Tag: Farmers Worried

As per government data, potatoes are raised in around 1,000 hectares of land in the district every year. This year, potatoes will be grown in only 110 hectares for which the farmers need 15,000 quintal of seeds per hectare.

Bhubaneswar/Rayagada/Nuapada: Even as there is no cyclone threat for Odisha, the heavy rain forecast has left farmers in several parts of the State a worried lot. The farmers anticipate that fresh spell of rain may cost dearly to them as it would damage crops. As a precaution, they have now started to harvest paddy and […]

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 […]