DEHRADUN/RUDRAPUR: Soaring mercury across the hill state has thrown life out of gear even as meteorologists predicted that the heat wave is likely to continue for some more days. With the temperature touching
Uganda on Wednesday launched an East African regional agribusiness initiative targeting to boost household incomes of over 100,000 smallholder farmers. A similar initiative is already running in neighboring
Farmers’ outfit threatens stir, says won’t allow possession of land The Revenue Department of the Gujarat government has issued primary notifications for acquiring land in 165 cases in the state under
Pune: Land acquisition for highways is likely to gather steam with the state cabinet amending section 19 of the Maharashtra State Highways Land Acquisition Act 1894 earlier this week. According to PWD
Adil Khan's hopes for a good harvest are fading again this year as he inspects his orchard of apricot and loquat trees in the mountains of Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Usually,
In a sign of deepening farm distress, four debt-ridden farmers allegedly committed suicide in different parts of the district over the past 24 hours. Jagraj Singh (50) of Dhingar village near Rampura
HYDERABAD: Unseasonal rains accompanied by thunderbolt claimed 14 lives in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. While nine people died and three persons were injured in Andhra Pradesh, five people,
There remain misconceptions regarding farmer suicides. There is a need to set right these erroneous ideas based on scientific studies that have been conducted seeking to devise solutions to address the
With India emerging as a leading cotton producer in the world, and considering the large-scale adoption of Bt cotton cultivation, there is a need to understand the patterns of pesticide use by cotton farmers,
Tens of angry residents in the Keta Municipality have hit the streets in protest over oil exploration in the region. The residents, most of whom are vegetable and fish farmers say oil exploration will
