-Down to Earth Gujarat, Maharashtra also affected, prices to come down in a fortnight, say experts Lime prices may be burning holes in middle-class pockets, but has that translated into super profits for farmers? Cultivators in Andhra Pradesh, the largest supplier of the citrus, are not exactly a happy lot. Their experience is another case study of how extreme weather can add to farm worries. Lime is cultivated in the state over an area...
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Unable to access various state govt. schemes & benefits, many tenant farmers have committed suicides in Andhra Pradesh, reveals a new report
-Press release by Rythu Swarajya Vedika dated March 8, 2022 A new report on tenant farmers in Andhra Pradesh by Rythu Swarajya Vedika reveals how the denial of land owners' signatures on the Crop Cultivator Rights Cards is adversely affecting them. The Rythu Swarajya Vedika (RSV), a network of organizations and individuals working for the well-being and rights of farming community, released Part-1 of the report of its extensive study of tenant farmers...
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-Deccan Chronicle The report revealed that 24 lakh tenant farmers existed in the State while the agriculture department put the figure at 16 lakh Vijayawada: The situation of tenant farmers in Andhra Pradesh is in a dire situation with only 9.6 per cent receiving Crop Cultivating Rights Cards and only three per cent landless tenant farmers getting Rythu Bharosa scheme, said a study conducted by Rythu Swarajya Vedika, which released a report...
More »Centre lists districts vulnerable to climate crisis in India’s first weather hazard atlas -Jayashree Nandi
-Hindustan Times The atlas, the first of its kind, will aid in disaster preparedness as extreme weather events rise in the wake of the climate crisis, scientists said. The Sunderbans in West Bengal, neighbouring districts of Odisha, and Ramanathapuram, Pudukkottai and Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu are the most vulnerable to high storm surges of as much as 8.5 to 13.7 metres that are induced by cyclones, according to the Climate Hazards and...
More »Eluru ‘mystery’ illness: At least six suffer second seizure, readmitted -Sreenivas Janyala
-The Indian Express Officials said that all the scientists and public health experts are zeroing in on the possibility of water contamination by heavy metals. Hyderabad: At least six persons, who suffered seizures due to a mystery illness in Eluru town in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, have reported a second attack and were readmitted to the Eluru Government Hospital on Tuesday. In-charge Resident Medical Officer Dr P R Srinivas told The...
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