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- Telangana
Telangana to release Rs 31,000 crore for crop loan waiver
Hyderabad: The Telangana government will release Rs 31,000 crore by the end of next month to waive crop loans of up to Rs 2 lakh, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikarmarka said…
- Andhra Pradesh
Cyclone causes extensive damage to crops in Andhra Pradesh
Amaravati: Heavy rains due to severe cyclonic storm Michaung in Bay of Bengal inundated low-lying areas in parts of Andhra Pradesh and caused extensive damage to standing crops. Some villages in the…
- Telangana
Telangana saw 81.6% increase in cultivation area in 10 yrs: Agri min
Hyderabad: Telangana agriculture minister S Niranjan Reddy on Friday said that the area under cultivation has increased from 1.31 crore acres in 2014 to 2.38 crore acres by 2022-23, which means an…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: PJTSAU advises farmers to utilise rains for sowing dry crops
Hyderabad: Following heavy rains in the state, Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) has issued an advisory for farmers to utilise these rains to sow irrigated dry (ID) crops. The director of research…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia to grow crops in desert land as part of NEOM city project
Saudi Arabia has hired a Dutch greenhouse company, Van Der Hoeven, to create a ‘historic synthetic climate’ to grow crops in its hot temperature desert land, Bloomberg reported. The kingdom is all…
- Telangana
Centre refuses to buy rice from Telangana despite demand: Agri minister
Hyderabad: Agriculture minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy said the central government is refusing to purchase rice grains from Telangana despite the lack of rice grains in the country. “Central government says that there…
- Telangana
Telangana: Unseasonal rains coupled with hailstones damage crops in over 20K acres
Hyderabad: Crops cultivated on more than 20,000 acres of land were damaged following unseasonal rains, which coupled with hailstorms in various districts of Telangana. Maize, green gram, papaya and mango and other…
- Telangana
Telangana: 2 electrocuted to death in attempt to save crops in Mahabubabad
Hyderabad: In a tragic incident that occurred on Tuesday, a man and his son were electrocuted in an attempt to protect their maize crops in Mahabubabad. Angothu Sevi Naik,55 who resides in…
- India
Early heat may adversely affect wheat, other crops: IMD
Delhi: Significantly high temperatures over northwest India, Gujarat, Konkan and Goa may have an adverse impact on wheat and other crops, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday. Maximum temperatures in Gujarat,…
- India
UP farmers want reassessment of crop loss due to rain
Pilibhit: Farmers in Pilibhit are claiming that they have suffered crop losses to the tune of Rs 100 crore. A recent survey of the same by the commissioner of Bareilly division, Sanyukta…
- Bangalore
Heavy rains claimed 39 lives in Karnataka since June 1
Bengaluru: Heavy rains have claimed 39 lives and destroyed 2,430 houses till date since June 1 in Karnataka, according to official statistics released by the state government on Tuesday. Chief Minister Basavaraj…
- Telangana
Telangana: Rains in Mancherial destroy crops on 30,000 acres
Hyderabad: The severe rain that pounded Mancherial for six days continued last week and caused devastation to roughly 18000 farmers in the region, destroying standing crops on 27592 acres. This is according…
- Telangana
Telangana farmer’s innovative trick to protect crops
Hyderabad: A ‘sloth bear’ stands guard at a farmer’s fields in Telangana’s Siddipet district. It patrols the maize and vegetable crops to keep wild animals away. This is not a sloth bear…
