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Paddy sowing down 13 pc this kharif season, monsoon played spoilsport
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Farmers in India have sown less paddy this Kharif season. Going by the latest acreage data, the area under paddy cultivation is over 13 per cent lower than the previous Kharif season.
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J-K: NHB holds programme in Ramban to boost farmers' income
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare has brought under its purview the National Horticulture Board (NHB) in Ramban and extended various Horticulture schemes under it for the welfare of farmers to multiply their income.
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Canadian Firm Clean Seed and Chandigarh University come to rescue of India
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 8 (ANI/PR Newswire): Among the various issues being faced by India's Agriculture sector, stubble burning and soil depletion due to intensive cultivation and over-mining of nutrients by crops are the most serious ones. Far from a mere nuisance, pollution from
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Poppy cultivation continues in Afghanistan despite ban
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 29 (ANI): Poppy cultivation is still being carried out in Afghanistan despite a ban implemented by the Taliban on the growth, production and distribution of illicit drugs.
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Nepal: Farmers loot trucks laden with fertilizers amid shortage in cultiva
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhading [Nepal], June 18 (ANI): Hundreds of farmers looted fertilisers from two trucks en route to Kathmandu which were being escorted by the Armed Police Force (APF) in Dharke of Nepal's Dhading district.
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Study: Development of PCR test for Okinawa mozuku could boost yields and l
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Okinawa (Japan), June 9 (ANI): According to scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, a simple PCR test might be used to improve the cultivation of the tasty brown seaweed Okinawa mozuku and even boost efforts to generate heat-tolerant strains. The
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Farmers of Kondagaon welcome C'garh Govt's 'Aromatic Kondanar' campaign en
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 27 (ANI): The farmers of Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon have welcomed the innovative initiative to opt for the cultivation of medicinal aromatic plants.
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Taliban unlikely to curb Afghanistan's drug trade: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 26 (ANI): The Taliban through tactical declarations have been pretending to halt production of narcotics in Afghanistan to evade close international scrutiny on opium cultivation in the country.
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Ankur Seeds in Hybrid Revolution: Launches one of the World's first GMS ba
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], May 24 (ANI/PRNewswire): Present-day vegetable growers are facing several problems in their crop cultivation practices. Ankur Seeds, a pioneer in developing innovative hybrids in major vegetable crops, are amalgamating advanced technologies with sound local trad
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Insurgent groups involved in poppy cultivation in Manipur, says N Biren Si
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 5 (ANI): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said some insurgent groups of his state are involved in poppy cultivation.
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Afghanistan's drug industry continues to thrive despite ban on poppy culti
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 (ANI): Afghanistan's fastest-growing drug industry operates from desert outposts in plain view, a US media report said on Monday, weeks after the Taliban announced a ban on poppy cultivation.
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Punjab announces Rs 1,500 per acre assistance to farmers for direct seedin
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 30 (ANI): Punjab Government on Saturday announced assistance of Rs 1,500 per acre of land to farmers for the direct seeding of paddy.
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