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Barren land turns into a lake, Ramsar villagers show the way

-The Times of India AJMER: The residents of Ramsar village toiled hard for five months to prepare the barren land in this village so that they can conserve water. Ramsar region which received eight inches of water in pre-monsoon showers filled this lake. Now, this water is recharging the wells of nearby villages. District collector Gaurav Goyal on Friday went to inspect the work and congratulated the villagers for carrying forwards chief...

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When life gives you tomatoes -Rahi Gaikwad

-The Hindu With crops hit by drought and the TO-1057 seed, our reporter visits Narayangaon, among the country’s largest tomato growing regions, and finds farmers struggling to cope with the failed harvest but still faithful to the fruit Last week, the grey rain clouds over the Sahyadris seemed full of promise. A few light showers, and colour was slowly returning to parched leaves and the dry earth was beginning to yield again....

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Agri Dept introduces innovative paddy drum Seeder

-StateTimes.com JAMMU: The Agriculture Department has introduced a revolutionary Paddy Drum Seeder for expanding area coverage under paddy cultivation. A simple machine weighing less than 10 kgs and costing around Rs 5000 has been introduced through Private Public Parternership (PPP) Mode the demonstration of which was conducted today at Seohra (Pounichak) in presence of Director Agriculture Jammu Dr S S Jamwal.   Elaborating the benefits of the machine Dr. Jamwal said that only three...

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As monsoon pauses down south, IMD tells farmers to hold cultivation -Nikita Mehta and Prashant K Nanda

-Livemint.com IMD has advised farmers in interior Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha not to begin sowing as the soil is heated and the seeds require rainfall New Delhi: With the progress of the monsoon slowing over Karnataka, India Meteorological Department(IMD) has advised farmers in Maharashtra to postpone Sowing Seeds until the rains reach the state in the next four to five days. “The Konkan region is getting pre-monsoon rains and will soon get monsoon...

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Seed idea: this app tells farmers when to sow

-The Hindu Business Line   Icrisat-Microsoft develop solution that analyses massive data to predict the right time Hyderabad: Forget about weather SMSes or marketing tips to farmers over the phone. Now, an app-based solution can tell farmers when to sow their seeds. Sifting massive volumes of data, this app will help farmers in Andhra Pradesh to pick the perfect sowing week. The advice could vary from farmer to farmer and from village to...

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