Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 30 (ANI): Punjab Government on Saturday announced assistance of Rs 1,500 per acre of land to farmers for the direct seeding of paddy.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday decided to provide an input subsidy of Rs 10,000 per acre to the farmers who will utilize the paddy cultivation area for farming of other identified Kharif crops, in place of paddy, from upcoming Kharif season
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 29 (ANI): Fields near Manohara River in Sankhu in the north-eastern corner of Kathmandu Valley these days buzz with sounds of running tractor, people and melodies twining with one another, commonly known as 'Ropain Song', as farmers have begun making rapid progress
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], June 11 (ANI): As cultivation of paddy crop begins, farmers in Ludhiana are facing a shortage of labourers as migrants went back to their native states amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 29 (ANI): On the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to promote crop diversification, the area under Paddy cultivation has been considerably reduced, with nearly 7.5 lakh acres shifted from paddy to alternate crops during the Kharif se
Shivamogga(Karnataka) [India] Nov 8 (ANI): Explaining farming techniques, a young research associate, Ullas MY from University of Agriculture and Horticulture Sciences (UAHS) in Shivamogga said that traditional farming and organic farming are same "by default".
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): Farmer BK Deva Rao, known for preserving and growing as many as 155 varieties of paddy, has been conferred with Karnataka Rajyotsava Award for his achievements in agriculture.
Mandya (Karnataka) [India], Sept 27 (ANI-NewsVoir): This kharif season, due to monsoon deficit in Karnataka, the government had recommended farmers to not go for Paddy cultivation.