The story of MP’s influential farmers’ will be shown on the silver screen.

11/03/2020Posted on

The MP Government and the Central Government have decided to make a movie on the story of those farmers who are producing a tremendous quantity of crops on small farms. Most of these farmers are earning millions from their small fields.

With this move, the Government aims to inspire and encourage other small farmers of the nation, so that they can also increase their production through these advanced farming methods. The task of making this film has been given to an organization in Gujarat. The team will soon start its research work from Sheopur in the coming month.

Farmer changed his life with pomegranate farming

Farmer Trilok Toshniwal from Zaida village turned his 8 bighas rocky land into a fertile farm with his hard work and patience. Then he began growing pomegranate and other fruit plants on this farm, and today he is earning 15 to 20 lakhs per anum from the same field. Now, his story will also be shown in the film.

Guava cultivation changed farmers’ destiny

Many farmers of Jwalapur and Soikala region of Madhya Pradesh had shifted their focus from traditional farming and start concentrating on guava cultivation a few years ago. Their hard work had started paying off as they are earning 8 to 10 lakh rupees per anum from guava farming with just 5 to 8 bighas of land. Their success story would also be included in this film.

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How to identify Gummy Stem blight disease in the pumpkin, watermelon, melon crop.

09/03/2020Posted on
  • In this disease, infection is visible on almost every part of the plant except the roots.
  • A Yellowness/greenness occurs at the edges of the leaves, while spots start occurring on their surfaces. 
  • The wound is formed on the stem of the plant which is infected by this disease. Then a black-coloured gummy substance starts releasing from this wound. 
  • On the string, brown spots become black spots which later go to the wound.
  • In bottle gourd seeds have medium-brown, dark spots.
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Management of Mosaic Virus Disease in Sponge Gourd :- 

06/03/2020Posted on
  • Adopt clean cultivation and remove alternate hosts, particularly weeds.
  • Follow crop rotation.
  • Avoid cropping mosaic prone season and areas.
  • Acephate 75% SP @ 80-100gm/acre and add antibiotic chemicals like streptomycin 20  gm/pump for better control. or
  • Acetamiprid 20% SP @ 100 gm/acre and add antibiotic chemicals like streptomycin 20gm/acre for better control.
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Hyderabad will host a state-level meet on “Women in Agriculture”

06/03/2020Posted on

Women play a very important role in agriculture, especially in India. But their contribution is often ignored, not just by society, but by themselves too.  

To highlight their contribution to agriculture, a State-level meet is going to be organized at Hyderabad from 6th March. The main purpose of this two-day meet is to examine the problems faced by women in rural India, especially in the agricultural sector. Here experts from several agri-related fields will present their papers. you will also find representatives from various farmers’ unions, academic institutions, and scientists taking part in the discussions. 

While talking about this event in a press conference, Aribandi Prasada Rao, Vice-President of the Telangana Rythu Sangham said that “Women play a key role in agriculture and it’s the time we should identify and address the problems faced by them.”

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Good news! Government lifts ban on onion exports

06/03/2020Posted on

The Central Government has recently issued a notification announcing the lifting of the ban on onion exports. This declaration will be effective from 15th March 2020.

The government had banned the export of onion on September 29 last year to control the rapid increase in the prices of onions. But the scenario is changed now as the prices of onions are now stabilised and its production is also expected to be much better this season. Because of this, the government had now announced to lift the five-month-old ban on onion export from March 15.

The notification, signed by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) says that “the export of all varieties of onions has been made free without any condition of minimum export price and letters of credit”

This step would be very helpful for both consumers and farmers too, as it would help in cutting down the prices of onions and thus reducing the pressure on the wallets of consumers. On the other hand, the farmers would also get access to a bigger market for their onions.

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Identification of Mosaic Virus Disease in Sponge Gourd:- 

06/03/2020Posted on
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  • This viral disease is transmitted through sap and vector aphids. 
  • In infected plants, the younger leaves unfold very late and show complete chlorosis followed by green vein banding.
  • The older leaves exhibit prominent dark green raised blisters. the malformed leaves assume a filiform shape.
  • Vegetable growth, flowering and productivity are also affected adversely.
  •  Severely affected vines do not bear fruit.
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