-The Hindu Six cases of farmers’ suicides were reported in the State in the last 24 hours. KALABURAGI/MANDYA/TUMAKURU/HASSAN (Karnataka): Annappa Salagar (55) of Ainapur village at Chincholi taluk in Kalaburagi district allegedly committed suicide by consuming pesticide after he was depressed with the withering red gram crop in his 15 acres farm. Annappa had availed himself a loan of Rs. 50,000 from the cooperative society and Rs. 3 lakh from moneylenders. Another debt-ridden farmer,...
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Eco-friendly way to good living -Baba Mayaram
-Daily Pioneer Contrary to a growing trend, many farmers in Tamil Nadu are now opting for organic farming as it is a low-cost affair. Moreover, the products are sold at a higher price in the market for they are good for health and environment Jayappa and Sharadamma, a husband-wife farmer duo from a non-descript village in Tamil Nadu have earned a name for themselves in the field of organic farming. Today they...
More »Farmer with the jackfruit mania -Sathish GT
-The Hindu Vishwas has collected 68 varieties of the fruit, which he grows in his farm Hassan: For the last 10 years, this 34-year-old farmer has been on a collection spree, not of priceless artefacts, but of different varieties of jackfruit. K.C. Vishwas, a native of Mudigere, has collected and grown 68 varieties in his farm near Dudda in Hassan taluk. “I have travelled almost 1.7 lakh km in my vehicle just to...
More »School gets midday meals from its backyard -Anil Kumar Sastry
-The Hindu The Parisara Mitra award-winning Keddalike school is self-sufficient MANGALURU: This school in Bantwal taluk does not have to buy vegetables and coconut to prepare the midday meal that is served to its students. The food is made from fresh and organically grown vegetables that come from a sprawling vegetable garden, cared for by students and teachers in the school's backyard. Zilla Panchayat Higher Primary School, Keddalike, in Kavalamudur village, has rightly bagged...
More »The march down south -Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line Though migration of labour from the east has helped revive the plantations in southern India, questions remain on the long-term implications, Vishwanath Kulkarni reports As the harvest season starts in Coorg, Karnataka, coffee planter MC Kariappa has a lot of issues to contend with - productivity, weather and, the biggest worry of all in recent times, paucity of labourers. So when a dozen labourers from Assam landed at...
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