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J-K: Research centre set up in Pampore to boost cumin cultivation
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Pampore (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 9 (ANI): In order to increase the production of black cumin, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has set up a research centre for its cultivation in Pampore district.
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Adivasi couple in Naxalbari village growing dragon fruit to earn profit
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West-Bengal) [India], October 8 (ANI): Naxalbari, the Bengal village which is globally known for its peasants' revolt of 1967 has now set an example for the best dragon fruit cultivation in the district. Hatighisa, a small village near Naxalbari under Siliguri subdivision of Darj
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Varanasi farmers venture into pearl farming and beekeeping
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 30 (ANI): A number of youngsters in Narayanpur village of Varanasi have opted to leave city life and return home to start pearl farming and beekeeping.
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AYUSH Ministry inks MoU with herbal industry bodies to promote medicinal p
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the major AYUSH and herbal industry bodies covering a set of measures to promote medicinal plant cultivation.
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Govt prepares to cultivate land near zero line in J-K's Kathua after 18 ye
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 15 (ANI): After a gap of 18 years, the government is taking steps to cultivate land on the zero line in border areas in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua.
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Climate change, land use can increase soil erosion by water: Study
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Basel [Switzerland], Aug 25 (ANI): Soil loss due to water runoff is more likely to increase around the world over the next 50 years due to climate change and intensive land cultivation, according to new research.
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Telangana CM instructs Agriculture department to keep fertilisers stock re
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Expressing possibility that large scale cultivation will take place during this rainy season, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao instructed the Agriculture department to keep adequate stock of fertilisers to meet the increase in its dema
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Cultivation of GI-tagged Pokkali rice hit due to COVID-19 lockdown in Kera
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], Aug 14 (ANI): The cultivation of GI-tagged unique Pokkali rice variety has been badly hit by COVID-19 induced lockdown and flood-like situation in coastal areas of Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Thrissur districts of Kerala.
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J-K: Better infrastructure under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana boosts grap
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): A section of people in Jammu and Kashmir depends on the horticulture sector for their livelihoods and grape cultivation is a major source of income for many families in the Valley. One such place is Ganderbal, popularly known as the 'distri
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New high-tech poly houses constructed in J-K to boost vegetable cultivatio
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 23 (ANI): New high-tech poly-houses have been constructed by the Jammu and Kashmir government in Srinagar to boost vegetable cultivation.
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Nepali farmers busy planting paddy as monsoon sets in
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 29 (ANI): Fields near Manohara River in Sankhu in the north-eastern corner of Kathmandu Valley these days buzz with sounds of running tractor, people and melodies twining with one another, commonly known as 'Ropain Song', as farmers have begun making rapid progress
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Himachal govt planning to cultivate first plantation of asafoetida, saffro
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Monday said that the state government is planning to cultivate the first plantation of asafoetida commonly known as heeng, saffron in high altitude areas of Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti and Chamba di
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