-The Hindu Challenge is to save existing acreage by increasing productivity, reducing cost Mangalore: Area of paddy cultivated in kharif season in Dakshina Kannada decreased by more than 17 per cent and in rabi by more than 15 per cent in the past decade and a half, according to the Department of Agriculture. Officials attributed this to Farmers switching over to horticulture crops and converting the area under the food crop for various...
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Power supply for farm ops cut, Punjab Farmers see red -Amaninder Pal Sharma
-The Times of India PATIALA: Just days after the Lok Sabha election results, anger is palpable in rural Punjab against the ruling dispensation as Farmers are not getting even half the power supply promised by the government. They are forced to spend on diesel to run pumpsets for drawing water from tubewells to irrigate nurseries of paddy, transplanting of which would commence next month. Paddy is the biggest kharif crop of Punjab...
More »WTO talks: Don’t harp only on fishery sops, says India -Amiti Sen
-The Hindu Business Line Tells US, others there must be progress in agriculture, industrial goods and services pacts NEW DELHI: India has said that negotiations on tightening fishery subsidies at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) pushed by the European Union, New Zealand and Chile should take place only after there is substantial progress in the areas of agriculture, industrial goods and services. Warning against ‘cherry-picking' of issues, the Centre said that the proposal...
More »101 suicides in two months; is Marathwada the new Vidarbha? -Aparna Pallavi
-Down to Earth Most suicides among orchard Farmers, say observers As many as 101 Farmers have committed suicide in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra since the devastating hailstorms in March this year. This sudden spurt of suicides has raised concerns as to whether this arid region is heading for an agrarian crisis similar to that of Vidarbha. A whopping 71 suicides have been reported in the month of March 2014, close on the...
More »Rs 1,400 MSP for wheat disappoints Maharashtra Farmers -Aparna Pallavi
-Down to Earth Demand minimum support price of above Rs 2,000 per 100 kg; say present MSP does not meet even cost of cultivation Maharashtra government has recently announced the minimum support price for wheat at Rs 1,400 per quintal (100 kg). The decision has not gone down well with either the Farmers or the agriculture department. Farmers in the state have questioned the rationale behind this low MSP, saying that such...
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