The Deccan Herald reports that the Kalyana Karnataka region faces an acute water crisis due to zero inflow to reservoirs. The Irrigation Consultative Committee decided to release water for irrigation despite low…
Indian farmers have sown 1,056.7 lakh hectares in the ongoing Kharif season as of August 21, reaching nearly 96% of the normal area of 1,104.46 lakh hectares, according to the Agriculture Ministry.…
A dry spell along the Cauvery river basin has left farmers in Karnataka's Mandya district worried about the paddy sowing season. Marilingaiah, a farmer from Kuntanahalli village in Maddur taluk, has raised…
Paddy growers in Davangere district are divided over the best time to cultivate on about 63,800 hectares. Over 43,000 farmers want to plant in November or summer, while around 20,000 prefer the…
India's kharif sowing area has reached 1,016.57 lakh hectares as of August 14, compared to 1,037.52 lakh hectares a year ago, a deficit of about 21 lakh hectares, according to the Agriculture…
The Madhya Pradesh government has banned all fertiliser sales from 7 PM on August 14 until further orders, right in the middle of the Kharif season. The move affects about 82 lakh…
A man and his son died of electrocution while irrigating their paddy crop in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, Telangana. Police identified the victims as K Bapu (45 or 48) and his son K…
Telangana irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday ordered the immediate revival of District Irrigation Advisory Boards. The panels, comprising collectors, irrigation and agriculture officials, and elected representatives, will meet before…
Indian rice export prices held near a 10-month high this week, with the 5% broken parboiled variety quoted at $358-364 per tonne, as rising domestic paddy prices and El Niño fears tightened…
