 | Odisha forest department, OLM join hands for multi-farming venture in KoraputThe multi-farming exercise is an effort to provide income support to tribal Vana Surkhya Samiti (VSS) members as well as to protect the standing plants. |
 | Sri Lanka heeds protests, lifts ban on agrochemical importsThe ban, which many analysts said was more an effort to preserve Sri Lanka's scarce foreign reserves, drew months of protests, with farmers saying they were in danger of crop failures and poverty. |
 | Dip in farm fires in neighbouring states of Delhi as kharif season endsWith farm fires being almost over, Delhi's pollution scene is still going to be bad owing to local pollutants and adverse meteorological conditions as cold conditions set in, said experts. |
 | Tamil Nadu: Kolli Hills' farmers urge government to introduce more pepper varieties for better yieldDespite horticulture officials’ efforts to expand the area of cultivation of pepper, the farmers feel introducing more varieties would be of great help while competing with States like Kerala. |
 | Post rains, 103 water bodies in Tamil Nadu's Salem filled to the brimMany lakes and ponds which had remained dry for years have received water following heavy rains in this month. |
| Sri Lanka ends farm chemical ban as organic drive failsPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa had justified the import ban by saying he wanted to make Sri Lankan farming 100 per cent organic. |
 | Clean, sustainable farming in the spotlightKarnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot visited Krishi Mela on its fourth and final day to award farmers and researchers for their contribution to the field. |
 | Scent of lemongrass replaces opium stinkIn the Maoist hotbed of Khunti, hundreds of people have taken up the cultivation of lemongrass, finds Mukesh Ranjan. |
 | Booster for organic farming put on the backburner?Recognising the importance of organic farming, the State government released a policy note in August which stated that a separate wing would be created in the agriculture department to focus on the se |
 | Farmers oppose proposed contract farming in tobacco cultivationAs contract farming is a key feature in the new farm laws, the tobacco growers fear that the government will strongly support and introduce it in the FCV cultivation soon. |
 | Odisha: Tribal women sow the organic way, earn highThe sale of potatoes is fetching them a price of Rs 1,200 per quintal as compared to Rs 800 locally. |
 | TTD ‘Gau Maha Sammelan’ focuses on natural farming2-day Gau Maha Sammelan in Tirupati attracted several farmers keen to adopt the technique |
 | Techies, MBA grads in Kochi queue up for onion farming job in South KoreaThe onion farms are located in the Sinan and Muan islands in the southern part of South Korea. The salary promised is $1,500 monthly (around Rs 1,12,500 going by today’s exchange rate). |
 | Tirupati farmpreneur sows seeds of soil-less farmingSandeep added that the vegetables grown through the Hydroponic farming are in great demand in metro cities like Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. |
 | Girl who ploughed her own furrow: 25-yr-old U'khand woman runs farm, trains locals on cultivationToday, Babita has become a source of inspiration for hundreds of village women, who she trained in mushroom and vegetable farming, besides allied fields. |
