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Development Centre boosts mushroom cultivation in J-K's Poonch
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 30 (ANI): Mushroom cultivation is booming in Poonch's Jhalas village thanks to the Jammu and Kashmir agriculture department's initiative that trains local farmers who are interested in cultivating the crop.
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Kathua farmers undergo technical training for better yield
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 30 (ANI): The Kathua Agriculture Department organised a visit of 50 farmers to Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu, on Friday so that they could improve their farming practices.
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At all party meet, Opposition takes up issue of farmers agitation with PM
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Opposition parties on Saturday demanded an extensive debate on the farmers' agitation as a consequence of farm laws. The demand was made at the all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi where he assured them that the government was willin
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Agriculture laws were passed in Parliament after extensive deliberations:
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New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday lauded the central government for bringing various reforms in the agriculture sector to make it modern and beneficial for farmers.
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BKU (Lok Shakti), BKU (Ekta) meet Agri Minister Tomar, hand over memorand
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New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Members of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) and Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta) met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday evening and handed over a memorandum.
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NH-24 near Ghazipur border reopens for Delhi-Ghaziabad commuters
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): The National Highway-24 (NH-24), passing through the Ghazipur border, where farmers have been protesting against the contentious agriculture laws for months, has been reopened for commuters, announced Delhi Traffic Police on Thursday morning.
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Samyukta Kisan Morcha blames Centre, Deep Sidhu for making farmers movemen
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday blamed the Central government, actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu and the Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee (KMSC) for the violence during the farmers' 'tractor march' in Delhi on January 26 against the agriculture la
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Union budget will favour corporates, not farmers: Kerala Agri Minister
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 28 (ANI): Kerala Agriculture Minister VS Sunil Kumar on Wednesday said that the upcoming union budget will favour corporates and will have nothing for farmers.
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Rs 1 lakh cr announced for strengthening agri-infrastructure, cold storage
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New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday informed that the Central government has set up a Rs 1 lakh crore fund under the "Aatmanirbhar package" to strengthen the crops storage infrastructure and reduce post-harvesting losses.
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Syngenta India extends insurance cover to partners of LGBTQ employees
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI/BusinessWire India): In a first of its kind in the agriculture sector, Syngenta, a global science-based agriculture company with 28,000 employees in 90 countries, has decided to extend medical insurance coverage to the partners of employees from the LGBTQ (
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Lemongrass to super crops, local entrepreneurship in green agriculture
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 27 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Quanto Agro, a Mumbai-based AgriTech firm, is empowering local farmers in India by assisting their transition into profitable commercial-scale lemongrass farming, apart from expediting the creation of super crops such as corn
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Citing Mahatma, Rahul Gandhi urges Centre to repeal farm laws 'immediately
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): A day after the violence during the farmers' tractor rally in different parts of the national capital, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday urged the Central government to 'immediately' repeal the three agriculture sector laws passed during the la
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