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Himachal Pradesh aims to bring additional 30,000 acres of land under natural farming in FY24

He said that areas should also be identified where the people are willing to opt for natural farming on their own and work out a strategy to declare them a natural village or Panchayat.

published on : 25th May 2023
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Tripura tribal woman turns to fish farming for livelihood

Molsom, earlier a shifting cultivator, nowearns a livelihood for her five member family by fishing in the newly created waterbody.

published on : 14th May 2023
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CIWA develops women-friendly sustainable farming technology in Odisha

The system ensures dietary diversity and household nutritional security to the landless farm families.

published on : 24th April 2023
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Pomegranate over python: Tale of Andhra man's job switch from tech to farming

Software engineer switches career after father’s demise, earns lakhs in horticulture 

published on : 9th April 2023
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Weather wreaks havoc for farmers in Punjab, U'khand, UP

Unseasonal rains, lightening kill livestock in many areas of U’khand; SDRF teams deployed

published on : 27th March 2023
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Uttarakhand’s mushroom girl

Divya Rawat’s success in mushroom farming has inspired scores of people to take to the vocation, writes Narendra Sethi

published on : 26th March 2023
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Agriculture budget: Tamil Nadu bets big on organic farming, millets, exports

The budget also aims to promote the state’s farm produce by securing GI tag, and increase the income of farmers through agroforestry. 

published on : 22nd March 2023
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Multiple initiatives to promote organic farming, but TN farmers want subsidy for chemical-free agriculture

A special scheme will be implemented to promote organic farming in the Nilgiris district over a period of five years at an outlay of Rs 50 crore.

published on : 22nd March 2023
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Co-operatives on organic farming will raise farmers’ income: Shah

In his address, Shah said the work begun by (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi will not only double but many times increase the income of every farmer in the next 10 years.

published on : 20th March 2023
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Farmers stare at huge losses due to rain, hailstorm

According to the IMD data, the rain registered in wheat-growing regions ranged from 137 per cent to 10,000 per cent above the normal on March 18.

published on : 20th March 2023
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21-year-old engineer develops agro-farming sensor system to tackle farmers’ woes in AP

Elaborating on the technicalities of the project, Uday explained that all sensors were connected by developing Arduino integrated development environment (IDE) in Internet of Things.

published on : 19th March 2023
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Palnadu farmers turn to mulberry,  reap huge profits

Over 300 ryots have switched to mulberry cultivation in the past couple of years

published on : 15th March 2023
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CM Stalin unveils policy to boost organic farming in Tamil Nadu

The policy will be reviewed after a period of five years. State-level and district-level committees will be formed to monitor the progress.

published on : 15th March 2023
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Tamil Nadu CM Stalin releases Organic Farming Policy aiming at chemical-free agriculture 

The policy will come into effect from the date of issuance of the government order and will be reviewed after a period of five years.

published on : 14th March 2023
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Solutions in the soil 

A digital platform called Outgrow was initiated in 2018-2019 to address farming issues through regenerative agriculture methods.

published on : 14th March 2023
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Meet the man who built Kalahandi Seed Bank

Manas Ranjan Sahu has so far preserved a staggering 1,756 varieties of indigenous seeds. Uma Shankar Kar visits his seed bank to learn more about Sahu’s unique collection

published on : 12th March 2023
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The guardian of green glories

The FarmGuru retreat led by Sesha Sai allows young minds to experience a day as a farmer in learning farmagriculture

published on : 7th March 2023
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Virudhunagar farmer wins recognition from IARI

According to the sources from IARI, Sivakumar is one among 36 farmers who were conferred with the Innovative Farmer recognition this year.  

published on : 5th March 2023
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Natural farming products on sale in NTR collectorate

The stall was set up under the auspices of the District Agriculture Officer M Vijaya Bharathi and District Project Manager DMS Vijaya Kumari.

published on : 31st January 2023
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Padma Shri awards: Saviour of indigenous seeds bets big on millets

Sharma has been growing nine types of grains through organic farming.

published on : 28th January 2023
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