Intense cold weather accompanied with hailstorms have destroyed the crops in the Damoh region of Madhya Pradesh. There have been adverse weather conditions for the past one week. The Bundelkhand region produces crops like tomato, peas […]
Two cyclones, Titli and Pethai,
Have totally reduced the crops produce particularly the paddy in the district during recent kharif season. Based on the agricultural income, gross value addition (GVA) is being calculated and it is useful in calculating per capita […]
Rabi sowing has covered a total area of 512.53 lakh hectares (lh)
about 4.6 per cent lower than 537.12 lh covered in the same period in 2017-19. Though the shortfall in planting is reported across the crops, the highest in percentage was in rice. While the rice sowing […]
Poor rains to bring down crop outputt
The output of key kharif crops like onion, cotton, sugarcane and oilseeds are likely to fall due to deficient rainfall in many parts of India, including Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. Production of cotton, soybean and groundnut […]
Govt OKs 11.5-bln-rupee fund for crop residue mgmt in north India
The Union government enhanced the procurement quantity from 2,65,200 tonnes to 3,64,600 tonnes. The enhanced procurement quantity was 50% of the total estimated production under PSS during the Kharif season of 2017-18 in the State. The Union government had initially approved the procurement of 1,65,750 tonnes in December last year against the total expected yield of about 9,02,000 tonnes grown in 8.85 lakh hectares in the State.