El Nino fear pushes farmers in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram towards water-saving paddy methodsFarmers in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts are shifting to water-saving rice farming techniques. Facing potential El...
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Over 100-year-old cooperative society transforming lives of farmers in PunjabA century-old cooperative in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district is empowering farmers with loans, equipment rentals, and ultra-low-cost biogas. T...
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Nepal to procure 80,000 tonnes of fertiliser from India as Iran disrupts global supply chainsNepal will purchase 80,000 tonnes of fertilizer from India through a government-to-government deal to mitigate the impact of global supply ...
06 May, 2026, 12.16 AM IST
Bihar, West Bengal issue advisory on water usage for kharif cropsThe West Bengal government has stepped up irrigation to paddy fields, and is restoring the irrigation installations that have become non-fu...
08 Aug, 2022, 11.53 PM IST
Punjab govt advances paddy sowing, transplantation datesThe agriculture department had earlier fixed May 10 as the date to begin sowing of paddy nursery and June 20 for paddy transplantation, dur...
09 May, 2020, 07.35 PM IST
Labour shortage ushers farm mechanisation, diversification in Haryana, PunjabThe nationwide lockdown has already hit the availability of labour in the ongoing wheat marketing season, and it is now set to affect sowin...
02 May, 2020, 09.39 AM IST
Rice production in India to shrink due to late monsoonThe world’s second-largest producer of the cereal has seen a harsh summer this year.
21 Jun, 2019, 01.28 PM IST
Paddy transplantation from June 15 in PunjabNo farmer would transplant non-basmati variety of paddy before Jun 15 and Basmati variety of paddy before Jul 5, an official spokesman said.
21 May, 2014, 04.08 PM IST
Government encouraging mechanized transplanting of paddyIn order to popularize the use of self propelled paddy transplanter, the government provides grant to the state governments.
19 Aug, 2013, 01.14 PM IST
Paddy sowing: Farmers face labour shortage in PunjabAs paddy sowing is in full swing in Punjab, farmers of numerous villages here have been hit hard by shortage of labourers.
14 Jun, 2013, 01.55 PM IST
- Progress of rains in Punjab, Haryana to boost paddy transplant
Monsoon rains would boost paddy transplantation in Punjab and Haryana and help farmers save expenditure on diesel and power for irrigation.
08 Jul, 2012, 11.33 AM IST
- Punjab farmers to sustain paddy growing despite labour shortage
Despite labour shortage , Punjab is expected to sustain paddy growing say agri economist. It is estimated that an area of 27 lakh hectare w...
21 Jun, 2011, 06.53 PM IST
- Early June rains to boost paddy cultivation in Punjab
Intermittent and mild rainfall spread through out Punjab early June is set to bring cheers amongst farming community in Punjab.
16 Jun, 2011, 11.08 PM IST