While both rabi and kharif crops are generally sown during the day, the supply of electricity between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. forces the farmers to stay awake the whole night | Photo Credit: PTI Power supply lines of 33 KV are being divided in Rajasthan, along with the construction of new 33 KV power … Read more
Farmers in India have sown kharif crops across 979.88 lakh hectares so far this year, as against 972.58 lakh hectares in the same period of last year, according to the latest data from the Agriculture Ministry. On a yearly basis, the sowing is around 1 per cent higher. Commodity-wise, paddy sowing is at 328.22 lakh … 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