State BJP is organising a farmer's rally in Bhandara district of Eastern Vidharbha on May 3 to highlight the problems of paddy growers in the area. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, state BJP chief Nitin Gadkari said that senior BJP leader L K Advani will be addressing this rally in Bhandara's Sakoli area. Advani, along with party General Secretary Gopinath Munde, other parties MP and legislators will address the paddy growers' rally to resolve their various issues.

Soil would be analysed and data recorded on cards for further maintenance Farmers in Haryana henceforth will be able to not just judge the health of their soil, but also improve its fertility with the help of soil cards to be issued to them. In an innovative move, the Haryana Agriculture Department has a plan to issue free soil cards to farmers to help them improve their produce.

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The Andhra Pradesh High Court directed the government and the AP Pollution Control Board to pay compensation to farmers affected by pollution from industries in the Patancheru industrial area before the next hearing on June 9. A division bench comprising Justice B. Prakash Rao and Justice C.Y. Somayajulu observed: "It is better to pay the compensation before the next hearing of the writ, otherwise interest will be imposed on the princial amount of compensation.'

SIVASAGAR: Due to proactive role of Sivasagar Deputy Commissioner NM Hussain, the flood-ravaged farmers of the district could harvest a rich crop of rabi cultivation this year. In the areas where flood damaged the standing crops last year the DC directed farmers of Bokota, Ikarani, Khamon, Mahmora, Demow and Konwarpur region with seed and technical support, while the Irrigation Department was directed to revive the dead irrigation projects to irrigated a total of 525 hectares of crop land in the district.

Farmers in Bangladesh, an agriculture-driven economy, are in for an era of dependency on hybrid seeds. Following a large-scale destruction of the country's paddy crops in the previous season, the

A continuing agitation by farmers over diversion of water from the Hirakud reservoir to industrial units is threatening to spoil the Orissa government's calculations for assembly elections next year.