-The Indian Express The Rajasthan government, too, is providing a subsidy of Rs 2500 per quintal for certified seeds, besides a 50 per cent subsidy on micronutrient and bio-pesticides. Jaipur: Farmers in Rajasthan are looking towards pulses to reap, what seems for now, a double dividend from good southwest monsoon rains as well as remunerative prices. Sowing of kharif pulses — mainly moong, moth and urad — has already been completed in 22.75...
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Farmers cultivating pulses in big way
-Deccan Herald Buoyed by the incentives announced by the government, farmers appear to have taken up cultivation of pulses in a big way this year. New Delhi: According to the data released by the Agriculture Ministry, pulses acreage has increased 39% as compared to the same period last year. Sowing of coarse cereals and oil seeds has also increased but acreage of sugar cane and cotton has declined. The area under pulses cultivation was...
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-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Farmers in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat are planting pulses this kharif season, largely urad, arhar and moong because of better prices and concerns of cotton crop failure in North West India, while in Gujarat it was delay in monsoon rains, say farmers. The area under pulses rose to 26.9% from the past week and 39.39% over the previous year in the same period to 90.17 lakh...
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-Livemint.com Pulses have been sown in an area of 9 million hectares, substantially higher than the 6.5 million hectares planted by this time last year New Delhi: Bountiful rains across the country have boosted sowing of pulses and the area under different varieties is nearly 40% more than last year, shows data released by the agriculture ministry on Friday. So far pulses have been sown in an area of 9 million hectares,...
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-The Hindu Business Line Bengaluru: Pulses such as tur (arhar), urad, moong, and oilseeds — mainly groundnut and sunflower — and maize have turned out to be the hot favourites of farmers, who have brought a larger area under these crops in the ongoing kharif planting season. The prevailing high prices, coupled with an increase in the support price and bonus incentive announced by the Centre, is the main reason farmers in...
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