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Farmers Pin Hopes On New Agri Calendar

Faced with multiple extreme weather events, Wayanad farmers create a new agricultural calendar harnessing traditional farming knowledge in a bid…

1 year ago
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Sikkim Flood Hits Farming, Fishing In Northern West Bengal

A flood originating in Sikkim in October 2023, covered farms along the Teesta riverbanks in the neighbouring state of West…

2 years ago
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Farmers In 65 Countries Have Protested Since January 2023

Farmers protested in 67 per cent of countries in South America region, for a variety of reasons, such as wanting…

2 years ago
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Reviving Millet To Reconnect A Community With Its Culinary Roots

With efforts from the women farmers of the Adi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, traditionally grown and consumed anyat millet makes…

2 years ago
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Community-Based Natural Farming Outshines Other Farming Practices

Andhra Pradesh’s Community-Based Natural Farming (APCNF) defies the popular belief that chemical fertilisers guarantee better yields. According to a comparative…

2 years ago
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Compensation For Crop Loss: Landless, Tenant Farmers Miss Out

Ram Sagar, 64, a farmer who lives in Turkauli village of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh, lost three and a…

3 years ago
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MP Farm Leader Threatens To Sue IMD For ‘Wrong’ Predictions

A farmers' union leader in Madhya Pradesh's Malwa region has threatened to move court against what he claimed as the…

4 years ago
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Crop Planting Gathers Pace, Buoyed By Bountiful Monsoon Rains

A rapid progress of the monsoon helped Indian farmers plant nearly 14% more land than last year with rice, corn,…

5 years ago
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Kashmir Shutdown Caused Losses Of More Than $1 Billion, Trade Body Says

Economic losses in Kashmir have run into well over a billion dollars since India revoked its autonomy and statehood in…

6 years ago
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  • Politics & Society

Why Strong Monsoon Rains Are Not Necessarily Good News For Indian Farmers

India, one of the world’s biggest agricultural producers, experienced its heaviest monsoon rains in 25 years this year. While rain…

6 years ago

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