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Fertiliser subsidy: Most farmers don’t know they receive benefit: Survey
The Centre spends some Rs 70,000 crore annually to heavily subsidise fertiliser for farmers, but two-third of the beneficiaries have no idea that they receive the largesse, a survey has found. About 90%
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Mainstreaming ecosystem services and biodiversity into agricultural production and management in East Africa
This Technical Guidance Document addresses the need for mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services into agriculture, at the national level. More specifically, it is aimed to assist countries in
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NABARD to enhance farm output in Balasore
BHUBANESWAR: Balasore district is all set to lay the course for achieving increased agricultural productivity and consequent income enhancement for the farmers. A massive exercise will soon go underway
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An inert pesticide adjuvant synergizes viral pathogenicity and mortality in honey bee larvae
<p>Honey bees are highly valued for their pollination services in agricultural settings, and recent declines in managed populations have caused concern. Colony losses following a major pollination event
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Sri Lanka’s food production hit by extreme drought followed by floods
A severe drought followed by heavy rainfalls in Sri Lanka has hit large swaths of cropping areas, threatening the food security of some 900,000 people, according to a report published last week by the
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Eco meeting calls for climate-smart agriculture
Moots guaranteed income for farmers to make farming viable An international conference on Ecosystem Conservation, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (ECOCASD 2013) has urged the government to frame necessary policy, technical, and financial support to mainstream climate change considerations into agriculture and ensure sustainable agricultural development under varying conditions.
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South Africa: Livestock Farmers Hardest Hit By Drought
Pretoria — Animal farmers are among the worst affected by the current drought, says the Western Cape Provincial Government. In a statement on Wednesday, the MEC of Economic Opportunities, Alan Winde,
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ICAR pushes for farmer-friendly technology
KOCHI: The blueprint of the Twelfth Plan envisages a shift from primary agriculture to secondary and setting up of 100 incubation centres. The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) is on a farmer-first drive. Scientists will devote 25 per cent of their time in providing better technology for farmers, said S Ayyappan, Director-General ICAR and Secretary, DARE.
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Stale food from Rome
the run-up to the high-level conference on food security in Rome promised a substantial shift in agricul-tural outlook, given host Food and Agricultural Organization
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Cameroon country climate and development report 2022
The Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) identifies ways that Cameroon can achieve its overall development objectives while fostering the transition to a greener, more resilient, and more inclusive
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Going the extra mile for the farmer
AS always, our Government's focus is on agriculture. Assured irrigation, credit, diversification and creating a market for agricultural products are the thrust areas. The National Agricultural
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Bid to develop affordable rice farming technology
JORHAT, Sept 27
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Farmers urge PM to reject developed nations' WTO plans
New Delhi : Farmer groups have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stand up against developed nations including the US and EU and reject any proposal that will impact agricultural subsidies and affect
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Agriculture overtakes fossil fuels in global methane emissions: New Zealand-led study
Agriculture -- and not fossil fuels -- is the major cause of the rise in methane levels in the atmosphere over the last decade, according to a New Zealand-led study on climate change out Friday. The
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ICAR scheme sees farmers take up multi-crop farming
PANAJI: A one-hectare plot of cultivable land in Bhars, Canacona, has been converted into a multi-crop unit with cashew, mango, guava, turmeric and other crops being raised under an integrated farming
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310 farmers committed suicide in Chhattisgarh in three years
Raipur: As many as 310 farmers committed suicide in Chhattisgarh in the last three years, Revenue Minister Premprakash Pandey informed the state Assembly on Wednesday. In a written reply to a question
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Africa: Climate Change Set to Wreck African Bean Farming
Climate change could wipe out 60 per cent of bean production in Sub-Saharan Africa, and decimate banana and maize crops in the region, a study warns. A paper published yesterday in Nature Climate Change
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Citizen science helps farmers adapt to climate change
The selection of seed varieties adapted to a particular climate could be refined if farmers themselves assess their performance, using their plots as small, experimental laboratories. This was the finding