-PTI Under the mission, millet cultivation took place around 7,444 acres of land across seven district during kharif 2017-18 and now the state government seeks to take this programme to another 55 blocks in four new districts, he said. Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said that Rs 100 crore will be spent next year to expand the state’s millets mission for the benefit of around five lakh small and...
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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 »Why forest rights matter - Rajshree Chandra
-The Indian Express The demand is a call for upholding local practices of belonging On March 12, about 50,000 Farmers reached Mumbai, walking 165 km in the hope that their elected representatives would listen when they spoke. A majority of these Farmers were Adivasis and one of their demands was the implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and through it, their land rights. The FRA was enacted in 2006 with the...
More »Loan waiver: Cong wants to revive scheme in which CAG punched many holes -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard While ADVVDRS was hailed as a key reason for UPA's return to power in 2009, the scheme itself later drew flak for its flaws, with CAG finding many of the accounts ineligible for waiver or relief In order to help the country’s small and marginal Farmers, the Congress party has promised to bring a nationwide loan waiver scheme on the lines of its 2009 programme, should the party be voted...
More »Bhavantar Yojna: MP Farmers refuse to sign up for 2nd round -Banjot Kaur
-Down to Earth Most of the over 200 Farmers Down To Earth talked to in 6 villages of Hoshangabad and Sehore districts said they would not register for the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojna for the rabi season When Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY) in August 2017 to compensate Farmers for the losses they would suffer by selling their crops below the minimum support price (MSP)...
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