Kashmir farmers upbeat with prospect of a bumper paddy cropOctober 7th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Paddy farmers in Kashmir are expecting a good crop following sufficient and timely rains. In Srinagar, farmers are happy with the bumper production.
More paddy arrival in Haryana than PunjabOctober 1st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - More paddy is arriving in grain markets in Haryana compared to neighbouring Punjab. Officials of the food and supplies department of Haryana said 161,345 tonnes of paddy had arrived in the state till Wednesday evening.
Farmer sets example by cultivating sunflower in JharkhandSeptember 6th, 2009 PALAMU - A farmer in Jharkhand's Palmau district has set an example before others by turning to flower cultivation, at a time when sowing and maintaining other traditional crops is getting difficult due to a lack of water. Farmers in this region are suffering because of scanty rainfall.
Caterpillars damage paddy crop in JharkhandAugust 31st, 2009 PALAMU - First it was drought and now it is swarming caterpillars, which are adding to the woes of the paddy farmers in Jharkhand's Palamu district. The farmers in the region are worried as the caterpillars are devouring the paddy plants and have spread across acres of paddy fields, and it is feared that almost 60 to 70 percent of the crop have been damaged.
Lack of rainfall forces farmers to sow pulses instead of paddy in UttarakhandJuly 31st, 2009 KURIYA - Lack of adequate rainfall has affected paddy cultivation in Uttarakhand's Kuriya village, forcing farmers to sow soybean and other pulses instead of the more profitable paddy. The fields, normally inundated this time of the year and full of paddy saplings, are either lying barren or with pulses sown there.
Paddy cultivation down by 20 percent in AssamJuly 30th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Farmers in some parts of Assam are facing a tough time due to the delayed rainfall as, officials estimated, it could lead to a 20 per cent drop in the paddy crop cultivation. Rainfall was delayed in Kamrup, Sibsagar, parts of Jorhat, Golaghat, Nalbari, Goalpara and Dhubri districts.
No need to panic over inadequate rain, says PawarJuly 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There is no reason to panic over the inadequate rains in the country for the meteorological department has predicted good monsoon in August, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Saturday. Replying to a special discussion on drought conditions in the country in the Lok Sabha, Pawar said except paddy crop, whose area of cultivation had fallen drastically, the figures for rest of the major crops in the country were comparable to the corresponding period last year.
Monsoon worries for paddy farmers in JammuJuly 19th, 2009 JAMMU - Paddy farmers in Jammu are a worried lot, as they fear their crops will wilt due to scanty rain during the monsoon season. The area under paddy cultivation in Jammu is over 100,000 hectares, out of which 15,000 hectares are rain-fed.
Paddy sowing picks up in Chhattisgarh as rains arriveJuly 17th, 2009 RAIPUR - Above-average rainfall in parched Chhattisgarh since July 13, the first time this monsoon, has set paddy cultivation back on the track on about 3.5 million hectares. According to agriculture department officials, sowing has been completed in about 45 percent of the near 3.5 million hectares targeted for paddy cultivation in the state's 18 districts.
Lack of water hits paddy transplantation in BiharJuly 14th, 2009 PATNA - Mustafa Khan and Balram Lal, both farmers, scan the skies every day for signs of rain. And most days they are left disappointed.
Punjab farmers adopt direct seeding method for paddy cultivationJuly 7th, 2009 LUDHIANA - To overcome the problems caused by shortage of farm labourers and scarcity of water for irrigation, farmers in Punjab have adopted direct seeding methodology for paddy cultivation. The technique has come as a major blessing for paddy growers.
Rain brings hope for Orissa's farmersJune 29th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The southwest monsoon Monday covered entire Orissa, bringing new hope for the state's farmers, officials said. Farmers who had not sown their crops till a few days back have now started sowing their fields while those who had gone in for early sowing can now hope the seeds will bloom.
Monsoon delay threatening Chhattisgarh paddy outputJune 25th, 2009 RAIPUR - The delay in the arrival of monsoon is threatening paddy cultivation in over 3.5 million hectares in Chhattisgarh, officials here said. Last year, paddy yield was around 57 million tonnes in the state.
Orissa farmers asked to use short duration paddyJune 24th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Farmers in Orissa have been told to go for short and medium duration paddy crops in upland non-irrigated areas this kharif season as there was a delay in the arrival of the monsoon, officials said Wednesday. Orissa is one of the major rice-growing states in India, with about four million hectares under paddy cultivation.
Paddy sowing begins in KashmirJune 6th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Sense of hope and happiness prevails among paddy farmers in Kashmir as they begin sowing paddy saplings, ahead of the Kharif season. As the farmers work in the fields, they are joined by their family members who sing together as they sow paddy to keep away the drudgery of labour.
Loading ...