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Award-Winning Kerala Farmer Dies By Suicide Over Debt
A 62-year-old award-winning farmer allegedly died by suicide due to mounting financial debt at Cherupuzha in this district.
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Soil, Nutrients And Weather Forecasts: How AI Is Helping Indian Farmers
The Artificial Intelligence system developed by tech startup Fasal details when and how much water, fertiliser and pesticide are needed.
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Infant Mortality Rate and Decline of Bat Population Might Have a Strange Correlation, Study Claims
In 2006, a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome began decimating bat populations across New England. Over the following decade, the loss of these bats, essential for controlling insect populations, led to significant consequences for agriculture and human health, according to a new study. With fewer bats around to consume insects, farmers reso...
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Unable To Repay Loan, Farmer Dies By Suicide In Madhya Pradesh
A 54-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming pesticide in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district as he was unable to repay a bank loan, police said today.
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Upset Farmer Sets Himself On Fire Outside Madhya Pradesh Police Station
A farmer in Madhya Pradesh was left with 25 per cent burns after he tried to set himself on fire on the premises of a police station allegedly after the cops refused to take his complaint against a shopkeeper who sold sub-standard pesticide to him. A
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Syngenta Starts 10,000km ‘Drone Yatra’ Across 13 States to Educate Farmers on Spraying Pesticides With Drones
Syngenta, a Swiss agrochemical firm, has started a ‘drone yatra’ to cover 10,000 km in India and educate 10,000 farmers about the use of drones to spray pesticides. The program will cover 13 states over three months. It has also announced a biodiversity sensor technology developed with IIP-Ropar in Punjab and Fraunhofer Institute of Germany for...
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Government Promotes Use of Kisan Drones to Modernise Agriculture
Government aims to promote Kisan drops to support crop assessment, digitisation of land records, as well as spraying of pesticides and nutrients. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed that the government has already made a budget provision to ensure this development.
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"No Option But To Kill Self": Land Seized, Farmer Couple Drinks Pesticide
Dalit couple in Madhya Pradesh's Guna drank pesticide in a suicide attempt on Tuesday after being forced to watch as their crops were bulldozed by revenue department officials
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Delhi Warns Of Possible Locust Attack, Overnight Ops In UP: 10 Points
The Delhi government on Thursday warned of a possible locust invasion and asked authorities to spray insecticides and pesticides on crops, vegetation, gardens and orchards while several states in western and central India struggled to contain the worst infestation in nearly three decades. Overnight operations were carried out by authorities in Utta...
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India's War With Locusts: Drones And More Across 6 States
Indian authorities are helping farmers mount a pesticide spraying campaign to fight the swarms of desert locusts which have already devastated crops across Pakistan and East Africa.
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Award-Winning Kerala Farmer Dies By Suicide Over Debt
A 62-year-old award-winning farmer allegedly died by suicide due to mounting financial debt at Cherupuzha in this district.
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Soil, Nutrients And Weather Forecasts: How AI Is Helping Indian Farmers
The Artificial Intelligence system developed by tech startup Fasal details when and how much water, fertiliser and pesticide are needed.
-
Infant Mortality Rate and Decline of Bat Population Might Have a Strange Correlation, Study Claims
In 2006, a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome began decimating bat populations across New England. Over the following decade, the loss of these bats, essential for controlling insect populations, led to significant consequences for agriculture and human health, according to a new study. With fewer bats around to consume insects, farmers reso...
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Unable To Repay Loan, Farmer Dies By Suicide In Madhya Pradesh
A 54-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming pesticide in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district as he was unable to repay a bank loan, police said today.
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Upset Farmer Sets Himself On Fire Outside Madhya Pradesh Police Station
A farmer in Madhya Pradesh was left with 25 per cent burns after he tried to set himself on fire on the premises of a police station allegedly after the cops refused to take his complaint against a shopkeeper who sold sub-standard pesticide to him. A
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Syngenta Starts 10,000km ‘Drone Yatra’ Across 13 States to Educate Farmers on Spraying Pesticides With Drones
Syngenta, a Swiss agrochemical firm, has started a ‘drone yatra’ to cover 10,000 km in India and educate 10,000 farmers about the use of drones to spray pesticides. The program will cover 13 states over three months. It has also announced a biodiversity sensor technology developed with IIP-Ropar in Punjab and Fraunhofer Institute of Germany for...
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Government Promotes Use of Kisan Drones to Modernise Agriculture
Government aims to promote Kisan drops to support crop assessment, digitisation of land records, as well as spraying of pesticides and nutrients. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed that the government has already made a budget provision to ensure this development.
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"No Option But To Kill Self": Land Seized, Farmer Couple Drinks Pesticide
Dalit couple in Madhya Pradesh's Guna drank pesticide in a suicide attempt on Tuesday after being forced to watch as their crops were bulldozed by revenue department officials
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Delhi Warns Of Possible Locust Attack, Overnight Ops In UP: 10 Points
The Delhi government on Thursday warned of a possible locust invasion and asked authorities to spray insecticides and pesticides on crops, vegetation, gardens and orchards while several states in western and central India struggled to contain the worst infestation in nearly three decades. Overnight operations were carried out by authorities in Utta...
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India's War With Locusts: Drones And More Across 6 States
Indian authorities are helping farmers mount a pesticide spraying campaign to fight the swarms of desert locusts which have already devastated crops across Pakistan and East Africa.
