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Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences of Shivamogga will hold its eighth convocation at the university campus at Iruvakki in Sagar taluk on July 21.

Sugarcane farmers of Mysuru & Chamarajanagar staged a protest demanding payment of last season's dues. They demanded ₹150/tonne, ₹4,000/tonne with 9.5% recovery rate, State Advisory Price & transparency in weighing of sugarcane. Association's office-bearers led the protest.

Lifting of water, mostly in the Godavari basin that includes Kaleshwaram project, is also adding to the demand.

Bengaluru: Amidst vociferous protests, Karnataka Assembly passed the Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation and Development) (Amendment) Bill, 2023. It was tabled to scrap amendments made by previous BJP govt. Minister Shivananda Patil said it would benefit farmers by providing competitive & fair prices. Opposing, S.T. Somashekar said farmers should have freedom…

Cultivating one hectare of maize used to be an arduous task for Precious Banda, a farmer in Zambia. It would take her hundreds of hours to prepare her land before sowing and to keep it weed-free until harvest – equipped with nothing but a small hoe. She says it was…

Farmers and workers to stage Maha Dharna in Palasa of Srikakulam district on July 18 demanding that State government buy cashew nuts through Rythu Bharosa Kendras.

Nabarangpur, Odisha, once dependent on Andhra Pradesh for fish, now has a thriving pisciculture value chain, thanks to the efforts of CIFA and 11 other ICAR-affiliated institutes. This is a unique experiment in India where top scientific labs are focusing on grassroots development. The value of the fish market in…

India’s petrol and diesel consumption fell in the first half of July as fury of monsoon flipped travel plans and reduced the demand in the agri sector, preliminary industry data showed.

"The room is half full of libertarians and half full of very liberal Democrats. The bridge is food"