-The Times of India NEW DELHI: On the eve of the first year anniversary of the Midday Meal (MDM) tragedy in Bihar's Saran district, a new report released by India for Safe Food (IFSF) has found that that government is not acting decisively against pesticides to prevent such cases in the future. On July 16, 2013 23 children died in Saran district school due to pesticide poisoning after consuming tainted food cooked...
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“Solar-powered pumping system will brighten prospects of farming’’ -AV Ragunathan
-The Hindu 80 per cent subsidy will be granted for farmers: Villupuram Collector Villupuram (Tamil Nadu): Villupuram farmers are being encouraged to put up solar-powered pumping system to maximise farm production and to economise usage of water, according to V. Sampath, District Collector. Those farmers who would opt for such a system, being promoted under the National Agricultural Development Programme (NADP), would be eligible to get 80 per cent subsidy, to the extent...
More »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 »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 »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...
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