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Most farmers are desperate to save their crops. They are seen remaining awake throughout the night at farmlands and pumping out water from nearby creeks, ponds, or rivers

Farmers alleged that due to pest attacks, the paddy plants are failing to give out shoots. They are worried that they won’t be able to repay their loans and borrowings that they have taken for the cultivation this year.  

Farmers in Nuagaon village under Kashipur block in Rayagada district have done the impossible when the administration failed to resolve their problem. They have carved a canal through a hill to bring water to irrigate their farmlands and become an example for others to emulate.

The relief package encompasses financial aid to address the damage incurred by standing crops, plants, and trees, which affected approximately 1.30 lakh hectares of land in Kutch and Banaskantha.

Cooperation Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak made the announcement after a review of his department by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

According to information, the Delhi Police have stationed around 300 police personnel and paramilitary jawans at the Singhu border.

It is however a fact that people of Odisha are temperamentally peaceful. We need, however to examine if the state has actually been attracting investment satisfactory enough to feel cheerful about. 

Even though sharecropping has no legal sanctity in Odisha and the system continues with informal arrangements, Ranendra Swain submitted a report on the number of sharecroppers in the Bhadrak district.

Before growing crops, the first thing that comes to a farmer’s mind is the nutrient quality of soil. Considering this, the Central government launched Soil Health Card Scheme in 2015. The scheme was introduced to assist the States in issuing soil health cards to farmers across the country.

Now, with the 2024 General Elections coming soon, political parties have once again started playing politics to gain people’s votes through various ‘fake’ promises on the sugar mill.

Upset over paddy procurement through katni chhatni system, aggrieved farmers across the state have taken to the street.

Small-scale producers are critical for global food security, producing as much as 80 per cent of the food consumed in regions such as Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Till now the government has disbursed 11 installments to farmers under the scheme.

According to sources, four farmers hailing from Koraput, Jagatsinghpur and Puri districts have been finalised to attend the expo.

Farmers have no option but to purchase fertilizers by paying a hefty price to save the crops remaining after the spate of floods in the state. This is the time to spray fertilizers. Purchasing fertilizers at an overpriced rate due to the shortage is a big challenge for farmers.