The white paper on status of agriculture in Andhra Pradesh http://www.ap.gov.in/Other%20Docs/White%20paper%20on%20agri.%20and%20allied%20depts.pdf
Tea companies commit to Non-Pesticide Management in tea; Unilever and Girnar lead the way
After 50 hours volunteers climb down the billboards August 13th, 2014, Mumbai: In an encouraging turn of events, two of the leading tea companies have come forward in support of Non-Pesticide Management (NPM) in tea. Earlier this week, Greenpeace India released its report “Trouble Brewing”1 highlighting pesticide residue in tea samples. Since then, companies have been coming …
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Telangana Government GO on Crop Loan Waiver
140813 Loan Waiver GO Telangana The eligible amount for debt waiver would be limited to the amount of loan (together with applicable interest), which is disbursed and outstanding as of 31st of March, 2014 or Rs.1,00,000 per farmer family whichever is lower. The farmer family is defined as head of the family, spouse and dependent …
Notes on Telangana Agriculture 2.0
Notes and Presentation on Telangana Agriculture for the workshop on ‘Telangana Agriculture-Problems and Way forward’ on 11th August at Osmania Univertisty Centre for International Programs (OUCIP) from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm Addressing Agriculture Issues in Telangana Venue : OUCIP (Former ASRC) Osmania University Date: 11th August 2014. Time: 10.30am to 5 pm Sessions would be …
How Many Farmers Does India Really Have ?
Prachi Salve, August 8, 2014 (This article has been updated to reflect additional information) It’s a bit of a mystery question. Reason is most data tells you that more than half of India’s population lives on or off agriculture. But does it really ? The World Trade Organization General Council which met on July 24-25 failed …