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Tea farmers in Bihar's Kishanganj incur huge losses amid coronavirus lockd
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kishanganj (Bihar) [India], April 23 (ANI): The nationwide lockdown forced by the coronavirus pandemic has badly affected the tea farmers in Bihar's Kishanganj as the crops have dried in the absence of workers to harvest them.
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Sown area of summer crops registers 36 pc rise over previous year: Centre
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The government on Monday said that the sown area of summer crops has registered an increase of 36 per cent over the previous year.
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Summer crop sowing is 14 per cent higher over corresponding period last ye
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Amid the current COVID-19 crisis, farmers across India are toiling against all adversities. Their efforts, coupled with timely intervention by the Central and State Governments, have ensured that there is minimal or no disruption to harvesting activities an
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Traders, govt should join hands for sake of farmers : Bhupendra Singh Hood
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], April 15 (ANI): Former Haryana Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition, Bhupendra Singh Hooda on Tuesday stated that the government and grain traders should join hands and work together in the interest of the farmers.
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Congress asks PM Modi to spell out plans for migrant workers, farmers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): The Congress party on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to spell out the Centre's plans for the stranded migrant workers and farmers, who are waiting to harvest their crops.
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Buyers forcing us to sell produce at extremely low rates, K'taka banana fa
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], April 13 (ANI): Banana farmers in Shivamogga say their crop is rotting and they are incurring huge losses amid lockdown due to COVID-19.
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Farmers in MP unable to harvest crops due to labour shortage
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 9 (ANI): Several farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district are incurring losses as they are unable to harvest their crops due to shortage of labourers amid the nation-wide COVID-19 lockdown.
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ICAR issues advisory on harvesting and threshing crops amid coronavirus ou
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 1 (ANI): The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Tuesday issued an advisory to farmers with regard to harvesting and threshing of Rabi crops and post-harvest, storage and marketing of farm produce in the wake of COVID-19 threat.
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Congress MLA urges Haryana CM to arrange for machinery for farmers to harv
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Mar 31: Congress leader and Adampur MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to make arrangements like harvesting machines and combines (harvester) for the reaping of wheat and mustered crop amid nationwide lockdown.
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Government exempts agriculture-farming from lockdown to ensure harvesting
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): In a relief to farmers during the lockdown, the government has granted relaxation to agriculture-farming and allied activities to ensure uninterrupted harvesting of crops.
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Harvesting, procurement of crops should be declared part of essential serv
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): The Congress on Thursday said that harvesting and procurement operations should be declared part of essential services during the lockdown, saying that wheat in an area of 334 lakh hectare was ready to be harvested and a farmer will lose 40 per cent of stan
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Govt must ensure crop procurement : BS Hooda
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the government should assure farmers that their crops will be procured. He said that the government will bear the loss incurred to the farmers.
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