Agriculture

Sambalpur: The Odisha government has set up a Krushi Bhavan in Sambalpur to strengthen agricultural governance and farmer empowerment in the state. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the premises on...

Paul Babu Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh): Fifteen years ago, farming felt like a “game of luck” for 55-year-old Vadde Uligappa, a farmer from Putlur mandal of Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district. Then,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Group of Ministers on Friday decided to increase the paddy procurement target from 65 lakh tonne to 77 lakh tonne for the ongoing kharif season. The decision was...

Bhubaneswar: A company of Odisha has signed MoUs with two Dubai-based companies for export of aromatic rice from the state. Odisha-based Kanak Bioscience and Research Private Limited signed the MoUs...

Bhubaneswar: The farmers have been allowed one more day to apply for compensation for crop loss due to recent unseasonal rain from Odisha government. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced...

Berhampur: The paddy procurement in Odisha's Ganjam district has been postponed to next month due to heavy rain in the district. This was informed by Ganjam collector in an official...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday directed the officials to keep a sharp eye on the middlemen during procurement of paddy at mandis all over the state....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has signed an MoU on management of rice fallow land with five top institutions. The Agriculture and Farmer Empowerment department signed the agreement with IRRI, ICRISAT,...

Sanskriti Talwar Sangrur (Punjab): When a group of 10 landless women from Changali Wala village in Punjab’s Sangrur district began organic farming on one-and-a-half acres of common land (shamlat land)...

Bhubanesar: The Odisha government has set an ambitious target of cultivating potato in 15,023 hectare (HA) of land during this year’s Rabi season. This was revealed at a high-level review...