The sight of farmers throwing the basmati produce leaves city residents shocked. Manmeet Singh Gill ,Tribune News Service Anguished over the abysmally low prices being offered to them for basmati, the farmers here scattered the crop on city roads on Saturday and demanded that the government ensure a fair price. The farmers started their protest […]
In the past, whatever government that secured power, focussed on providing subsidised fertilizer, pesticides and other inputs apart from waiving farmers’ loans and promising better prices for agricultural products If Sri Lanka was self-sufficient in rice, there would be no need to import even a single grain. Yet, in 2023, 28,380 metric tons of rice […]
Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba Krishan, along with his younger brothers, Gopal and Stapal, manages 50 acres —22 acres of joint family land and 28 acres on rent in Bhullan village in Sangrur. In a remote village along the Punjab-Haryana border, farmer Bal Krishan (48) and his two brothers have become a shining example of […]
CM Solarization Program Another great news for the farmers of Punjab is the decision of Chief Minister Punjab, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, to start the CM Solarization Program. Under which 7,000 tube wells will be transferred to solar energy at a cost of 9 billion rupees. Under this program, farmers who are fed up with the […]
By: Jordeene B. Lagare The government is targeting to assist some 50,000 rice farmers this dry cropping season under a new program that offers low-cost credit and market support, the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) said. DBP board director Roberto Antonio said they plan to implement the Agri-Puhunan at Pantawid (APP) in parts of […]
AR rice industry donates 284K pounds of rice to state food bank Eric Tyler (photo credit: AR Rice) September is National Rice Month and Hunger Action Month. On Wednesday, in celebration of National Rice Month, Mark Isbell with Arkansas Rice Industry announced a donation from the industry of more than 284,000 pounds of milled rice […]
BEING an agrarian economy, Pakistan has one of the world’s best food baskets that provides a variety of crops to feed 250 million people. The sector is a source of raw material as well. However, it has suffered a lot due to the climate change phenomenon. The national economy is struggling because of low crop […]
By: Zacarian Sarao – Reporter MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wished that the lives of Filipino farmers would improve with the help of the various agricultural programs of the government. On his 67th birthday Friday, September 13, Marcos led the launching of the “Agri Puhunan at Pantawid” (APP) program in Nueva Ecija. “Talagang […]
by: Neale Zeringue STUTTGART, Ark. – While Arkansas farmers would have loved the precipitation from Francine during the growing season, it’s been a headache during harvest. Producers Rice Mill Inc. president and CEO Keith Glover said his mill ran for 14 hours each day this week ahead of the Francine system’s rain. Glover said they […]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the World Bank are discussing a method on how to pay rice farmers for carbon credits. The Department of Crop Production and the Soc Trang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development have reviewed the 7-month implementation of the pilot plan on farming of 1 million hectares […]
