BUJUMBURA - The Burundian senate Wednesday passed a bill on the ratification of an agreement between Burundi and the World Bank's International Development Association to boost the country's farming sector.
For farmers, a uniform 2 per cent premium rate on sum insured (SI) for all kharif or monsoon season foodgrains and oilseeds, while 1.5 per cent for rabi winter crops and 5 per cent for annual commercial
The low sum insured as compared to the scale of finance in Rajasthan said to be the culprit For many farmers in Rajasthan's Bundi district, the 2017 southwest monsoon season hasn’t been particularly
Under the Fasal Bima Yojana, the Centre paid its share of the premium, and the state was to pay Rs 100 crore. Hyderabad: More than the nine lakh farmers have been denied crop insurance for 2016-17 as
Hyderabad: Governments across the world are trying to green their agricultural practices and make it less hazardous. The UK government recently decided to provide subsidies only to farmers who “earn it”
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Growth of Farm Income, 25/07/2017. The Government fixes Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for major agricultural crops to ensure remunerative prices for farmers on the recommendation
Farmers of Adokgre and its adjoining areas in North Garo Hills of Meghalaya have adopted banana cultivation as an alternative to jhum cultivation for their sustenance. Jhum also known as shifting cultivation
NEW DELHI: Strongly contesting the charge of the Congress and a report of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that private insurance companies have made huge profits from the PM Crop Insurance
Scientists have found high levels of antibiotic resistant pathogens in chickens being raised for eggs and meat in poultry farms in Punjab, raising serious health concerns for humans. Researchers from
The risk of being infected by the potentially fatal, rodent-borne Hantavirus could jump in Brazil's Sao Paulo state as climate change sends temperatures higher and farmers grow more sugarcane, said scientists.
