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The Kiwi Farmers of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand
Shama village in Bageshwar is driving a major change in the hills of Uttarakhand and bringing prosperity to local farmers. A growth centre set up in the village is providing livelihood opportunities...
Megha Prakash 2 Feb 2023 7:26 AM GMT
A Mega Food Park with Cold Storage Facility is Changing Lives of Tribal People in Mangrol, Surat
Surat, GujaratIn October 2018, Mangrol taluka in Surat became home to the The Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park set up jointly by the central government and the Gujarat government at a cost...
Mayuri Talia 20 Jan 2023 7:41 AM GMT
Cold wave in Rajasthan: 40% mustard crop lost to ground frost, complain farmers
Jaipur, RajasthanFarmers in the districts of Sikar, Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, and Barmer in Rajasthan are despairing. The cold wave that has gripped north and northwest India has caused...
Parul Kulshreshta 18 Jan 2023 6:34 AM GMT
A farmer grows water chestnut on land stripped of soil; earns profit, repays loans
Madan Kahar leaned his bicycle against the mud wall of his home in Champatpur village of Uttar Pradesh. He was preparing to fill air into its front tyre before leaving for work.The 45-year-old is a...
Manish Dubey 13 Jan 2023 9:22 AM GMT
The Kitemakers of Handipura, Jaipur’s 150-yo Kite Market
The kites are raring to fly. Bright-coloured with long tails, they hang outside shops in Handipura, the 150-year-old kite market of Jaipur. The lucky ones are picked up by the customers who will send...
Parul Kulshreshta 12 Jan 2023 12:20 PM GMT
Khasti Devi, a rural woman from Uttarakhand, bags the best farmer award at an international event
Khasti Devi Koranga networks with about 2,500 women farmers from across 15 villages in Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. These are individual smallholding farmers, members of self-help groups (SHGs)...
Megha Prakash 12 Jan 2023 7:18 AM GMT
No Diwali festivities in flood-hit terai region of Uttar Pradesh
Barabanki/Bahraich/Gonda, Uttar PradeshTwo days from now, on October 23, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to kick-start Ayodhaya's Deepotsav in-person where an attempt will be made to set a world...
Ashish Anand 21 Oct 2022 5:42 PM GMT
Two months of drought, followed by extremely heavy rainfall; farmers in UP in despair
Unnao, Uttar PradeshBaua Sonkar looked at land he share- cropped on in Balu Kheda village in Unnao district. On that one-and-a-half bigha of land, 36-year-old Sonkar had sown cauliflowers and brinjal...
Sumit Yadav 29 Sep 2022 4:53 PM GMT
Repellant bio-spray helps keep stray cattle away from damaging crops
Prior to last year, Nitesh Kumar, a 20-year-old farmer from Uttar Pradesh's Basti district suffered heavy crop losses due to stray cattle and wild animal attacks. However, after using Herboliv+, a...
Ashish Anand 28 Sep 2022 9:47 AM GMT