KK Vijayan tending the sunflower plants | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT As the late afternoon sun beats down mercilessly, KK Vijayan’s sunflowers present a mostly happy picture. “Though called sunflowers, these cannot take too much heat. I doubt if they will flourish in peak summer,” he says as he shows around the 50 cent pocket … Read more
The Agriculture Department has decided to supply sowing seeds of short-duration crop varieties to farmers in the wake of the delay in the onset of monsoon in the State, according to Agriculture Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy. The Minister, who held a meeting with senior officials of the Agriculture Department on the issues related to the supply … Read more
Amid reports of Turkey rejecting an Indian wheat consignment on quality concerns, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey on Thursday said the government has sought details from the Turkish authorities on the matter as the concerned exporter has claimed that the shipment of 60,000 tonnes had all the required clearances. Meanwhile, after India banned wheat exports on … Read more