Paddy prices surge by 30 per cent as samba harvest picks up pace in Tamil Nadu

MADURAI: As the samba paddy harvest gains momentum across the southern districts, the sales of finer and superfine paddy ...
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‘That hybrid field? Dead’: Adivasi farmers return to hardy, indigenous grain varieties

Karhani and Kalamdani are black and red (respectively) Indigenous rice varieties once widely grown and now they survive in a few pockets. | Ashwini Kumar Shukla via Mongabay Jhalo Devi and her husband ...

Mamata praises four new varieties of paddy raised by state govt

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed satisfaction over the introduction of four new varieties of paddy by the state ...

Samba paddy harvest completed in only 2,200 hectares so far in Thanjavur; late sowing blamed

THANJAVUR: Samba paddy harvest is yet to pick up in the Cauvery delta districts of Thanjavur and Tiruvarur even as the ...
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Paddy planting in Pokhara

National Paddy Planting Day or Dhan Diwas is a celebration across the country. It is an even bigger deal here in Pokhara Valley which grows some of Nepal’s most famous indigenous varieties of rice ...

Paddy rate drops in Tamil Nadu, rice price may fall 10 per cent

MADURAI: The retail price of fine varieties of rice, which are being sold at Rs 60 to Rs 70 per kg, may come down by at least ...

Farmers accuse private firm of overpricing hybrid paddy seeds

At a meeting held in Moriwala village, Bharatiya Kisan Ekta (BKE) state president Lakhwinder Singh Aulakh highlighted the ...