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Buyers forcing us to sell produce at extremely low rates, K'taka banana fa
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], April 13 (ANI): Banana farmers in Shivamogga say their crop is rotting and they are incurring huge losses amid lockdown due to COVID-19.
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Lockdown hits horticulturists hard in Himachal Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 12 (ANI): The nationwide lockdown in view of the coronavirus pandemic has adversely affected the business of flower farming and has forced the farmers to look for an alternate business.
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Sugar mills will remain open till entire sugarcane crop of farmers is boug
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 12 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday assured the sugarcane farmers that the sugar mills will be open till they buy the entire crop of sugarcane from the farmers.
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Maharashtra dairy farmers facing severe hardship as milk supply falls amid
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], April 12 (ANI): The dairy farmers in Maharashtra's Nashik are facing severe hardship due to COVID-19 lockdown as milk supply to individuals' households and the purchase has witnessed a sharp decline since March 24.
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Kerala farmers face issues in selling cucumbers, watermelons amid lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Malappuram (Kerala) [India], April 11 (ANI): Farmers in Malappuram district are facing problems in selling cucumbers and watermelons due to the drop in demand and prices in the market amid the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.
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Kerala CM lauds Anand Mahindra for replacing plates with banana leaves at
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday lauded industrialist Anand Mahindra for making efforts to aid struggling banana farmers during the lockdown by replacing plates at his factory canteens with banana leaves.
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Centre should soon make policy to handle coronavirus situation: Sonia Gand
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said that the central government should soon form a policy to handle the situation arising out of the coronavirus crisis that has particularly affected the poor, farmers and daily wage workers in the country.
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HD Kumaraswamy urges Karnataka govt to announce relief package for farmers
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 11 (ANI): Amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of COVID-19, former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday urged the state government to announce a relief package for farmers.
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With no labourers due to lockdown, farmers in Ludhiana call for govt's hel
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], April 11 (ANI): Farmers in Ladian Kalan village of Ludhiana have urged the government for help as labourers are not coming to work due to COVID-19 lockdown.
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Over 700 new decentralised procurement centres in Andhra to support farmer
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 11 (ANI): Over 700 new decentralised procurement centres set up in Andhra Pradesh to support farmers amid lockdown will begin operation on Saturday.
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Kamal Nath demands compensation for farmers after power plant's ash dam co
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 11 (ANI): Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath on Friday said that the state government should provide compensation to farmers who suffered huge losses after an ash dam of a power plant collapsed in Singrauli district.
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Politicisation of situation created due to coronavirus is unfortunate: Akh
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 10 (ANI): Samajwadi Party national president and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said that the "politicisation of the situation created due to coronavirus is unfortunate".
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