March 17, 2025 1:13 am
Launched on March 5 by the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, the RSVC is expected to benefit over 5,000 farmers from surrounding villages
March 11, 2025 12:41 am
50,000 farmers expected to benefit in Phase 1
July 21, 2015 1:24 pm
Response to the crisis of farmer suicides is narrowly focused. Poor health accounts for most suicides, necessitating improved access to healthcare rather than special packages
March 30, 2012 1:38 am
World Bank-aided pilot idea uses GPS,cellphones and remote-sensing data to try and overcome problems of existing insurance schemes
February 24, 2012 3:27 am
Fighting odds of floods,small landholdings and depleting agricultural land,state plans to introduce high-yielding,submergence-tolerant paddy varieties,double-cropping
February 24, 2012 3:26 am
Cites its agricultural marketing rules to deny direct payment to over 13 lakh farmers
February 24, 2012 3:24 am
40,000 commission agents on warpath in Punjab against direct pay to farmers.
February 10, 2012 12:09 am
Imported power tillers,mini-tractors to mechanise hill farming in Himachal Pradesh
February 10, 2012 12:06 am
As govt works on a tie-up,Orissa farmers to directly sell their produce to a supermarket chain
February 10, 2012 12:04 am
With an alternative market in place,farmers in this Kerala village now risk growing vegetables they did not produce earlier and are reaping benefits



