MIDNAPORE, Feb.12: Potato farmers in West Midnapore district are in dire straits as thousands of hectares of crop land have been hit by a pest epidemic. Due to significant loss incurred by the farmers, they will now face difficulties in repaying their loans.
A farmer in Garbeta II block area allegedly committed suicide by consuming insecticide last month through despair at the situation.
LUCKNOW: Thunderstorms followed by light rains in some parts of the state on Tuesday night and on Wednesday, though came as a relief but the amount of rains was very low. Weatherman said that the circulations which caused thunderstorms have passed but newer ones are on their way, hence the state should expect some more action in the coming days.
CHENGAM: Farmers in the Chengam block are incurring losses as animals from the surrounding reserve forest area are damaging their crop.
The loss caused by the animals, particularly wild pigs, was more in areas such as Neepathurai, Ilangkuni, Arathavadi, Ravandavadi, Ramapuram, Palipattu, Melchengam and Dhandampattu.
TIRUVARUR: Collector M. Chandrasekaran has appealed to farmers to insure their summer crops under the schemes of National Crop Insurance Corporation.
Speaking at the monthly grievances day meeting at the collectorate here on Thursday, he said the last date for insuring summer paddy crop for loanee farmers is March 31. For non-loanee farmers, the last date is March 15.
Dehradun | Solan: Even as they look expectantly at skies to open up, farmers in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have begun counting their losses. Scanty rainfall across both the states, they realise, is set to deal them a blow of several crores of rupees. They have already lost 30 to 40 per cent of their crops so far.
LUCKNOW: Already battling with inflation and economic recession, the common man may now also have to bear the brunt of weather vagaries. If the winter season continues to be `unusually warm' and `sans rains', as it is these days, it would cause extensive damage to crops, thereby reducing the production by 20-30% this year.
Cultivation of hybrid rice is to be promoted in a big way by offering heavy subsidies in areas where the paddy yields have reached the plateau. This will help lift the rice production and productivity to the next higher level from the record 83.25 million tonnes bagged in the last kharif season.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A price stability fund for farmers which the Finance Minister had promised and failed to deliver last fiscal year, is one of the highlights of the draft annual plan for 2009-2010, which had been approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The much-hyped paddy cultivation development project initiated by the MLAs in Thiruvananthapuram, inspired by the concept `Ellarum Padathekku,
