-The Telegraph MP markets black chicken on mobile app Bhopal: Cock a doodle, er Google, do. The Madhya Pradesh government has launched a mobile app, available on Google Play Store from Thursday, to market a rare chicken breed - the Kadaknath - whose delicious black meat is in high demand for its nutritious content and purported aphrodisiac and medicinal properties. Through the Android app - MP Kadaknath - fowl meat and egg will be...
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'Well-designed integrated farming system can help double farmers' income by 2022' -Sobhapati Samom
-Down to Earth Experts say they have already submitted a document to the ICAR about adopting IFS in north-eastern states India needs to adopt a “well designed” integrated farming system (IFS) to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to double farmers’ income by 2022, observed the scientists and agricultural experts at the ongoing 105th Indian Science Congress in Manipur today (March 19). “The IFS can enhance farmers’ income if we provide a...
More »In rural Manipur, women feel the heat of climate change -Ninglun Hanghal
-TheThirdPole.net Women farmers are struggling to grow crops in an increasingly hostile environment in north-east India It is that time of the year when the weather is dry and windy. Hmuoki has to work even harder than usual to water and fertilize her four acres of farmland on the banks of the Khuga River in Churachandpur district of Manipur, north-east India. Hmuoki struggles to ensure her family has enough food to eat during...
More »Plagued by Promises, Furious Farmers of Maharashtra are Pounding on the CM's Door -Jaideep Hardikar
-News18.com The 180-km protest march, christened the ‘Long March of Farmers’, steered by the Maharashtra unit of the CPM’s farmers’ wing, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), is the latest in a string of farmers’ protests Maharashtra has seen in a year. More than 30,000 farmers and tribals from across Maharashtra are currently marching to Mumbai from Nashik. They intend to surround Mantralaya, the state’s seat of power, when they reach the...
More »For Last 12 Yrs This Farmer From Assam Is Fighting To Save Indigenous Variety Of Rice -Shraddha Goled
-TheLogicalIndian.com In a bid to save the nearly-extinct indigenous rice variety, Mahan Chandra Borah started a unique library. This library is unique because it has collection of heirloom rice landraces(local) of the Assam. “Annapurna Rice Seed Library” seeks to store and promote the cultivation of these rice seeds. Rice is grown in abundance in North Eastern part of our country. Assam is home to many different varieties of rice.There are four types...
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