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Fish, meat & West Bengal elections: It’s about money and not politicsWest Bengal Elections BJP vs TMC: Political campaigns in West Bengal are creatively using fish and meat, staples of Bengali culture, to con...- Can you make tasty foods from peels, roots, stems and leaves? The Bengali connection behind zero-waste cooking trendBengalis have long practiced zero-waste cooking. Food scraps are transformed into flavorful dishes. This tradition stems from historical fa...
- West Bengal agriculture minister outlines impact on climate change on rice productionWest Bengal Agriculture Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay noted the state's significant rice production, accounting for 14% of India's total...
- On International Poha Day, we give you 3 reasons to have this (healthy) bowl of goodness!Although poha originated in Maharashtra (the OG dish is called ‘kande pohe’ or poha with onions), variations of this flattened rice are coo...
- 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...
- Farmers in West Bengal's rice bowl want better price for their produceIn Purba Bardhaman, once a bastion of the CPI-M, the Trinamool Congress had won 14 of the 16 seats in the last assembly election. In the 20...
- Labour shortage spooks rice farmers, potato traders in West BengalSimilarly, the potato trade in Gangetic West Bengal is also worried about the availability of labour from the first week of May to unload p...
- BJP set to launch mega farmers' outreach in BengalThe BJP plans to launch a two-week programme in West Bengal to reach out to farmers, even as the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress continue...
- Gobindobhog rice gets geographical indication statusThis variety of rice is primarily cultivated in east Burdwan district - in the southern basin of the Damodar river in the Raina 1, Raina 2 ...
- Taste, cost and climate change prompt return of folk riceThe yield per hectare was lower in traditional varieties, but it was offset by the lower cost of production and the higher price it fetches...
- Bengal CM wants PM to waive and restructure loans of farmersMamata Banerjee has suggested to the prime minister to waive loans by farmers who cultivated potato and paddy in kharif and rabi seasons.
- Polls not to derail Rs 1K cr for green fund during FY15 to eastern states’ paddy programmeEastern states contribute 55 million tonne of rice to the country's total production of 104.32 million tonne and the bulk of it is produced...
- Eastern India can be country's rice bowl: AssochamThe country's eastern region has the tremendous potential to emerge as the country's 'rice bowl', a recent study industry body Assocham sai...
- Burdwan district extends Kisan Credit Cards facilities to 4.82 lakh farmersBurdwan, the rice bowl of Bengal, is probably the first district in the country to provide credit facilities through Kisan Credit Cards to ...
- Shift rice production from Punjab to eastern states: ExpertsIncidentally, the water table is going down by roughly 33 cm every year in Punjab, the cradle of the green revolution in the seventies.
- Rice production should shift to eastern parts of the country, feel scientistsScientists feel that cultivation of rice, which requires good amount of water could be shifted to eastern states having favourable conditio...
- Paddy prices in West Bengal drop on high productionA high kharif paddy production 2011-12 coupled with almost zero exports to Bangladesh has pushed down paddy prices in Bengal.
- West Bengal kharif paddy production expected to fall 16%Paddy production in drought- affected West Bengal is likely to fall by over 16 per cent during the current kharif season to 87 lakh tonnes.
- Nagarjuna Fert plans units in BengalAs part of this initiative, use of chemical fertilisers, which was about 15 lakh tonne in 2006-07, is slated to touch 17.41 lakh tonne in 2...
- West Bengal rice output up on increasing paddy acreageRice production in West Bengal, from the ‘06 kharif paddy crop, is expected to hit last year’s level of 105 lakh tonne, despite the adverse...
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