-The Hindu Among various cash crops, Turmeric has a potential market value all through the year since it is mainly used as a value added product. Erode is a Turmeric cultivating hub in Tamil Nadu and almost all farmers in the region are growing this crop. But the main issue with this crop is that like paddy, it is labour intensive. A huge labour force is required for weeding, earthing, fertilizer application, harvesting...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 90
Turmeric sowing begins on apprehensive note -S Harpal Singh
-The Hindu Adilabad (Andhra Pradesh): Turmeric sowing has begun in Adilabad, but farmers are anxious about the price which their produce will attract eventually. "The market trend is not healthy so far as the price of Turmeric is concerned and this could add to the problems of farmers, who are already reeling under the effect of the heavy loss they suffered owing to the dismally low price last season," says K. Narasimham...
More »Kerala-based Prabhal Mohandas is making the best of tech to sell ‘matta rice’ -Jubin Mehta
-YourStory.com Prabhal Mohandas was born and brought up in Kerala with a rich family history in agriculture. He, however, went on to pursue higher education and did his engineering as well as an MBA. He spent a good decade with the likes of HSBC and Reliance and then got the urge to come back to his roots to start an enterprise around agriculture. Belonging to the technology age, Prabhal realized the...
More »Farmers affected by Karur’s dye industry to exercise NOTA -M Suchitra
-Down to Earth Group has 1,750 farmers says pollution from industries has reduced them to poverty and political parties in power ignored their repeated pleas Ninety-five-year-old V Ammayappan is just back home from hospital after a kidney surgery. But this farmer from Melapalayam village in Tamil Nadu's Karur district is determined to cast his vote on April 24 when elections to Lok Sabha will be held in his state. He speaks with...
More »System of Rice Intensification provides full rice plate at low price
-The Times of India NAGPUR: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of rice cultivation, which has been in existence in the region for some years, is now all set to revolutionize rice production. And if the divisional commissionerate has its way, the yield of different varieties of rice grown using this technique will increase threefold in the next two years or so. Introduced in the region, especially Bhandara district, by the...
More »
