Page 7 - Kharif Season

Good news: Monsoon showers happiness, kharif sowing increases by 104%

Area under oilseeds increased 525% over last year and the sowing of pulses rose by about 222%. The planting and sowing of paddy, the main crop of the kharif season, has been 35% higher than last year

Kharif sowing: Farmers hope monsoon will help make up for lockdown losses

The final of a two-part series looks at how farmers are hoping a good monsoon will help make up for lockdown disruptions and losses

Kharif sowing: Labour shortage in Punjab, abundance in UP amid Covid-19

The first of a two-part series looks at the problems cultivators are facing during the pandemic

Area under kharif crops surpasses last year by 39% as monsoon progresses

In the first 19 days of the four-month monsoon season that started in June, out of 683 districts in the country, rainfall has been normal in almost 74% of them

Amid Covid-19 crisis, locusts pose another threat to kharif crops in India

As many as 23 swarms of locusts had entered India from Pakistan and experts said they were unlikely to move out before July-end.

Centre marginally hikes kharif MSP even as rising food subsidy weighs

Farmers question calculation method, say returns remain inadequate

Atmanirbhar Bharat: Union Cabinet approves changes in definition of MSMEs

The government also approved an equity scheme for MSMEs worth Rs 50,000 crore

Chhattisgarh to launch Rajiv Gandhi Kisaan Nyay Yojana from May 21

The farmers would be paid Rs 10,000 per acre for paddy, corn and sugarcane crops, based on the registered and procured area for the kharif season

Despite good Kharif season, analysts cut earnings estimates for Rallis

Analysts have cut earnings estimates due to labour and logistic issues in India, demand and price overhang in international business

West Bengal's SLBC to increase rural loans from Rs 4400 cr to Rs 10000 cr

In addition, West Bengal will also request the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase the additional credit limit to MSMEs, to 30 per cent from the existing 10 per cent.

How an extended lockdown could impact sowing in the coming Kharif season

While farmers are likely to be hard-pressed for liquidity, other challenges include labour shortage and availability of seeds and agrochemicals

A fifth of Indian farmers may not get seed, fertiliser supplies this kharif

Labour shortages, transportation issues impede the movement from manufacturer to distributor and retailer

Labour issues: Punjab to promote maize cultivation in coming Kharif season

Shortage of labour with expertise to plant paddy has prompted the state to encourage farmers to grow less labour-intensive crops

Farmers let rabi 30% veggies rot in fields, start ploughing for kharif

With normal monsoon forecast this year, they want to take advantage of pre-monsoon showers

Telangana govt to buy Kharif produce from farmers as mandis remain closed

Will need Rs 35,000 crore to buy all the standing crops in the state

UP logs 80% upswing in paddy procurement at 4 mn tonnes this Kharif season

State has paid farmers nearly Rs 7,250 cr for the crop so far; full-year procurement target set at 5 mn tonnes

UP paddy procurement up 40% to 2.75 mn tonnes so far this Kharif season

State is targetting procurement of 5 mn tonnes of the crop by Feb 2020

Solutions to stubble burning exist, changing mindset is key: A K Padhee

Substituting Kharif paddy with other remunerative crops (like cotton, maize, soybean, fruits and vegetables, etc suiting the market) is one solution, says Padhee

Bayer makes Rs 170 crore profit in Sept quarter after merger with Monsanto

In Kharif, corn and veggies crops also helped

After kharif season loss, abundant late monsoon gives farmers hope

For millions of farmers in northern, central and western India, the excessive rain this monsoon season did aggravate problems but have also given hope of a good rabi harvest