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Field trials of GM mustard DMH-11 showed high yield, says Science Minister

Jacob Koshy

In dry, unreliable weather, Indian farmers restore arid land

AP

Explained | The new hybrid variant of mustard

Women carry fodder for their cattle through a mustard field.

‘Inji gramam’, a new scheme to cultivate ginger in Kulathoor grama panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram, yields a bumper harvest 

Ginger harvested from a plot in Kulathoor grama panchayat. The spice was grown under the panchayat's 'Inji Gramam' scheme 
Kulathoor grama panchayat and Kulathoor Krishi Bhavan introduced a scheme to grow ginger in the panchayat for the first time
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Three multi-State societies to procure and distribute seeds

The Hindu Bureau
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Daily Quiz | On Kisan Diwas

Centre rules out an increase in MSP for cotton, but farmers seek more

The MSP for medium staple cotton for 2022-23 kharif season is ₹6,080.

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Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Director of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), stand near the dwarf variety of Kalanamak paddy at the field of Indian Agriculture Research Institute, in Pusa in New Delhi.
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Kalanamak rice, ‘Buddha’s gift to people’, is now small, strong

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Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Director of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) at a paddy field site of Pusa in New Delhi on October 19, 2022.
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Five new varieties to expand India’s Basmati platter

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A farmer examines his paddy crop damaged due to strong wind and rain, on the outskirts of Amritsar, on September 16.

Kharif sowing nears to end; paddy acreage down by 5.51%

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Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar at the inauguration of the 9th Session of Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, in New Delhi, on September 19, 2022.

A push for framework on farmers’ rights at international meet

The Hindu Bureau
Expectation of a lower paddy output will keep inflationary expectations higher, experts and analysts believe. File

Fall in Kharif output may keep rice prices at elevated levels

PTI
Chemically, packaged urea is 46% nitrogen, which means a 45 kg sack contains about 20 kg of nitrogen.

Scientists are unsure about how ‘Nano Urea’ benefits crops

Jacob Koshy
Despite nano urea, the traditional urea is vital for the initial stages of crop development. File

Nano urea fast-tracked for approval despite incomplete trials

Jacob Koshy
As of now, paddy has been cultivated in 383.99 lakh hectares of area and in the corresponding period of 2021 it was 406.89 lakh hectares. File 

Paddy cultivation sees decline

The Hindu Bureau
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Fertilizer scarcity may hamper crop cycle, cautions scientist

A. M. Jigeesh
Tarts topped with caper berries.

Behind India’s only caper farm

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Paddy is the main Kharif crop, sowing of which begins with the onset of the southwest monsoon from June and harvesting from October onwards. File

Paddy sowing down by 5.99% so far; major lag in Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chattisgarh

PTI
Vinod Sahadevan Nair at his farm in rural Parassala

Vinod Sahadevan Nair has 400-plus varieties of banana on his farm in Parassala, Thiruvananthapuram

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