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EPS demands TN govt to announce Rs 25k as compensation for crop damage...
Apart from this, the government should take necessary measures to facilitate the farmers to get compensation from crop insurance.
Water woes: Experts breed new varieties to aid banana yield
25 Sept 2023 1:30 AMOther than the drought-tolerant banana varieties, NRCB official also recommends ‘Poovan’ variety of banana, which is considered moderately...
DeTect: Video of crops being 'poisoned' is scripted
22 Sept 2023 1:30 AMCHENNAI: A video of youngsters in a field injecting some fluids into crops has gone viral. The person filming the footage is heard saying that the...
India's cotton crop estimates for 2019-20 raised to 360 bales
12 Oct 2020 11:39 PMThe Cotton Association of India (CAI) has increased its cotton crop estimate for 2019-20 to 360 bales of 170 kg each (equivalent to 382.50 lakh...
Crops on 67,864 hectares of land damaged due to rains in Andhra
15 Oct 2020 1:57 PMPrakasam Barrage in Vijayawada received 7.79 lakh cusecs of water, exceeding the estimates of 6 lakh cusecs of floodwater, due to heavy rains in...
CM hikes relief for crops hit by Jan rains by nearly 35 pc
1 Feb 2021 9:55 PMChief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday announced an increase in compensation for crops that were damaged due to rainfall in January, though...
Rains damage crops ready for harvest in Thanjavur
9 Oct 2021 9:51 PMThe heavy rains that lashed the delta region for couple of days damaged several acres of ready for harvest paddy in Thanjavur and the farmers demanded...
Jumbo Vinayagan raids crops at Gudalur
24 Oct 2021 11:02 PMDespite heightened vigil by the Forest Department, wild elephant Vinayagan continued to stray into villages by damaging the solar fence at Gudalur in...