Agriculture

Bhubaneswar: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said the Centre will take the Odisha model on millets to the national level and also to other states. Addressing the...

Bhubaneswar: Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will visit Odisha on Monday on the occasion of ‘Mandia Dibasa’ (Millet Day). The Union minister will attend the inaugural...

Angul: Jindal Foundation has launched ‘Jindal Krishi Seva’, an innovative programme aimed at promoting natural farming and sustaining agriculture production in Angul district free of chemical-based fertilisers and pesticides. Shallu...

Sambalpur: The Odisha government has set up a Krushi Bhavan in Sambalpur to strengthen agricultural governance and farmer empowerment in the state. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the premises on...

Paul Babu Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh): Fifteen years ago, farming felt like a “game of luck” for 55-year-old Vadde Uligappa, a farmer from Putlur mandal of Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district. Then,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Group of Ministers on Friday decided to increase the paddy procurement target from 65 lakh tonne to 77 lakh tonne for the ongoing kharif season. The decision was...

Bhubaneswar: A company of Odisha has signed MoUs with two Dubai-based companies for export of aromatic rice from the state. Odisha-based Kanak Bioscience and Research Private Limited signed the MoUs...

Bhubaneswar: The farmers have been allowed one more day to apply for compensation for crop loss due to recent unseasonal rain from Odisha government. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced...

Berhampur: The paddy procurement in Odisha's Ganjam district has been postponed to next month due to heavy rain in the district. This was informed by Ganjam collector in an official...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday directed the officials to keep a sharp eye on the middlemen during procurement of paddy at mandis all over the state....