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Pakistan's most crucial challenges include impacts of climate change: Repo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The most crucial challenges for Pakistan include the impacts of climate change -- floods, heat waves, drought, crop losses and diseases -- whose frequency has increased rapidly over the past couple of decades.
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CPI MP Binoy Viswam writes to PM Modi to check irregularities in PM Fasal
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Binoy Viswam in a letter to Prime Minister said, "The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), launched as the flagship farm insurance scheme in 2016, was initiated to provide insurance protection to farmers against crop losses due to natural calamities."
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Distribute house, crop damage relief money immediately: K'taka CM instruct
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 29 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai instructed deputy commissioners of districts to distribute compensation for crop loss and house damage immediately to those affected by rains.
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Karnataka CM to chair meeting to discuss measures to tackle Monkeypox, cro
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 1 (ANI): Amid rising concerns over the Monkeypox cases in the country and crops losses owing to heavy rainfall in the state, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday informed that he will chair two meetings on Tuesday to discuss about the matt
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Andhra CM disburses Rs 2,977 cr under YSR free crop insurance scheme
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Sri Satya Sai District (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 14 (ANI): For the third year in a row, as part of the YSR free crop insurance scheme, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy disbursed Rs 2,977.80 crore for over 15 lakh farmers across the state who suffered crop loss during t
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Andhra Pradesh BJP seeks compensation for chilli farmers
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 21 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh BJP on Monday demanded compensation from the state government for damages to the chilli crop due to a pest outbreak.
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Karnataka govt hikes crop loss compensation for farmers
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 22 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that the government has increased the compensation given to farmers whose crops were damaged during recent rainfall and floods, in his reply in the Legislative Assembly.
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Karnataka: Dharwad farmers facing crop loss due to unseasonal rains will r
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dharwad (Karnataka) [India], November 23 (ANI): As the farmers of Dharwad face crop loss and damage to their houses due to unseasonal incessant rains in the region, Karnataka Minister and district-in-charge Shankar Patil Munenakoppa visited them and promised that the compensation ranging fro
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Karnataka rains: CM Bommai orders transfer of crop loss compensation to fa
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolar (Karnataka) [India], November 23 (ANI): Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has instructed the officials to transfer the compensation amount for the heavy losses of crops suffered due to the destruction caused by incessant rains to affected farmers' accounts immediately after accessing the
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Fungal growth in plants can be inhibited by modified yeast
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], July 16 (ANI): About 70-80 per cent of crop losses due to microbial diseases are caused by fungi. Fungicides are key weapons in agriculture's arsenal, but they pose environmental risks. Over time, fungi also develop a resistance to fungicides, leading growers on an endless q
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Modified yeast inhibits fungal growth in plants: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): About 70-80 per cent of crop losses due to microbial diseases are caused by fungi. Fungicides are key weapons in agriculture's arsenal, but they pose environmental risks. Over time, fungi also develop a resistance to fungicides, leading growers on an endless q
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Scientists suggest early Indian monsoon forecasts could benefit farmers
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Farmers in India should be provided with early forecasts of expected variations in the monsoon season in order to reduce crop losses, said a team of scientists.
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