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NE needs zero tillage farming: ICAR
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Agricultural experts have opined the need to introduce ‘zero tillage’ farming in the north eastern region in view of the fact that farming in rain-fed areas is a high risk activity characterized as ‘complex-diverse-risk prone’.[...More]
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Drought dries up foodgrain production in AP
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Production of foodgrains, oilseeds and cotton in Andhra Pradesh have registered a fall in 2011-12.[...More]
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Pepper hits lower circuits
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The pepper futures market plummeted on Wednesday on bearish activities after being pushed up significantly by the bull operators in recent days.[...More]
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Poultry feed product prices decline
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Despite some recovery in soyameal, prices of poultry feed products decreased by Rs 10-20 for a 30-kg and 50-kg bag on Wednesday.[...More]
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Buyer resistance saps spot rubber
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Spot rubber prices ruled weak on Wednesday. The market slipped further following another weak closing in domestic and international futures. [...More]
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Potato farmers told offload produce upon harvest
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Farmers have been advised to sell potato upon harvest. [...More]
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Wheat unchanged on weak buying
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With not much buying taking place in the market, new wheat and desi what varieties remained unchanged on Tuesday.[...More]
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Ailing seed farm at Barjora gets ` 7 crore
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The state is set to overhaul the ailing seed farm here, which was set up in the 1960s for research and to secure better agricultural yields. [...More]
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ICAR to launch schemes to make farming profitable
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The Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Dr S Ayyappan has announced plans to initiate schemes to enhance profitability and productivity to bring back the people by making agriculture prestigious and profitable.[...More]
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Initiative to boost mushroom cultivation
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The Northeastern Institute of Science and Technology CSIR-NEIST has allotted a spawn production laboratory to city-based Eco Concept, a non-government organization promoting mushroom cultivation amongst the marginalized section.[...More]
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Jharkhand fisheries sector achieves breakthrough in fish production
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The fisheries sector in Jharkhand has been witnessing a phenomenal growth after Jharkhand became a separate state bifurcating Bihar in 2000. When in 2001-02, the production of fish in the state had been only 14,000 metric tones.[...More]
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Karnataka must be genetic engineering-free: farmers to CM
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Declare Karnataka a genetic engineering (GE) free state - the demand was loud and clear at the two-day Seed Conservators" Convention that kicked off here on Sunday.[...More]
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Where to stock bumper harvest? Punjab, Haryana in quandary
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Ironic as it may sound, this season's bumper harvest and wheat procurement in Punjab and Haryana -- the country's food grain bowls[...More]
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Unsold jute bags stack up, but govt OKs import
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Even as the government races against time to procure enough jute bags to store grains in the face of record procurement[...More]
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Haryana mulls import of sexed semen for cattle breeding
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The Haryana Government is actively considering to import technology for sexed semen in buffaloes, which would enable the cattle breeders[...More]
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