-The Hindu Business Line China, Cuba also support India India, China and Cuba have joined hands at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to demand inclusion of subsidies for food procurement and food-aid programmes in the list of permissible incentives. New Delhi has refused to give its consent to a trade facilitation protocol being pushed by several developed WTO members, such as the US, Australia and the EU, till there is a permanent solution...
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Drought looming large, input cost of paddy crop escalates -Neeraj Mohan
-The Hindustan Times Sangrur: With a drought-like situation looming large in the state following a below-average monsoon so far, Farmers in the district are worried that they will not get a bumper paddy crop this year. Now, the Farmers are running from pillar to post to protect their crops from the scorching heat to reduce its impact on the produce. A less rainfall has also increased the input cost...
More »Loan waiver should not be a patronage: MS Swaminathan
-The Hindu Increase productivity without compromising on ecology: Swaminathan Sangareddy (Andhra Pradesh): Renowned agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan opined that the proposed loan waiver for Farmers in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh should not be like a patronage and instead it should bring them out of the debt trap. Addressing a gathering and later the media at International Crops Research Institute for Semi- Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) at Patancheru on Monday after being named ICRISAT...
More »Icrisat to cover 6 million ha of dry land in AP -N Madhav
-The Business Standard The programme would be extended to include all identified villages in 13 districts in the state in a phased manner starting with the Rabi crop season this year Hyderabad: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat), in partnership with the government of Andhra Pradesh, would cover six million hectares in the state under the dry land farming programme Bhoochetana. The programme would be extended to include all...
More »Farmers using batteries of tractor to run tubewells -Gurpreet Singh Chhina
-The Hindustan Times Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab): With power crisis worsening in Punjab, Farmers in the region have turned to innovations such as using tractor batteries and generators to run tube wells for irrigation. Saying that paddy required plenty of water for cultivation, the Farmers claimed the power cuts crippled water supply. On Friday, the PSPCL had decided to reduce power supply to Farmers by two hours in order to facilitate better supply...
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