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The Kisan Mahapanchayat has sought minimum support price (MSP) for four crops primarily grown in Rajasthan as a measure to benefit farmers and revive the state’s economy. If the government makes ...
Mustard and gram farmers in Rajasthan and Madhya ... the farmers emptied their previous crop stocks before the onset of next harvest of gram/mustard, both grown in Rabi season, some medium and ...
The three top water-intensive crop growing states have mixed results. In Rajasthan, over half of the soil samples showed deficiencies in both iron and zinc, while 8 per cent also displayed a lack ...
In December 2024, Shahbudeen spent Rs. 4.5 lakh - almost his entire annual farming income - to dig a borewell for irrigation. After hours of labor, the digging reached 600 feet, only to end in a ...
As the water table falls further, only one crop, bajra, seems to have potential. But unlike southern states, where millets can be grown in the rabi season as well, Rajasthan’s climate restricts ...
To grow crops in a khadeen, the community members ... with the construction of the Indira Gandhi Canal, initially known as Rajasthan Canal, the longest (625 km) in India. “The canal indeed ...
Farmers in 10 border districts in two key agricultural states of Rajasthan and Punjab, who grow Kharif crops such as paddy (Basmati and non-Basmati both), moong and bajra in about 30 lakh hectare ...
Sonu, who bet on an unfamiliar crop and saw success ... Her biggest concern was growing apples in the scorching heat of northern Rajasthan's Shekhawati region, where temperatures soar up to ...
Chandigarh:Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday interacted with a group of farmers in Patiala and ...
Sundaram Verma of Danta village has developed techniques to grow crops with less water and conserve ... coming to Sanchore in southwestern Rajasthan from Sardar Sarovar Dam in neighbouring Gujarat.