-The Telegraph Jaipur: In the space of a month, a remote Rajasthan village has taken a tiny step towards fulfilling the Prime Minister's dream of a Swachh Bharat, free of open defecation and open drains. But Bhanwari village in Rajasthan's Pali district, about 328km from Jaipur, has done it without the Centre's help and fast enough to beat the rains. Between May and June this year, Bhanwari has transformed itself into one of...

-The Economic Times PUNE: The deficient monsoon this year is likely to hit production of coarse grains such as Jowar and bajra and other minor millets like ragi and pulses the hardest. This may not have much impact on the country's food security because India has ample stocks of wheat and rice but it will add to the financial burden of farmers, who will be forced to pay more for animal...

-The Business Standard The government had announced Rs 2,000 per quintal, which the farmers were unhappy with Dharwad: The State Agriculture Price Commission will shortly recommend the revised support price for Jowar and ragi crops, said commission chairman Prakash Kammaradi. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a workshop on the production of Jowar, organised in connection with the government's plans to incorporate Jowar and ragi into the Anna Bhagya scheme here on...

-The Business Standard K'taka government has announced this to enhance the Jowar and ragi production in the state Dharwad: The Karnataka State Agriculture Commission has come forward with plans to tag the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme with Jowar and ragi farming to help the farmers overcome the problem of high labour component. Commission chairman Prakash Kammaradi said here on Monday that the state government had announced schemes to...

-Bangalore Mirror The process will be done by universities with assistance from the state's agriculture department The spurt in the number of diabetics has led to an increase in consumption of ragi (finger millet). However, the state's agriculture department is at its wits end as the yield and cultivation of ragi has plummeted over the years. To bridge the gap between demand and supply, it has hit on the idea of genome...