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'Farm Of The Future': How AI Is Helping Sugarcane Farmers In Maharashtra
For centuries, unpredictability has been the bane of a farmer's existence, with too little or too much rain, pests and disease all threatening to destroy crops, pushing him into debt and, in some cases, even driving him to suicide. How AI is helping.
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Farmers' Indefinite Dharna In Punjab Over Non-Payment Of Sugarcane Dues
The Bharti Kisan Union (Doaba) Thursday began an indefinite dharna to protest the non-clearance of cane farmers' dues of about Rs 42 crore by a sugar mill in Punjab's Phagwara.
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Mayawati's Swipe At BJP Over UP Polls: "Ignored Farmers For 4.5 Years..."
Lending support to a peaceful Bharat Bandh called by farmers against the centre's three farm laws, BSP president Mayawati on Monday alleged the Uttar Pradesh government increased cane support prices ahead of the assembly elections for "selfish" motiv
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Punjab Farmers End Protest After Chief Minister Hikes Cane Prices
Farmers demanding a hike in sugarcane prices on Tuesday announced an end to their agitation after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh assured them of Rs 360 per quintal for it.
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"Pro-Capitalist BJP Government", Says Mayawati Over Unpaid Farmers' Dues
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati today hit out at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over rising cane arrears to farmers, asking why it cannot act tough against the erring sugar mill owners.
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After Bitter Kairana Result, Centre's Touch Of Sugar For Cane Farmers
Concerned over mounting cane arrears to the tune of Rs 22,000 crore, the government is expected to announce a bailout package of over Rs 8,000 crore to clear dues of farmers, sources told NDTV.
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Centre To Announce Rs 7,000 Crore Bailout To Help Sugarcane Farmers
Concerned over mounting cane arrears of more than Rs 22,000 crore, the government is likely to announce a bailout package of over Rs 7,000 crore to ensure cash-starved mills clear dues to farmers at the earliest, sources said.
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UP Election 2017: In Sugar Belt, Farmers Sour About Cane Dues
As Raj Kumar navigates his bullock cart, loaded with sugarcane, into a private sugar mill in Lakhimpur Kheri, delayed payments for his crop are uppermost on his mind. The district is just one in the sugar belt of Uttar Pradesh, where, more than demonetization, this is one subject that is expected to affect the outcome in 105 seats.
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Trailing Rahul Gandhi's Yatra: Cane Farmers Hope Loans Waived Off
The blinding neon flashes followed by deafening thunder cracking across the night sky and the subsequent torrent on Monday brought smiles to the faces of 73-year-old Raman Yadav and 21-year-old Pawan Sharma in eastern Uttar Pradesh's floundering 'sugar bowl'Kushinagar.
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Farmers Union To Block Delhi-Dehradun National Highway On February 1
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) activists have said that they would block the Delhi-Dehradun National Highway at Nawla village on Monday demanding dues and upward revision of cane price.
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Cane Farmers to Get Direct Subsidy for Arrears
Concerned over arrears to cane growers from sugar factories amounting to more than Rs 21,000 crore (over $3 billion) in the last season, the government on Wednesday fixed a subsidy of Rs 4.50 per quintal crushed, which will be payable directly to farmers.
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Truth vs Hype: In Drought-Hit Marathwada, A Sugar Mill Owner 'Downgrades' to Mercedes
Politically-connected sugar barons like Bapurao Patil seem insulated from the turmoil roiling the countryside. Behind him was parked a gleaming Mercedes SUV, an incongruous sight in a village of tiny lanes and low-slung brick and mud homes.
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PM Narendra Modi Convenes Meeting to Discuss Sugar Sector Crisis
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened a meeting to discuss long-term measures to address the concerns of cash-starved sugar mills and expedite payment of cane arrears of over Rs 14,000 crore to farmers.
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Rajnath Singh seeks Prime Minister's intervention for relief to sugarcane farmers
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Sunday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to get pending payments of sugarcane farmers released and ensure that sugar mills get on with crushing in cane producing states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
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In Karnataka's sugar bowl, bitter protests by farmers over prices
In Karnataka, farmers are threatening to go on an agitation demanding better price for the sugarcane crop.
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'Farm Of The Future': How AI Is Helping Sugarcane Farmers In Maharashtra
For centuries, unpredictability has been the bane of a farmer's existence, with too little or too much rain, pests and disease all threatening to destroy crops, pushing him into debt and, in some cases, even driving him to suicide. How AI is helping.
-
Farmers' Indefinite Dharna In Punjab Over Non-Payment Of Sugarcane Dues
The Bharti Kisan Union (Doaba) Thursday began an indefinite dharna to protest the non-clearance of cane farmers' dues of about Rs 42 crore by a sugar mill in Punjab's Phagwara.
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Mayawati's Swipe At BJP Over UP Polls: "Ignored Farmers For 4.5 Years..."
Lending support to a peaceful Bharat Bandh called by farmers against the centre's three farm laws, BSP president Mayawati on Monday alleged the Uttar Pradesh government increased cane support prices ahead of the assembly elections for "selfish" motiv
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Punjab Farmers End Protest After Chief Minister Hikes Cane Prices
Farmers demanding a hike in sugarcane prices on Tuesday announced an end to their agitation after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh assured them of Rs 360 per quintal for it.
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"Pro-Capitalist BJP Government", Says Mayawati Over Unpaid Farmers' Dues
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati today hit out at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over rising cane arrears to farmers, asking why it cannot act tough against the erring sugar mill owners.
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After Bitter Kairana Result, Centre's Touch Of Sugar For Cane Farmers
Concerned over mounting cane arrears to the tune of Rs 22,000 crore, the government is expected to announce a bailout package of over Rs 8,000 crore to clear dues of farmers, sources told NDTV.
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Centre To Announce Rs 7,000 Crore Bailout To Help Sugarcane Farmers
Concerned over mounting cane arrears of more than Rs 22,000 crore, the government is likely to announce a bailout package of over Rs 7,000 crore to ensure cash-starved mills clear dues to farmers at the earliest, sources said.
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UP Election 2017: In Sugar Belt, Farmers Sour About Cane Dues
As Raj Kumar navigates his bullock cart, loaded with sugarcane, into a private sugar mill in Lakhimpur Kheri, delayed payments for his crop are uppermost on his mind. The district is just one in the sugar belt of Uttar Pradesh, where, more than demonetization, this is one subject that is expected to affect the outcome in 105 seats.
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Trailing Rahul Gandhi's Yatra: Cane Farmers Hope Loans Waived Off
The blinding neon flashes followed by deafening thunder cracking across the night sky and the subsequent torrent on Monday brought smiles to the faces of 73-year-old Raman Yadav and 21-year-old Pawan Sharma in eastern Uttar Pradesh's floundering 'sugar bowl'Kushinagar.
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Farmers Union To Block Delhi-Dehradun National Highway On February 1
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) activists have said that they would block the Delhi-Dehradun National Highway at Nawla village on Monday demanding dues and upward revision of cane price.
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Cane Farmers to Get Direct Subsidy for Arrears
Concerned over arrears to cane growers from sugar factories amounting to more than Rs 21,000 crore (over $3 billion) in the last season, the government on Wednesday fixed a subsidy of Rs 4.50 per quintal crushed, which will be payable directly to farmers.
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Truth vs Hype: In Drought-Hit Marathwada, A Sugar Mill Owner 'Downgrades' to Mercedes
Politically-connected sugar barons like Bapurao Patil seem insulated from the turmoil roiling the countryside. Behind him was parked a gleaming Mercedes SUV, an incongruous sight in a village of tiny lanes and low-slung brick and mud homes.
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PM Narendra Modi Convenes Meeting to Discuss Sugar Sector Crisis
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened a meeting to discuss long-term measures to address the concerns of cash-starved sugar mills and expedite payment of cane arrears of over Rs 14,000 crore to farmers.
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Rajnath Singh seeks Prime Minister's intervention for relief to sugarcane farmers
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Sunday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to get pending payments of sugarcane farmers released and ensure that sugar mills get on with crushing in cane producing states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
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In Karnataka's sugar bowl, bitter protests by farmers over prices
In Karnataka, farmers are threatening to go on an agitation demanding better price for the sugarcane crop.
