Rice Price Rise: Kashmir consumers feel pinch
By Mukeet Akmali The price of rice, Kashmir’s most popular food grain, has virtually doubled since the government reduced its
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India’s kharif crop planting area rises; paddy leading year-on-year
By ANI Farmers in India have sown kharif crops across 979.88 lakh hectares so far this year, as against 972.58
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Paddy sowing up 5per cent so far; coverage still lags in Odisha, AP & Assam
By PTI Area sown to paddy increased by 5 per cent to 328.22 lakh hectares in the ongoing kharif season
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Maharashtra: 11,000 Farmers Hit as July Rains Damaged Paddy Crop on More Than 4,200 Ha Land in Raigad
By PTI Heavy rains in July damaged the paddy crop on 4,246 hectares of land in 813 villages in Raigad
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Kharif Crop Sowing Crosses 915 Lakh Hactare
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on 4th August
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Robust rains accelerate rice planting in India
By Reuters Indian farmers have planted 28.3 million hectares (69.9 million acres) with summer-sown rice, according to the farm ministry’s
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Punjab Govt bans 10 insecticides for 60 days ‘in interest of basmati growers’
The Punjab government has banned the sale and distribution of 10 insecticides for 60 days, starting August 1, so that
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Gene editing improves grain quality, lowers heat stress in rice: Study
By ANI Maintaining the quality and productivity of crops adapted to lower temperatures will become increasingly difficult as global temperatures
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Severe dry spell spurs Indonesian rice farmers to switch to corn
By BloombergSome Indonesian rice farmers are planting corn and other crops that require less water as the country braces for
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Paddy sowing sees 3% increase while pulses area declines by 10% in kharif season
The ongoing kharif (summer-sown) season has seen a 3 per cent rise in the area under paddy cultivation, reaching 180.2
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