-Newsclick.in Bihar DAP Shortage Delays Sowing of Rabi Crops, Farmers Fear Loss in Quality Patna: Rajeshwar Mandal and Surajdeo Yadav are extremely worried as the Sowing of maize, wheat, pulses and mustard has been delayed due to the acute shortage of diammonium phosphate (DAP). The marginal farmers of the flood-hit Seemanchal-Koshi region of Bihar fear that the delay in Sowing the Rabi crops will affect their quality and production. Mandal and Yadav are...
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DAP Shortage Continues in Himachal Pradesh and Haryana, Allocations From Centre Still Short
-Newsclick.in The demand and supply gap in both states has continued despite some allocations from the Centre. The data show that there is still a requirement of 1.29 lakh MT DAP in Haryana to sow wheat and for additional agricultural needs until March 31, 2022. Farmers in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh continue to struggle due to the shortage of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), an essential nutrient for Rabi season crops. The farmers are...
More »A solution to India’s stubble burning and climate change problems is growing around its cities -Aaran Patel
-Scroll.in Regenerative agriculture on the fringes of cities can bolster food security while helping the country achieve its climate goals. With the onset of winter, a blanket of smog has once again settled over northern India, caused in part by deleterious agricultural practices. Heedless of the environmental outcome of their action, farmers in the region are burning crop stubble in fields to reduce manual drudgery and expedite Sowing of winter crops. It...
More »UP: Acute Fertiliser Shortage in Bundelkhand Takes Lives of Five Farmers in a Week -Abdul Alim Jafri
-Newsclick.in Godowns of co-operatives have run out of DAP, urea, and other fertilisers essential for Rabi Sowing. Many farmers in or around Lalitpur have either died by suicide or from exhaustion in their desperate bid to procure few bags of the soil nutrient Lucknow: In the last one week or so, farmers in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh have reported a huge crunch of fertilisers at a time when the Sowing...
More »Private players minting money amid artificial DAP crunch, allege farmers
-The Tribune Kurukshetra: Shortage of DAP has triggered panic among farmers. They have started looking for fertiliser for the wheat-Sowing season, but DAP is not easily available. Meanwhile, long queues were witnessed in Shahabad where the farmers had gathered to procure DAP. The farmers alleged that an artificial shortage was being created and private players were minting money by selling the fertiliser at exorbitant rates. Sanjeev, a farmer from Alampur village, said: “Farmers...
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