Simply Put: ‘Lazy’ farmers Source link

Both sides refused to stand back from their positions; next meeting on January 15   A delegate during the talks January 8, holds a placard which says in Gurmukhi: We will die or we will win. Photo: @ManuManjit1 / Twitter

Simply Put: The farmer’s tractor Source link

Country’s real GDP will shrink by 7.7 per cent in 2020-21, a government release said The impact of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown can be seen in most of the main indicators released in the report. Photo: Vikas Choudhary / CSE

More than 2,000 hectares of maize affected by FAW attacks in Madhepura district alone Farmers in Bihar have been hit hard by the fall armyworm (FAW) attacks on their maize crops. The FAW attack, according to official reports, has been reported from the state’s eastern districts such as Madhepura, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Saharsa and Khagaria. Madhepura experiences floods every year, as a result of which most farmers have started growing maize instead of paddy. “More than 2,000 hectares where maize was cultivated has been affected by the FAW in Madhepura. It is spreading fast,” assistant director, state plant protection division, Sanjeev Kumar Tanti told Down to Earth. The deadly

Simply Put: Farmers and the Chessplayer Source link

Traditional veterinary medicines can go a long way in addressing the growing burden of antimicrobial resistance Mastitis can be debilitating both for dairy cattle and their farmers. This bacterial infection, triggered by injuries caused due to rough milking or because of unhygienic farm conditions, causes inflammation of the udder tissue and blockage of milk ducts. This causes excruciating pain to the animal and affects milk yield and quality. Left unmanaged, the disease can spread to uninfected animals in the herd and result in their death. A July 2020 study published in BioMed Central says 70 per cent of all losses incurred by dairy herds

The meeting at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi December 30, 2020, between farmer leaders and the government