-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...
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Anna Bhagya, a success story in Mysore -Shankar Bennur
-The Hindu Quantum of rice distributed meets our food requirements, say beneficiaries Mysore (Karnataka): Below the poverty line cardholders Honnamma, Nagarathna and Parvathamma are univocal in their support for Anna Bhagya, the flagship programme of the State government. The scheme has guaranteed food for their families at a subsidised cost, they say. The quality of rice distributed (at Re. 1 a kg) under the scheme is better than that distributed earlier at Rs....
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 »CCEA hikes paddy MSP by Rs 50 a quintal to Rs 1,360
-PTI Paddy MSP of Grade 'A' variety has been raised by Rs 55 to Rs 1,400 a quintal The government today announced Rs 50 per quintal increase in the minimum support price of paddy to Rs 1,360 to encourage farmers to cultivate rice, but said that the decision will not have an impact on inflation. Minimum support price (MSP) of pulses has been raised by up to Rs 100 per quintal. The Cabinet Committee...
More »Solar panels & solidarity: The women farmers of Edamalakudi -P Sainath
-PSainath.org The adivasi women of Edamalakudi, Kerala's remotest panchayat, have formed a headload workers' group, helped light up their villages with solar power, and practice group farming in wild elephant territory. All are Muthavan tribals. Almost all are members of Kerala's extraordinary anti-poverty and gender justice movement - Kudumbashree. They are also neighbours of Chinnathambi, the keeper of the Wilderness Library. When 60 women in Edamalakudi carried about a hundred solar...
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