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Vice-Chancellor M.V. Dhananjaya said this year’s edition will focus on drought management, given the severe drought that has hit farmers in the six districts under the university’s jurisdiction
He conducts surprise field inspections of agricultural power supply in Shadnagar Division
Keralam government plans grace marks to promote farming among students
Mr. Halappa said farmers in Hosanagara, Sagar, Sorab, Shivamogga Rural and Ripponpet, among other places in the district, were facing disruptions in power supply
Farmer IDs are expected to enable ‘transparent, efficient and timely’ access for farmers to government schemes, bank credit, crop insurance, and disaster relief
The Karnataka Rajya Shoshitara Seva Samiti has threatened to launch an indefinite hunger strike in front of the Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company (Gescom) office in Yadgir from October 26, demanding seven hours of uninterrupted power supply daily to agricultural pump sets
Several hundreds of farmers, led by former Minister Narasimha Naik (Raju Gowda), staged a protest at Devapur Cross in Shorapur taluk on Saturday and blocked the Bidar-Srirangapatna National Highway (NH-150A) for hours, demanding the withdrawal of the Warabandhi (rotational water supply) system and the release of water from the Basavasagar Reservoir into canals until the end of November
While the latest rounds of rain brought much-needed relief, they have not completely erased months of missing moisture; the depression in the Bay of Bengal is projected to turn into a full-fledged cyclonic storm by October 26, with the worst of it likely hitting around October 27, say local authorities
A severe rainfall deficit has devastated rain-fed crops this kharif season
Their demands include revision of Minimum Selling Price for sugar, Fair and Remunerative Price for sugarcane from the Centre and State Advised Price from the State
The platform will serve as a single-window gateway to major government initiatives, including PM-KISAN, AgriStack and the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
The Minister stated that the ‘khet bachao abhiyan’ would be implemented in the State from October 22 to 30 with the national agricultural institutions and universities
Responding to Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s assurances to the protesting farmers, Mr. Kumaraswamy said he had expected the Chief Minister to announce relief immediately
Sugarcane farmers are undertaking the ‘Hubballi Chalo’ padayatra, putting focus again on many long-unresolved issues
India, one of the world’s top urea importers, was able to secure less than 25% of the crop nutrient it sought in a tender last month, indicating that hostilities in the Middle East continue to keep farm input costs elevated.