Singh, a former journalist, stepped into farming with an aim of providing pesticide-free vegetables and fruits. His uncle died of cancer and consuming pesticide-grown vegetables and fruits was the prime reason.
Struggle to eke out a living eventually forced these women in Ganjam’s Soroda block to script their success story. Ever since they have taken up farming as their source of livelihood, they have not looked back.
In a first, students of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) can be seen working on agri fields alongside farmers.The students are on a ten-week long village stay programme to help them get familiar with the socio-economic conditions of the farmers, diagnose their field problems and suggest remedial measures.
Bhubaneswar: The Potato Mission undertaken by the state government has not been a failure, informed Odisha Agriculture minister, Pradeep Maharathy during discussion in the State Assembly today. Maharathy informed the House that as compared to 2014, 59% more land has been brought under potato cultivation in 2015, stating further that as per estimates, potato production […]
Berhampur: Demonetisation of high denomination currency notes has badly hit agricultural and construction activities across Odisha, as cash-starved farmers are finding it hard to pay agricultural labourers, who are demanding wages in advance, that too in Rs 100 denomination. People in Ganjam district said that they do not have enough cash to give to daily […]
Bhubaneswar: Taking a dig at the Centre in Rajya Sabha, BJD MP Prasanna Acharya today said that despite extending Rs 13 lakh crore as crop loan, farmers are still forced to borrow money from private lenders and get trapped in loan burden, which is one of the foremost reasons behind farmer suicides. Acharya added that […]
Bhubaneswar: Farmers across Odisha are facing a hard time as inadequate rainfall has majorly affected farming in many areas leading to a drought-like situation. However, as per the Regional Meteorological Department in Bhubaneswar, the current situation may change in next 2 to 3 days as rainfall is expected to increase from July 24 due to […]
Koraput: With lockdown in place, ban on social congregation, limited political affairs and Odisha Assembly sessions called off amid sharp spurt in Covid-19 cases in Odisha, Koraput MLA Raghuram Padal has taken out a reasonable way to spend his lockdown days. With leisure time at home, the two-time MLA from the tribal-dominated district could be […]
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