Tag: Farmer

Little educated Maheshwar Binjhal of Kayakuda village under Jujumura Block in Sambalpur district has made this possible. At present, crops in his farmland are undulating in breeze.

The rainfall, caused by western disturbances, was reported from 26 of the state's 30 districts.

Odisha finds place at the second spot from the bottom among of states in the country with the monthly average income of farmers in the State standing at a meagre Rs 5,112.

With a low pressure brewing up in South Andaman Sea stroking fears of a cyclone for Odisha, the farmers of the State, particularly from the South and coastal belts are losing sleep for fear of suffering losses just before the harvesting period.

Subarnapur: A farmer allegedly committed suicide in Binika area of Subarnapur after his crops were affected by pests and he was unable to pay off his loans. The deceased, Bhutulu Karna, took the extreme step after he found his crops infested with pests yesterday, family members of the deceased alleged. He was worried about how […]

Jharsuguda: A debt-ridden farmer of Samasingha village under Kolabira block in the district reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope at his house today.  The deceased has been identified as Yudhistir Mallik (48), a sharecropper. According to sources, Mallik was under mental stress as he was unable to repay loan. He had reportedly […]

Jajpur: A debt-ridden farmer of Mangrajpur village under Dharmasala block in Jajpur district allegedly committed suicide late last night by hanging himself with a rope from a tree in the backyard of his house. The deceased, identified as Gauranga Bala was under mental stress as he was unable to repay loan. He had reportedly taken […]

Titlagarh: A farmer has allegedly committed suicide in Madiguda village under Bhabanipatna block in Kalahandi district. The deceased Bahadur Rana had consumed pesticides yesterday and died while undergoing treatment at Titlagarh hospital today. “He consumed pesticides at his agriculture field yesterday as the crops failed,” said Makarand Rana, son of the deceased. According to reports, […]

Bargarh:  A farmer of Nuapalli village under Gaisilet block in Bargarh district allegedly committed suicide today by consuming poison. The deceased identified as Khemsagar Biswal had borrowed lakhs of rupees from private money lenders to marry off his daughter. However, he failed to repay the amount due to massive crop failure for the last three […]

Jajpur: A farmer of Kantigadia village under Dharmashala police station in Jajpur district allegedly committed suicide today by hanging himself with a rope inside an under-construction house. Family sources said 41-year old Subodh Das, was allegedly mired in debt and was under mental duress. He had reportedly cultivated paddy in five acres of land which […]

Nabarangpur/Malkangiri: After struggling hard to protect their crops from natural calamities, pests and unseasonal rain, the farmers in Nabarangpur and Malkangiri are allegedly being exploited by the millers who purchased their hard earned paddy by slashing five to seven kgs per quintal. Due to inordinate delay in procurement at Mandis, they have no alternative rather […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmers in the Odisha are now clueless as several pesticides either banned by Centre or State government are still available in the open markets and being used by farmers here. The confusion has aggravated the problems for the farmers who are already facing problems due to pest attacks in several parts of the State. […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as floods created havoc in several parts of the State, deficit rainfall in the months of June, July and August in several districts has affected agricultural activities leaving the farmers worried. As many as 10 districts of the state have received deficit rainfall between 19 per cent and 39 per cent during the […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as floods created havoc in several parts of the State, the deficit rainfall in July in six districts has affected agricultural activities leaving the farmers worried. As many as six districts – Nuapada, Kandhamal, Bolangir, Dhenkanal, Angul and Bargarh – had received 30% and 54% deficit rainfall during the month, an official of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Cooperation Department has directed Markfed and fertiliser traders to sell old stock at revised price following implementation of GST. The directive comes after some traders were caught selling the fertilisers at old price despite a slash in price post GST. Even the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers recently wrote to the State to […]