-Business Standard The programme will cover both Water-scarce and flood-affected areas in India Ahmedabad: Ahead of the monsoon, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) will be reaching out to 100,000 villages with its Water conservation programme. The Nabard will be working with villagers on better use of Water for agriculture and household purposes. Amid a drought-like situation in several areas, the Nabard targets to help farmers extend Water availability and...
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Monsoon outlook brightens as US raises El Nino odd -Amit Bhattacharya
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In what could boost the odds for a normal monsoon this year, US government agencies have marginally lowered the probability of El Nino developing during the Indian monsoon months in their update released late on Thursday. The El Nino bulletin issued by the US Climate Prediction Center (CRC) and other agencies shows a slightly higher probability for neutral conditions to continue during August and September. Its...
More »Cotton sowing begins on strong note -Rutam Vora and Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line Farmers seen bringing more area under the fibre crop this year Ahmedabad / Bengaluru: Sowing of cotton has begun on a strong note in the key growing regions of North India such as Punjab and Haryana, and Southern Karnataka, for the 2017-18 season. Buoyed by the high prevailing prices, farmers are seen bringing in a larger area under the fibre crop and the seed industry expects acreages this year...
More »The never ending tale of farming crisis -Kiran Tare
-India Today While politicians are busy earning brownie points through waving off farmer loans, the farmers in Maharashtra's Pune and Ahmednagar districts have a different story to tell. I had decided to check whether the farmers in Maharashtra are really in favour of the loan waiver after the opposition members were screaming in the legislature almost every day, during the budget session which began on March 9 and concluded on April 17....
More »A mango plantation in Jharkhand shows how MGNREGA can really empower rural families -Inayat Sabhikhi
-Scroll.in Instead of wages for a short period of time, the family running the project in Lanka village will create an asset for life. Mahavir Parhaiya’s household in the remote village of Lanka in Latehar district of Jharkhand is bustling with activity. They are busy working on setting up a mango plantation on what was once a barren plot near their house, under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act...
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