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| Sugar mills continue to remain shut across western UP | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Work continued to remain stalled in sugar mills across western Uttar Pradesh, with farmers refusing to sell their produce over cane prices, even as the factories officially began their crushing season here. |
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| Farmers upset with cane control order | 19-NOV-09 |
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| The recent omission of Section 5A from the Sugarcane (Control) Order has come under severe criticism from the sugarcane growers in the country. The farmers feel their rights have been curtailed by the amendment. |
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| UP officials asked to ensure regular power supply to farmers | 18-NOV-09 |
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| With a view to ensure sowing of Rabi crops, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has asked the electricity department to provide regular power supply for at least ten hours per day in rural areas and directed the district authorities to monitor distribution of fertilisers and seeds among farmers. |
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| Jayashree Chemicals settles row with salt farmers | 18-NOV-09 |
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| Jayashree Chemicals Limited (JCL), a caustic soda producing company based in south Orissa's Ganjam district has claimed to have settled the row over purchase of salt from the farmers in the district by agreeing to procure the commodity at Rs 1050 per tonne. |
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| Surinder Sud: Zeroing in on tillage | 17-NOV-09 |
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| The specialised zero-tillage seed drill, which could sow seeds in fields without ploughing it, was introduced by the Mexico-based International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) in Pakistan much before it was brought into India. Yet, the zero-tillage system of cultivation, one of the key technologies under the environment-friendly conservation agriculture, has proved a bigger success here than it did in Pakistan. |
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| Haryana to set up farmers' commission | 14-NOV-09 |
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| The Haryana government today decided to set up a farmers’ commission within three months to safeguard the interests of the farming community and also to enhance the financial incentive admissible under Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Vivah Shagun Yojana from Rs 15,000 to Rs 31,000 with effect from November 19, which happens to be the birthday of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
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| UP blames FRP for farmers' agitation | 14-NOV-09 |
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| The Uttar Pradesh government has blamed the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane announced by the Centre for the ongoing agitation by cane farmers in western parts of the state. |
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| Farmers in Bhatinda belt ecstatic over refinery project | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Balbir Singh (50) of village Rampura Phool near Bhatinda is a happy man these days. He is getting queries from buyers for his patch of land, on which he has been growing cotton for over 30 years. He found it less remunerative for the past few years and wanted to relocate to some fertile belt of Punjab from the semi-arid belt of Malwa in the state. |
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| Small potato growers allege harassment by big farmers | 12-NOV-09 |
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| The Potato Seed Welfare Association (PSWA) of small farmers has alleged that small-time potato growers are being harassed by the district administration, allegedly at the behest of big farmers, their godowns raided and some of the farmers even being arrested. |
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