Tag: Agriculture Department

Sambalpur: Even as the Odisha government is holding meetings and training sessions to tackle pest menace, the state’s second pesticide testing lab is yet to be to be made operational which has now has triggered deep resentment among farmers in Sambalpur. Sources said the new building of the lab is fully equipped with advanced equipments […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmers in three districts of Western Odisha are now grappling with Brown Plant Hoppers (Chakada) which are now posing a serious threat to standing crops in several hectares of agricultural land. What has compounded the misery of farmers is the ‘inefficiency’ of the Odisha Agriculture department which is yet to act even though the […]

The Odisha government today decided to crack down on the diversion of subsidised fertilizer for industrial purposes and black marketing in the state

Bhubaneswar: The new agriculture policy, which was conceived way back in the year 2013, may get introduced soon after a long wait. A meeting led by Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi was held regarding the same today. After the meeting, Agriculture Department secretary Sourav Garg informed that with the introduction of new agriculture policy, focus […]