Chandigarh: Farmers of Punjab’s Abohar district are left anxious after a mealy bug infestation damaged their cotton crop.
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By Amit Kumar Ambedkar Nagar (UP), June 11 : Farmers of Ambedkar Nagar in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh turn to peppermint farming, as they find it more lucrative than other traditional crops. |
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Mumbai:The Maharashtra government has announced a loan waiver scheme of Rs 6,208 crores for 40 lakh farmers in the state.
This excepted to provide relief to the farmers of the state state who were not covered by the central government’s Rs 71,000 crore farm loan waiver announced earlier this year.
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Kerala:The rate of farmer suicides in Kerala has been decreased dramatically, largely on account of the debt relief commission set up by the government.
The review, released during the budget session of the state legislature, by the Kerala State Planning Board. |
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New Delhi: Despite of unseasonal rain last week, the production of mango in the country this year is going to be fine, a top government official said. It is going to reach the last year’s level of 14 million tones, he said.
"Rainfall does not affect mango or litchi crops. Only hailstorms and cyclonic weather can have some impact on the mango crop output," National Horticulture Board (NHB) Managing Director Bijay Kumar told news sources.
Already markets are getting filled with larger number of mangoes which are grown in southern and western regions.Many different varieties like alphonso totapalli and baiganpalli sindhu and ratna, senthura, kalepad, rumani and neelam are already available in the markets with the price range of Rs. 300 to 500 per 15 kg's of mangoes.
In order to increase the production of mangoes, the NHB is planning to implement Israeli technology. This can prune mango trees in large areas, to increase the productivity. |
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