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Punjab CM outlines govt's efforts for paddy straw management as stubble bu
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 8 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that the state government is committed to bailing out the farmers of the state from any sort of natural calamity and efforts are being made for paddy straw management.
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Mobile App that connects Kashmiri farmers to save, grow, sell apples
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 6 (ANI): While the apple growers from Kashmir have raised alarm over the losses incurred by them, three youths from Southern districts of the valley have come up with a unique way to assist the growers in saving and growing the fruit and subseque
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NMCG and Sahakar Bharati organise 'Vishaal Kisan Sammelan' with over 200 f
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], October 6 (ANI): To promote natural farming amongst the farmers in the Ganga basin, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and Sahakar Bharati organised 'Vishaal Kisan Sammelan' workshop in Bayanpur village in Haryana as part of the targeted campaign under Nam
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CM Bhagwant Mann announces Rs 20 per quintal hike in sugarcane price for P
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 3 (ANI): In order to provide assistance to sugarcane farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced a Rs 20 per quintal hike in the purchase price of sugarcane in the state from the existing Rs 360 to Rs 380 per quintal, said a statement from the
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Centre 'deliberately brought cheetahs from Nigeria' to spread lumpy skin d
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 3 (ANI): In an effort to garner praise from Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, Maharashtra party chief Nana Patole on Monday resorted to giving bizarre reasons to target the Bharatiya Janata party, saying that the Centre 'deliberately' brought "
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Pakistan farmers stuck in vicious cycle of debt as crops destroyed in floo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 3 (ANI): As floodwaters in Pakistan recede, the story of those in the worst affected regions comes to the surface with many farmers sharing their woes of being stuck in a vicious cycle of sinking into debt and not being able to pay back the landlords, media repo
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After Sudhakar Singh's resignation, Paras asks Nitish to reconsider Mahaga
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): Union Minister Pashupati Paras has asked Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to reconsider his decision to be with the Mahagathbandhan after Sudhakar Singh resigned as the agriculture minister over alleged injustice to the state's farmers.
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Bihar: Agriculture Minister Sudhakar Singh resigns over 'injustice' to far
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 3 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has accepted the resignation of Agriculture Minister Sudhakar Singh, officials said on Sunday.
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Farmers protesting in Islamabad threaten shutdown in Pakistan if demands n
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 2 (ANI): Pakistan's Kissan Ittehad has threatened the Shehbaz Sharif government with a nationwide shutdown if the demands of the farmers protesting in Islamabad are not fulfilled by Monday.
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Crop diversification, improved irrigation, technology transformed Odisha's
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 2 (ANI): Highlighting the efforts of the state government towards the development and empowerment of farmers, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said that crop diversification, improved water provision and the use of technology have made a transfo
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Pakistan: Farmers protesting in Islamabad for power tariff reduction threa
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): Farmers protesting in Islamabad for electricity tariff reduction and other economic issues have threatened to march to D-Chowk if their demands are not met, and the Pakistan government has failed to persuade them to call off the protest, local media rep
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Pakistan Floods: World Bank to provide USD 323 billion to farmers in flood
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): In the wake of the devastating floods across Pakistan, the World Bank is set to aid the farmers of flood-affected regions in Sindh with USD 323 billion in order to provide subsidies for fertilisers and certified seeds.
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