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.
Punjab farmers forced to sell paddy at less price to private tradersSeptember 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In the absence of government procurement, paddy farmers in Punjab are selling their produce at lesser price to private traders. "The government should buy our produce at their prices, which are better.
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.
Ludhiana farmers confident of a good harvest despite scanty rainsAugust 19th, 2009 LUDHIANA - While farmers in different parts of the country are anxious due to delayed or deficient monsoon, farmers in Ludhiana are confident of reaping a good harvest despite everything. Monsoon rains have been 29 percent below this year and affected cultivation of crops such as rice and sugarcane and triggering a sharp rise in food prices.
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.
Fight over water leaves two farmers dead in PunjabJuly 19th, 2009 LUDHIANA - With the monsoon continuing to play truant in Punjab, two farmers lost their lives in a village near here after they were clubbed to death following a row over sharing canal water in paddy fields. The farmers, Gurmit Singh and Baldev Singh who were brothers, were allegedly clubbed to death by migrant labourers at the behest of another farmer, Gurcharan Singh, police officials of Ludhiana-rural said Sunday.
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.
More water to be released from Bhakra NangalJuly 2nd, 2009 LUDHIANA - Authorities at the Bhakra Nangal dam have assured that they would release an extra 6,000 cusecs of water for irrigation to paddy farmers in Punjab and Haryana. The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), that manages the dam located in Himachal Pradesh, said that 28,000 cusecs of water would be released from the dam.
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.
Mushroom cultivation attracts women farmers in AssamMay 27th, 2009 KAMRUP - Women farmers in Assam are increasingly getting interested in mushroom cultivation as it fetches them good profits. High priced Mushrooms are giving good dividend to the cultivators thus motivating others particularly women farmers to begin mushroom cultivation.
Punjab farmers expect good season for grapesMay 25th, 2009 ABOHAR - Farmers in Punjab are expecting a good season for grapes this time, as the weather remains favourable. Grape production is completely dependent on the weather.
Kerala legislators join to increase paddy cultivationJanuary 11th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Legislators of the Kerala assembly Monday initiated a campaign to save paddy fields from being used for other purposes, as agricultural land area in the state has drastically come down from 347,000 hectares in 2000-01 to 276,000 last year. Cutting across their political differences, the 141 legislators of the assembly have chipped in Rs.1,000 each as capital for cultivating 10 hectares of land for paddy.
Chhattisgarh's bonanza bonus for one million paddy farmersDecember 22nd, 2008 RAIPUR - Keeping up its poll promises, Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced Tuesday it would provide Rs.220 per 100 kg as a bonus amount to farmers during the ongoing government-sponsored paddy procurement drive. The announcement for bonus bonanza was made by Chief Minister Raman Singh after presiding over the maiden cabinet meeting at the state secretariat here.
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