Agriculture

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is set to launch concrete measures to promote expansion area for five vegetable crops, including potato, as part of efforts to make the state self-sufficient. According...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha appears poised to reap a bumper paddy harvest this kharif season as overall crop condition has been normal and monsoon is still active in the state, reports said...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday stressed on uninterrupted water supply for enhancing agriculture productivity and improving livelihood of the farmers in the state. Speaking at the 50th...

Koraput: For the first time in Odisha, the farmers would get the benefit of using a drone for cultivation of different crops in Koraput district. The National Bank for Agriculture...

Sundargarh: The community lift irrigation projects have led to income enhancement and financial security of more than 45,000 farmers in Odisha's Sundargarh district. A network of perennial rivers like Brahmani,...

Bhubaneswar: Terming Odisha government’s announcement of over Rs 128 crore assistance to the flood affected as misleading and false, the state BJP on Thursday demanded a ‘white paper’ detailing the...

Bhubaneswar: Public assets worth over Rs 126.62 crore were damaged due to heavy rainfall and subsequent floods which affected 24 districts of Odisha in August, prompting the state government to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday granted financial assistance to small and landless farmers under KALIA scheme. Around 41 lakh small farmers and 85,000 landless farmers in the state...

Bhubaneswar: Crops in around 1.2 lakh hectares of agricultural land were estimated to have been damaged by the recent floods which affected as many as 24 districts of Odisha, sources...

Bhubaneswar: Mounting a scathing attack on the BJD Government in Odisha, the state Congress on Tuesday accused it of remaining a mute spectator to the plight of farmers, who suffered...