The grafted nursery in Gumla Gumla: In a push towards a green revolution, Gumla has set up one of the region’s largest community-managed grafted nurseries at Sipringa village under Raidih block. Managed by women farmers, the modern horticulture and farming unit is being seen as a milestone for women’s economic empowerment and climate-resilient agriculture.The nursery…
Ludhiana: Cooperative institutions are no longer being viewed merely as credit societies or procurement agencies but as vehicles for value addition, diversification and rural entrepreneurship, speakers said during the concluding session of Cooperative Week at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Tuesday.Organised by the Punjab govt’s department of Cooperation from June 29 to July 6, the week-long…
Jaipur: Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) MP Rajkumar Roat has urged the Rajasthan govt to prioritise drinking water and irrigation needs of tribal districts in southern Rajasthan before diverting surplus water from the Mahi Basin to other parts of the state.In a letter to Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and water resources minister Suresh Singh Rawat…
Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Jaipur: Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said Sunday the Rs 2,500-crore Upper High Level Canal Project will bring irrigation water to nearly 42,000 hectares of farmland across 338 villages in the tribal-dominated areas.In a statement, Sharma said the project would transform agriculture in parts of the Banswara district and provide…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that the upcoming Mahatma Buddha Agriculture and Technology University in Kushinagar would play a transformative role in enhancing farmers’ income and improving agriculturalproductivity across eastern Uttar Pradesh.Inspecting the under-construction university campus, being developed at a cost of nearly Rs 450 crore, the chief minister said the project…
The sector is better positioned to withstand weather-related disruptions than in the past Chennai: The tractor industry remains cautiously optimistic about demand in the current fiscal year after posting a record performance in FY26, despite concerns that a potentially deficient monsoon could dampen rural sentiment and farm incomes. The industry has projected single-digit growth for…
