-The Financial Express Unless we get it right on the markets front, including opening up of exports, farmers cannot get their full due One of the key objectives of agricultural price policy in India is to ensure that agriculture remains a remunerative occupation so that farmers are incentivised to adopt modern technologies that help raise productivity and overall production of various crops in the country broadly in line with the emerging demand...
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Rice Prices May Rise Due to Lack of Rains in Andhra Pradesh -Uma Sudhir
-NDTV Hyderabad: The first month of monsoon has turned out to be the worst in years for farmers, especially in coastal Andhra Pradesh that has had very little rain because of a truant southwest monsoon. Hardly 30 per cent sowing has been done so far and with no rains, even that has dried up. Consumers are bound to be left high and dry with food prices rising steeply. We met Kittappa,...
More »110 Seed Banks to be Set Up in AP, Tamil Nadu -Rahul V Pisharody
-The New Indian Express HYDERABAD: To preserve indigenous seed varieties and also promote organic farming, the state bio-diversity board will soon open over 110 seed banks across the two states. With the requisite budgets sanctioned for this pilot project, the board is all set to start the programme in the coming weeks. The concept is inspired by the activities of a Karnataka-based NGO which was able to do the same in a...
More »Power-hit farmers in AP to get solar pump-sets
-The Hindu Move to overcome problems faced due to a huge gap in demand and supply Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh): The State government decided to supply solar pump-sets on subsidised prices to overcome the power crisis being faced by farmers due to a huge gap in demand and supply. The Union government has allocated 1,000 pump-sets to both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The residuary State of AP would get around 6,00 sets each costing...
More »Dry spell pushes up prices of food grains -Shishir Arya
-The Times of India NAGPUR: If the post election period had provided some respite to consumers with prices of food grains going down amid fears of a crackdown on hoarders in the Modi regime, low rainfall has led to a rebound in the last one week. After the new government took over, prices of several food items had eased from the level during the election time. Traders say news of poor monsoon has...
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