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A central team has visited Odisha in June to assess the damage in the wake of cyclone Yaas, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha.
The central team also examined the damage caused to roads by the rains and floods
Onion is cultivated three times a year - rabi season (March-May), kharif (October-December), and late kharif (January-March)
Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said crops on 71 per cent of cultivated land in Thane district have been destroyed due to unseasonal showers
Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra was disinterested in helping farmers who had suffered crop loss due to heavy rains a few days ago
The most significant rise has been registered in the price of tomato
Farmers reported a massive crop damage in transit in addition to huge quantity of the potato left unharvested due to mud in the field
The problem resurfaced three days ago when locusts again arrived from desert areas of Pakistan and attacked crops in Banaskantha, district agriculture officer P K Patel said.
Other pulses follow suit; govt allows imports and release of buffer stock to cool prices
Aurangabad division is worst hit, he said, adding that soyabean and cotton are the worst hit
Scenario is precarious for urad with almost half the crop damaged in major growing states, tur quota of 400,000 tonnes already exhausted
The crop could be at risk if the rains return with bigger intensity in the next few days