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Bumper harvest poses problem of plenty for govt
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The country will enjoy another bumper harvest in 2011-12, with an estimated 102 million tonnes of rice and 88 million tonnes of wheat projected as per the revised estimates of the Union government.
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Foodgrains production in 2011-12 estimated at record 250 MT
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India is likely to produce 250.42 million tonnes of foodgrains during 2011-12 compared to 232.07 million tonnes last year, 18.35 million tonnes higher than 2010-11.
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Saurashtra farmers start destroying onion crop
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Onion growers in Saurashtra are crying foul over not getting enough prices for their produce.Months after potato farmers in Deesa destroyed potatoes worth crores, farmers in Saurashtra are doing the same.
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Govt to seek farmers' views on agri road map
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The second agri road map will include irrigation as an important subject to put an end to farmer's dependence on rainfed farming, Singh said.
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Animal welfare camp held in Kamrup district
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During the camp, the SPCA Kamrup vaccinated 335 animals, while 574 livestock were provided treatment for various diseases.
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Minister asks millers to buy damaged paddy from ryots
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In an attempt to bail out the rain-hit farmers of Krishna district, school education minister K Pardha Saradhi has asked the rice millers to pick up discoloured paddy from the ryots.
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EU team in Punjab to inspect potatoes for import
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Potatoes from Punjab are turning globetrotters. While last year the state supplied these tubers to Russia, this time, growers are eyeing Europe as a market.
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State set for boom in potato yield
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Agriculture Minister Nilamoni Sen Deka today said that the State was going to witness a boom in potato production with an expected yield of 1.90 lakh quintals from the high-quality seeds distributed by the Government.
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Kiwi grows in popularity among farmers
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Horticulturists in the state are getting into crop diversification in big way. Kiwi (fruit), which fetches a high price in the market because it is considered exotic
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Focus likely on harvesting rainwater to boost irrigation in parched Vidarbha
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The Centre may now go for a scheme which would junk big irrigation dams in Vidarbha, and instead focus on harvesting rainwater to boost irrigation.
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Odisha: Farmers gheraoed collector's office at Koraput over paddy collection
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More than two hundred farmer's gheraoed the collector's office at Koraput on Wednesday (today) in protest against the government's negligence for purchasing the paddy.
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Coffee exports down 7.5% in Oct-Jan
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Coffee exports were down 7.52 per cent in the first four months of this crop year (October 1, 2011 to January 31, 2012) at 79,021 tonnes compared with 85,455 tonnes in the previous year.
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Milk consumption to rise to 150 mt by 2017: IDA
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Demand for milk in India will rise 29 per cent to 150 million tonnes in the next five years on account of the rising population, an industry body said today.
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Meet on tech to revitalise agriculture
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With output growth continuing to trail demand growth and newer challenges such as land constraints, water shortage and global warming looming large, Indian agriculture needs to be revitalised.
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After all-time high, jasmine prices see a great fall
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The price of jasmine, which had shot up to nearly 1,500 a kg on Sunday, the highest in recent times, started decreasing on Monday, bringing all-round relief.
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KMSS seeks right price for paddy
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Protesting against the "failure" of Food Corporation of India (FCI) to provide appropriate value of paddy to the farmers of the state, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity ( KMSS) members
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Himachal apple yield looks ruddy again
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Bountiful snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, the country's prominent apple basket, has brought cheer to growers after a season of dismal production.
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Mizo farmers reap benefit from oil palm cultivation
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The Government of Mizoram is increasingly promoting oil palm cultivation in the state with multiple aim of generating jobs, benefiting farmers and attracting edible oil makers
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Millers say action needed as PMEAC chairman C Rangarajan talks sugar decontrol
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The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council has drawn up a comprehensive road map for sugar decontrol, a blue print that the prime minister's office is expected to push through after the state elections.
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Nabard starts infra lending to diversify
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The National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development, or Nabard, has started lending directly to infrastructure projects out of its own resources for the first time in 30 years,
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Mizo farmers reap benefit from oil palm cultivation
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The Government of Mizoram is increasingly promoting oil palm cultivation in the state with multiple aim of generating jobs, benefiting farmers and attracting edible oil makers.
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Dalmore Tea Estate reopens after 6 months
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The management of the closed Dalmore Tea Estate at Birpara in the Dooars was reopened today. The estate was closed on 27 September 2011 when the new management allegedly failed to run the tea plantation properly.
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Mamata’s move to protect farmland, for food security
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Going a step ahead of what former land and land reforms reforms minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah had proposed about barring non-farmers from buying farmland, chief minister Mamata Banerjee is considering banning the sale of arable land in the state for any purpose other than agriculture.
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Spices Board to organise 'Sughandha sangamam'
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The Spices Board will organise "Sughandha sangamam", a series of programmes to initiate sustainability in spices development in coordination with agriculture universities
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Tuki worried about opium cultivation in Arunachal
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'Opium cultivation is practised here as it yields profitable income for rural and poor people.Over time, the use of opium has come to be traditionally accepted in indigenous rituals and functions.
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