Tag: Paddy Farmers

Not only paddy, but vegetable and other small marginal farmers who had cultivated other crops are also a worried lot about the impending storm.

"As a rice-surplus state, Odisha has availability for exports," Asit Tripathy, principal adviser to the chief minister, said.

Subarnapur/Ganjam: Paddy farmers across Odisha continue to face hardship as mandis in many parts of the State are yet to open. While some of the farmers are selling their paddy at lower prices to agents from other States, others are spending sleepless nights guarding the paddy outside mandis. According to sources, as many as 13,000 […]

Sonepur/Malkangiri: Farmers in various districts of Odisha are facing a tough time in the paddy procurement process owing to a dispute over fair average quality (FAQ) norms with rice millers. According to sources, farmers in Sonepur are in distress over fair average quality (FAQ) norms even after a week of opening of the mandis. Farmers […]

Keonjhar: While the suffering of paddy farmers due to the pest menace is yet to get over, damage by pests is haunting tasar silk farmers in Kasia village of Malada panchayat under Jhumpura block here in the district. According to sources, majority of the villagers are tribal farmers and nearly 70 farmers of the village […]

Bhadrak: Farmers registered under Panchutikri society of Chandbali block in Bhadrak district today launched a protest alleging irregularities in paddy procurement. According to reports, 383 farmers had registered under the society through online registration. It is alleged, while the society was stipulated to procure 27,500 quintal paddy, the procurement has been stopped by the society […]