according to latest industry reports. "Mandarins develop their yellow color when nighttime temperatures fall below 20 C," said Hyun Jong-ho, manager at the Namwon Agricultural Product …

Climate Change Fruit Oranges Han Mandarin Jeju Subtropical Crops

2 weeks, 1 day ago

ITC scales up cultivation of medicinal, aromatic plants

Live Mint

Sehore, Dec 8 ITC Agri Business Division is encouraging the cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants to expand the conglomerate's presence in the fast-growing health and wellness products market in the food, personal care and other categories. In line with the larger ITC NextGen Agriculture vision, we are focusing on promoting the cultivation of value-added crops such as medicinal and …

Madhya Pradesh Kumar Tulsi Itc Agri

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Adilabad Farmers Rely on Catapults To Fight Monkey Menace

Deccan Chronicle

Adilabad: The monkey business is no child’s play, and yet locals of the erstwhile Adilabad district are resorting to a toy from their childhood — catapults, or ‘ghulare’ — to keep the simians away from themselves, their houses and crops. The matter is so serious that locals submitted a memorandum to MLA Gaddam Vivek to take steps to control the …

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RJD MP Manoj Jha takes a jibe at Agriculture Minister says ‘a lot of difference between words and reality’

The Hindu

Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha on Saturday took a jibe at Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for his Parliament address on farmers, saying, “There is a lot of difference between their word and reality.” Speaking with ANI, Mr. Jha criticised the authorities for the use of tear gas on the farmers protesting at the Sambu border with …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Feral pig menace: 1,500 acres of maize farms destroyed in Kovilpatti and Vilathikulam, say farmers

New Indian Express

THOOTHUKUDI: As feral pig menace continues to be a major issue in the rain-fed tracts of Kovilpatti and Vilathikulam assembly constituencies, farmers of the areas alleged that over 1,500 acres of maize crops were damaged by the pigs, and most women are reluctant to engage in farm works, in fear of the animal. Feral pigs, which are non-domesticated country pigs, …

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Farmers urged to use Krishi Rakshak app to report crop loss

Farmers are still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South

Farmers still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South

Farmers complain of cross loss, low yield

Special team issues advisory to farmers in Karaikal on managing paddy affected by waterlogging

Kalakkad farmers express concern over crop loss caused by wild animals

After victory over Florida in water war, Georgia will let farmers drill new irrigation wells

An essential Christmas dinner item is under threat from global warming

How Indian indigenous tubers can be the hero of urban dining tables

Rain devastates acres of onion and pulses cultivation

Rain batters Nellai, Vadakku Kodaimelalagian channel breached

Standing crops under water in Sivaganga district; In Ramanathapuram, Collector travels on tractor to oversee water logging issues

Punjab should procure all crops at MSP: Saini

Edappadi K Palaniswami Wants Survey of Crop Damage and Relief

Srisailam Hydro Power Cuts Water Release for Agriculture

Central team visits areas hit by landslip in Tiruvannamalai

Group of 101 farmers to resume march to Delhi from Shambhu border on December 14

Odisha: Major Crackdown on Illegal Cannabis Cultivation

Climate change hits Jeju island's mandarin oranges

Climate change hits Jeju island's mandarin oranges

ITC scales up cultivation of medicinal, aromatic plants

Adilabad Farmers Rely on Catapults To Fight Monkey Menace

RJD MP Manoj Jha takes a jibe at Agriculture Minister says ‘a lot of difference between words and reality’

Feral pig menace: 1,500 acres of maize farms destroyed in Kovilpatti and Vilathikulam, say farmers