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Farmers turn away from crop insurance [1]

K Narasimhamurthy, July 8, Kolar:

The method adopted to assess crop damage seems to be a significant deterrent for farmers. Of the 2.09 lakh farmers in the drought-ridden district, only 3,227 chose to insure their crops last year.

Publication Date: 
09/07/2010
Deccan Herald (Bangalore) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Crop Insurance [4], Drought [5], Farmers [6], Karnataka [7], Kolar [8], Deccan Herald (Bangalore) [2]

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