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Minister inaugurates State-level dairy farmers’ meet in Idukki

Idukki dairy farmers' meeting promotes sex-sorted semen use for female calves, enhancing dairy sector in Kerala.

The Hindu

Top news developments in Karnataka on February 19, 2024

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Farmers reject Centre’s offer; to resume march to Delhi on February 21

After the fourth round of meeting between Centre-farmers on Sunday night, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said the meeting was held cordially in a positive direction with new ideas surrounding how to take the work done in farmers’ interest in the last 10 years to be taken forward

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"We had asked for MSP guarantee on purchase of pulses": Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

After the fourth round of talks between Union Ministers and farmer leaders, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that the farmers has requested a guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) on the purchase of pulses. Read further on Dynamite News:

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"We'll continue with 'Delhi Chalo' march on Feb 21 if...": Farmer leader after meeting with Union ministers

After the fourth round of talks, General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Sarvan Singh Pandher asserted that the farmers will continue to move forward with the 'Delhi Chalo' march on February 21. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Natural Pesticides Gain Ground In 'Agri-tox' Capital Brazil

Inspecting a thriving green field, Brazilian farmer Adriano Cruvinel is beaming: Using a fraction of the chemical products he used to, he is growing even more soy, thanks to natural pesticides.

International Business Times

Morning Digest | Centre to clarify on Aadhaar as birth date proof; fourth round of talks with farmers held in cordial atmosphere says Piyush Goyal, and more

From UIDAI to issue fresh advisory on Aadhaar as date of birth proof to Centre-farmers fourth round of talks, read a select list of stories from The Hindu to start the day.

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Centre offers contract-based assured buying on MSP for five crops; farmers to get back today

Union Ministers meet farmers in Chandigarh to discuss demands, including MSP guarantee, as protests continue near Haryana-Punjab border.

The Hindu

Holy cow! Protesting Italian farmers bring bovine to mass with the pope

Farmers say pontiff’s blessing will give them strength in their fight to save their industry

The Guardian - UK

Haryana DGP denies using pellet guns against protesting farmers

Haryana Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur on February 18 said the police were using “minimum force” and denied the usage of pellet guns against farmers who have been blocked

The Hindu

In Punjab, AAP faces heat from the Opposition for going back its ‘assurance’ on procuring crops at MSP

Chandigarh farmers demand MSP guarantee, AAP government faces opposition heat for not procuring crops at MSP.

The Hindu

Farmers install CCTV cameras in their fields as garlic prices go all-time high

In the wake of surging prices of garlic in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara, farmers have now come up with innovative measures to protect the produce by installing CCTV cameras in their fields. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Farmers learn about benefits in deploying drones in fields to take care of crops

Farmers in Chennai district embrace drones for agricultural activities, reducing manpower shortage and improving efficiency.

The Hindu

Woes of paddy farmers remain unaddressed in Budget

Unmet demands over paddy procurement, government’s loan system posing a major problem, say major farmer outfits.

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Issue ordinance for MSP guarantee, then continue talks, farmers tell Centre

Chandigarh farmer leader demands legal guarantee for MSP through ordinance ahead of fourth round of talks with Union Ministers.

The Guardian - US

Pregnant women in Indiana show fourfold increase in toxic weedkiller in urine – study

Seventy percent of pregnant women in state had herbicide dicamba in their urine, up from 28% in an earlier study

The Hindu

A balanced budget with a focus on creating growth, employment, say trade bodies

The State Budget presented in Bengaluru focuses on agriculture, energy, women empowerment, education, healthcare, and infrastructure development.

The Hindu

Amidst gloomy scenario, agriculture gets a slew of innovative schemes for sustainability and drought mitigation

Amidst the gloomy scenario of agriculture sector reporting a negative growth of 1.8% due to severe drought, the State Budget for 2024-25 has announced a slew of innovative schemes for agricultural development, including a scheme titled Karnataka Raitha Samruddhi Yojane for promoting integrated and sustainable farming for boosting farm incomes.

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Congress condemns police action against protesting farmers on Haryana border

Condemning the police action on the protesting farmers at the Shambhu border, the Congress urged the Narendra Modi government to fulfil its promises

The Guardian - UK

Farmers are in revolt and Europe’s climate policies are crumbling. Welcome to the age of ‘greenlash’

Brussels is ditching green measures as EU leaders panic over rural protests, upcoming elections and the threat of the far right, says Paul Taylor, of the Friends of Europe thinktank

Dynamite News

"We are not from Pakistan": Farmer leaders express concern over forces' actions against protestors

The farmers' leaders, who held talks with the union ministers for more than five hours on Thursday night, have expressed their concerns over actions by the forces on the agitating cultivators and said that they do not seek 'confrontation but a peaceful solution'. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Farmers at the bottom of the food chain

Farmers and agriculture workers protest in Delhi, demanding a legally guaranteed minimum support price and other reforms.

The Hindu

Letters to The Editor — February 16, 2024

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The Guardian - UK

British farmers plan more French-style tractor protests this weekend

Organisers call for ‘national effort’ to protest against low supermarket prices and cheap imports from post-Brexit deals

The Guardian - US

‘America is a factory farming nation’: key takeaways from US agriculture census

Small farms and Black farmers are going out of business, while corporate-controlled farms are booming, raking in subsidies

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