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The wetlands (macher bheris in Bengali) are drying up mainly due to the diversion of wastewater from Kolkata city into river Vidyadhari

The programme 'She Feeds the World' focuses on strengthening the role of small-scale women producers across three dimensions: economic, social and environmental

The impact of farm fires has been visible on Delhi's air quality. The AQI of the Delhi-NCR region is getting worse and will deteriorate post-Diwali

The sequencing, the result of six years of hard work, has unlocked several mysteries about pomegranates which are sometimes called 'wonder-fruits' due to their immense nutritional value

The Maharashtra government has sanctioned Rs 3,501 crore as compensation for farmers who suffered losses during heavy rains and floods in different parts of the state over the last three months, an official said on Saturday. As per a government order issued on Thursday, a compensation of Rs 13,600 per hectare will be given for loss of non-irrigated crops, Rs 27,000 per hectare for irrigated crops and Rs 36,000 per hectare for perennial crops. Farmers suffered crop losses due to floods and heavy rains witnessed in parts of the state between June and August this year, it stated. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had earlier announced that his government will hike the compensation for flood-affected persons and the cabinet had also approved the proposal. Accordingly, rain-affected farmers will get Rs 3,501 crore, including the contribution from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and the state government.

To avail of the benefits under PM KISAN Yojana, the farmer family must present the required documents before the state government

Under PM KISAN Yojana, the payment is done in the form of three equal installments of Rs 2,000 each. But to avail of the benefits, the farmers need to get themselves registered under the scheme

He said the state government will take up with the Centre the issue of giving remunerative price of alternative crops

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Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said the alleged killing of a man near the Singhu border was "unfortunate", but it will not affect the farmers' protest against the Centre's three farm laws

A court here sentenced a farmer to two years' imprisonment for encroaching on government land

A farmer who is offered seeds by a company with a promise to buy back the harvest at a higher rate is a "consumer", according to Consumer Protection Act

The Centre is exploring a mechanism to assist states in depositing the losses suffered by farmers into their bank accounts, instead of purchasing their produce.The move would give some relief to the states, which were finding it difficult to dispose tonnes of onions, pulses and other commodities purchased from growers during a price crash. This, officials said, would also eliminate the problem of storing and transportation of purchased commodities and minimise the possibility of manipulation of the terms and conditions of purchase and sale."If the states can develop a mechanism through which the farmers can be directly compensated for the loss suffered in producing any commodity, we (the Centre) are ready to help till the time a robust system of storage and disposal is developed, in the next few years," a senior official said.Purchasing directly from farmers would be easier than ensuring all farmers suffering losses get compensated individually. However, experts have pointed out ...

They are waiting for actual monsoon onset after slump in prices of produce

---Drop the pointer table sent with this----An increasing number of farmers in the country are using the commodity futures market, with help from both non-government bodies and some major corporate groups.According to the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), at least 30,000 growers are actively hedging for their produce through farmer producer organisations (FPOs). Reliance Foundation, philanthropy arm of Reliance Industries, has formed 16 FPOs in 13 states. One of these, with 2,200 farmers, has been active on NCDEX over the past year. The foundation has also educated some of its FPOs on value addition in pulses. "We started it as part of a rural transformation programme, planned for 26 clusters across India, to increase the production and income of farmers," said Nitin Sharma of Reliance Foundation. On use of the NCDEX by one FPO, he said, farmers there had seen a 10-15 per cent rise in income. "We will extend it to other FPOs," he added.Jeevika Women Agri Producer ...

Devidas Parbhane said with onion prices touching new lows, farmers like me may be meeting the same fate as other farmers who committed suicide