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Aromatic plant cultivation offers employment opportunities for youth of J-
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 4 (ANI): To enhance employment opportunities for the youth of Jammu and Kashmir, the government has been taking vital steps to involve them in the cultivation of aromatic plants in the valley, especially the Pulwama district.
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Andhra female teacher practices organic farming on her land with only fema
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 30 (ANI): Pulamathi, a female government teacher has started practicing organic farming on her 27 acres of land in Peddalabudu Geval village of Araku valley at Visakhapatnam by engaging only female workers in the field.
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Afghanistan sees 45 pc surge in poppy cultivation, drug smuggling
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): Afghanistan has witnessed a 45 per cent surge in poppy cultivation and drug smuggling this year when compared to the same period last year, the Afghan deputy minister of counter-narcotics said on Thursday.
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Sindh leader slams Imran Khan-led PTI, warns of serious food crisis in Pak
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Sindh secretary Aajiz Dhamrah has warned that the country may face a serious food crisis if farmers are not able to cultivate paddy in the absence of water in the rice cultivation zones of the province.
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National Medicinal Plant Board signs MoU with NBRI for promotion of cultiv
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The National Medicinal Plant Board (NMPS) and the National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for extending joint collaborative efforts to boost the cultivation and production of medicinal plants and herbs
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Chhattisgarh govt to provide input subsidy of Rs 10,000 per acre on farmin
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday decided to provide an input subsidy of Rs 10,000 per acre to the farmers who will utilize the paddy cultivation area for farming of other identified Kharif crops, in place of paddy, from upcoming Kharif season
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Marigold oil production doubles income of farmers in Himachal's Chamba
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): The farmers of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh, who traditionally grew crops like maize, paddy, and wheat, have greatly benefited from the cultivation and processing of aromatic plants.
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Development Centre boosts mushroom cultivation in J-K's Poonch
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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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Pak Opposition leader opposes establishment of national parks in occupied
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], January 29 (ANI): Pakistan's Opposition leader has opposed Prime Minister Imran Khan government's plan to establish two national parks in occupied Gilgit Baltistan, saying locals will lose their livelihood because of these parks as they will not be allowed to eithe
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Will not go ahead with proposal of growing cannabis in Goa, says Pramod Sa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Panjim (Goa) [India], January 28 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has again reiterated that his government will not allow the legal cultivation of cannabis, a proposal sent by the Indian Institute of Integrated Medicine (IIIM).
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Young farmer from J-K's Rajouri wins award for organic mushroom farming
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 23 (ANI): Kartik Kumar Sharma, a young farmer from Doongi block, recently won the 'Best farmer in Rajouri District' award for organic mushroom cultivation, which was presented to him by J&K Lieutenant Governor (LG), Manoj Sinha.
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Afghanistan's Saffron Diplomacy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Digging Deeper: The Afghan society and economy are witnessing some cumulative, yet, major transformations pertaining to its ever amplifying active participation of youth in the social, cultural, and political realms and its surging trade and commerce c
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