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Neelkanth Kufri: This unique variety of potato grows in Bhopal fields
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 22 (ANI): A farmer in Bhopal has grown a unique variety of potatoes, known as 'Neelkanth Kufri' (blue potatoes) in the fields of Khajurikalan.
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Two killed, farmlands destroyed in flash floods in Afghanistan's Nangarhar
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], March 20 (ANI): Two people were killed in flash floods caused by heavy rain in Lal Pur district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Saturday, media reported on Sunday.
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Man starts modern farming in Jaipur after leaving job in Singapore
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], March 19 (ANI): A young man employed with a Japanese company in Singapore has left his job to start modern and organic farming in the Dudu town of Rajasthan's Jaipur.
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MS Dhoni's agricultural farm in Ranchi opened for visitors on occasion of
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Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], March 18 (ANI): Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's agricultural farm, 'Eeja' has been opened for common visitors for three days on the occasion of Holi.
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World Bank supports Bangladesh farmers vulnerable to climate change
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh and the World Bank have signed a 120 million US dollars financing agreement to help improve the irrigated agricultural and fisheries production and increase the incomes of 170,000 poor people vulnerable to climate change.
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Uyghur farmer serving 8-year sentence for saving wife from forced abortion
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 16 (ANI): A Uyghur farmer, sentenced to eight-year imprisonment for saving his wife from forced abortion, died in jail in 2020, said a media report citing another Uyghur in the know of the development and local police officials.
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Maharashtra: Nitin Raut announces restoration of electricity to defaulting
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 15 (ANI): Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Tuesday announced that electricity supply to farmers, which was once disconnected due to non-payment of dues, will be restored and no disconnections will take place till farmers harvest their crops. Read More
India focuses on hi-tech agriculture to make farmers self-reliant
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): With the purpose of making farmers self-reliant the government has decided to make agriculture hi-tech in this year's Union Budget. It is a high priority sector for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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SKM announces next phase of farmers' movement in April demanding MSP guara
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of the farmers union, has announced the next phase of the nationwide campaign for 'MSP Legal Guarantee Week' which will be observed between April 11 to 17.
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BJP govt to fulfil promise made by Congress, will bear cost of interest of
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will bear the cost of interest of the loans, after many farmers turned defaulters in hope of that loans up to Rs 2 lakh will be waived off under a scheme that was launched during the Congress government, said Ma
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MP govt urges farmers to start diversification of crops
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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 13 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that today's need is to cultivate different varieties of crops in the country and to use traditional farming methods differently.
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MoS Bharati Pawar demands Maha govt to help farmers who suffered crop dama
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], March 12 (ANI): Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar on Saturday demanded the Maharashtra government to help farmers who suffered massive crop damage due to unseasonal rain.
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