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Ugandan Adviser Plans Trade Shows To Boost Exports, Attract Investment

Uganda's Export Vision: $6 Billion Boost by 2028

Zenger

Coconut farmers lose sleep as copra price goes from ₹14,500 to ₹7,000 per quintal in 8 months

Coconut is grown on over 6.46 lakh hectares across Karnataka, and the production of ball copra is around 2.18 lakh metric tonnes per year. The fall in price came up for debate in the Legislature session as well. MLAs representing coconut-growing areas demanded financial incentives for growers in addition to…

The Hindu

Meet attributes decline in area under millets to marketing, support price issues

Speakers at two-day annual group meetings on pearl millet and small millets being held here said there are challenges in expanding the area under millets, particularly the minor millets, as the farming community is unsure about the marketing facilities and remunerative price.

The Hindu

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Once drought-hit, Siddipet now attracts migrant farm workers

With the commencement of the rainy season, the labour-intensive farming activities have picked up in Siddipet. Knowing about the work available here, hundreds of farm labourers have migrated to the district from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal in the past few weeks.

The Hindu

Low water levels in major reservoirs in Andhra Pradesh paint grim picture

According to official information, the water level at Srisailam Reservoir is at a mere 33.62 thousand cubic feet (tmc ft) as of July 9. While its Full Reservoir Level (FRL) is 880 ft, the present water level is only 808.80 feet. It is to be noted that the water level…

The Hindu

‘Our attempt is to end import dependency on urea by 2025 and replace it with nano urea and other alternate forms of urea’

Talking to The Hindu, the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Manuskh Mandaviya, said the Centre’s effort is to reduce import dependency on fertilizers, especially in view of the steep increase in prices after the Ukraine crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Excerpts from the interview:

The Hindu

Girl, 18, has her scalp ripped off by machine as she worked in factory

Teenager Alexandra Trandafil suffered serious injuries in a horror accident at work when her hair became caught in a conveyor belt and scalped her, with surgeons unable to reattach it

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Food Ministry indicates willingness to tweak OMSS

The Union Food Ministry indicated that it is willing to make changes to the Open Market Sales Scheme

The Hindu

Farmers likely to get better prices for chilli, cotton, groundnut in A.P. this year

The cultivation of redgram, blackgram, greengram, groundnut, cotton and chilli in Kharif may provide positive returns because of the expected better market prices and low cost of production when compared to paddy, he said.

The Hindu

Stalin writes to Modi over copra procurement

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to issue instructions to the Ministry concerned to increase the ceiling for copra procurement from 25% to 40% till September this year

The Hindu

Meet ELEMIS’ power plant: the English rose

Our Beauty and Style Director, Lisa Oxenham, visited Castle Farm to help harvest the organic English rose for the oleo extract that’s used in the Elemis Pro-Collagen Rose range. Here’s what she learned about the power of the organic English rose in skincare.

Marie Claire

Man saved farmer trapped under hay bale using three words

Michael dialled 999 after being unable to budge the heavy bale himself

Wales Online

Time running out for sowing Kharif crops as rain deficit continues

With hardly 10 days of the right time left for sowing of major Vanakalam (Kharif) crops in Telangana, reaching the planned extent of crops such as cotton, maize, soybean, redgram, greengram and blackgram appears to be getting increasingly difficult as the State suffers an average rainfall deficit of 35% as…

The Hindu

Anna Bhagya: CM to launch cash transfer today

Payment of cash in lieu of the additional 5 kg of rice to beneficiaries under the Anna Bhagya scheme will begin from Monday. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will launch the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) programme. Last week, the Chief Minister said that this month’s amount will be deposited into the bank…

The Hindu

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Daily Mirror

Dad saves farmer's life with THREE WORDS after he's crushed under half ton of hay

Michael Moss, 39, had been eating lunch in his garden when he heard screams for help and ran to find a local farmer trapped under half a ton of hay

The Times of India

Uncertainty looms over tabling of draft Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Bill in Monsoon Session of Parliament

PUNE: Top officials from the ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying have yet to provide any clarity regarding the tabling of the draft Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Bill in the upcoming monsoon session of the Parliament, set to commence on July 20. This persists despite the department…

The Hindu

Agri sector saw unprecedented progress under YSRCP, says Kakani

The agriculture sector in Andhra Pradesh has witnessed unprecedented progress during the last four years, and the proactive steps taken by the State government have helped the sector to flourish like never before, said Agriculture Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy.

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‘Lose-lose situation’: irrigators and environmental groups criticise plan for 2,500ha almond farm

The development by US-owned Koompartu Farms could use up to 30GL of water a year from the Murray-Darling Basin

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Stalin writes to Modi over Kharif MSP for cotton, procurement

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the Cotton Corporation of India to start cotton procurement in Tamil Nadu.

The Hindu

Interest-free loans upto ₹5 lakh for silk reelers to strengthen sericulture sector in Karnataka

An interest-free loan of upto ₹5 lakh for silk reelers announced by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to provide them easier access to working capital is expected to strengthen the sericulture sector in the State.

France 24

Deadlock on EU nature restoration law 'a tragedy': Bioenergy scientist Andre Faaij

Political groups in the European Parliament are on manoeuvres ahead of a key vote on the EU’s proposed Nature Restoration Law on July 12. The draft legislation is seen as key to restoring millions of hectares of degraded land across Europe, but it has already been rejected by three parliamentary…

The Hindu

Modi government denying fair price to farmers to help corporates: AIKS

The MSP announced by the BJP-led Union government for the Kharif season 2023-24 was not at all remunerative and far from the C2 plus 50% suggested by noted agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan, he said.

The Hindu

Data | Retail price of tomatoes more than ₹100 a kilogramme in over 50 cities

The last week of June recorded a rapid and sudden decline in the quantity of tomatoes brought to various mandis across the country

Belfast Live

DUP cllr blames Brexit for NI workforce shortage as council agrees motion to extend UK visas

"It's an excellent motion to be quite honest, for all the horticultural industry, it is Brexit that has caused this problem."

The Times of India

Tomatoes worth Rs 2.7 lakh stolen from Karnataka farm, as rising prices make it a precious commodity

HASSAN (K'TAKA)/HYDERABAD (TELANGANA): The skyrocketing prices of tomato have made the culinary staple so valuable that it has lured thieves into stealing them.

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