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Castrol India sows seeds of good health for farmers with Castrol Khet Aasa
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 22 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Castrol India Limited, the leading automotive and industrial lubricant manufacturing company in the country, today announced its health outreach programme for the food providers of the nation - the farming community.
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Ingenious 'bike' for climbing Areca nut tree to make farmers' lives easier
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 16 (ANI): In wake of the fact that there is a shortage of traditional Areca nut tree climbers, farmers here are finding it difficult to sustain the Areca nut plantation. However, a 48-year-old farmer, Ganapathi, took it as a challenge and invented ingeniou
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Manipur farmers opt for lesser pesticides to yield better profits
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bishnupur (Manipur) [India], June 15 (ANI): Farming in Manipur is changing one farmhand at a time, wherein Heirangkhongjam Shantikumar, a native of Leimaram Mamang Leikai village, cultivates crops on his 1.5 hectares (approx.) of land on minimal pesticides with a profit of Rs 5 lakh annuall
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Can lab-grown insect meat be a future food?
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): Given the harmful effect livestock farming poses for the planet, researchers have proposed plant-based diets, insect farming, lab-grown meat, and genetically modified animals as an alternative to livestock farming.
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Thousands of cows' lives will be transformed as dairies commit to higher w
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): An estimated 125,400 dairy cows will live better lives, following World Animal Protection's call on Arvind Dairy and Happy Milk to move to higher welfare farming.
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Floriculture helps boost farmers' income in Meghalaya
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Meghalaya [India], May 9 (ANI): Several farmers in the flora and fauna rich north-eastern state of Meghalaya are taking up floriculture as their profession which has given a big boost to the state's economy.
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Manipur farmers adopt integrated farming for better sustainability
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Manipur [India], May 9 (ANI): Farmers in Manipur have been practising organic farming religiously. For many, this has become a sustainable source of income.
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6 school children kidnapped in Cameroon
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Fongo Tongo [Cameroon], Apr 13 (ANI): Six school children - five boys and one girl - were kidnapped here on Friday while they were helping their parents in farming, according to a local government official.
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FMC commissions water filtration plants to bring clean water to 15 Uttar P
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] April 10 (ANI/BusinessWire India): As part of its commitment to making farming communities more sustainable, FMC India, today announced that it has commissioned community water filtration plants in 15 villages to increase access to clean, potable water across
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UP: Huge migration from Kairana in search of employment
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kairana (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 6 (ANI): Thousands of people have migrated from Kairana in search of employment most of them belong to Mallah community, which has been traditionally involved in farming along the Yamuna delta.
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Integrated strawberry farming leads to new dawn for Nagaland youths
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Peren (Nagaland), Mar 29 (ANI): Entrepreneurship development in the northeast region is progressing as many start-ups and grassroots level entrepreneurs are venturing into new business ideas and initiatives.
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Tangkhul Naga tribe in Manipur celebrates agricultural festival
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Manipur [India] Mar 15 (ANI): Agriculture is one of the main occupations for people living in the northeast region. Most festivals and fairs in the northeast have an agricultural background akin to cultivation and farming. One such celebration is the seed sowing festival which is celebrat
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