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Andhra Pradesh: Girls pull plough to aid father in farming in Chittoor dis
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): The daughters of a farmer in the Chittoor district were forced to pull the plough to aid their father in farming because of the acute financial hardships the family was facing because of the Coronavirus lockdown.
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'Make farming profitable vocation in Telangana': KCR to agriculture dept
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 23 (ANI): Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao held a review meeting with officials from the agriculture department at Pragathi Bhavan in which he urged them to make farming a profitable vocation in the state.
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Salman Khan tries 'Farminggg'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Salman Khan, who has been at his Panvel farmhouse ever since the imposition of the coronavirus induced lockdown, spent his Sunday ploughing the land.
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Chattisgarh: Congress MP sows paddy in village field in Kondagaon
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kondagaon (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 16 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP Phulo Devi Netam was seen sowing paddy saplings in a field at her village in Kondagaon on Wednesday.
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Bihar to have lockdown from July 16 to 31
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 14 (ANI): The Bihar government has decided to enforce lockdown in the state from July 16 to July 31 in view of rising COVID-19 cases with the government stating that essential services will continue during the period and farming and construction-related activities
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Manipur farmer grows apples in one year!
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], July 9 (ANI): Apple farming can be quite tricky, given its need for temperate climates. However, Lairenlakpam Indrajit Meetei, a farmer from Manipur, has been successful in cultivating a variety of apples in his orchard, that too, in a span of one year.
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Cabinet approves Rs 1 lakh crore fund for agriculture infrastructure
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to Agriculture Infrastructure Fund of Rs 1 lakh crore, a new pan-India central government scheme, to provide a medium to long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest man
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Odisha Chief Secy directs to extend credit facility to landless farmers th
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 3 (ANI): In another innovative support to the farming community of Odisha during the post-lockdown period, the Naveen Patnaik-led government has initiated steps for extending agricultural credit facility to the landless cultivators in the state.
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Shortage of labourers hit paddy farming in Amritsar
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 2 (ANI): Farmers in Amritsar are facing problems in paddy plantation due to shortage of labour, following mass exodus of migrant labourers across the country due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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TAFE cultivates 160,000 acres free for small farmers during COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 17 (ANI/Newswire): TAFE - Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, India's second and world's third largest tractor manufacturer by volumes, had launched a Free Tractor Rental Service for farmers in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, from April 1, 2020
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Organic farming keeps ex-India skipper Gouramangi Singh 'fresh' in lockdow
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Former India captain and defender Gouramangi Singh has discovered a new passion which is keeping him connected with the ground -- organic farming.
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Udhampur's sericulture farmers demand opening of Cocoon Auction Market ami
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 9 (ANI): Farmers employed in sericulture farming in Udhampur have demanded the opening of the Cocoon Auction Market as they are bearing losses amid COVID-19 crisis.
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