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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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Were Farm Schemes Truly A Success In Maharashtra? A Reality Check
Three days ago, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had made a grand claim at the launch of the BJP-Shiv Sena joint election campaign in western Maharashtra's Kolhapur district. "All central government schemes have been successfully implemented in our state," he said. "Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we have given bank accounts t...
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Maharashtra Farmer Burned To Death While Trying To Douse Fire In Field
A farmer was Monday charred to death while trying to douse a fire in his sugarcane field in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district, the police said.
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India's Electric Vehicle Goals Being Realised On Two Wheels, Not Four
Hurt by high fuel prices, Vinod Gore, a farmer in Gove village in Maharashtra, ditched his petrol scooter for an electric model, underlining how two-wheelers are driving the country's goal of electrification of its vehicles. Gore's electric scooter, built by Indian start-up Okinawa, runs for about 100-120 km (60-75 miles) on a single charge which c...
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"Maharashtra Sugarcane Crisis Not Created By Us," Says Nitin Gadkari
As sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra plan to launch an agitation over their grievances, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday blamed "external factors" for the prevailing crisis.
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20,000 Farmers March From Thane To Mumbai Demanding Drought Compensation
Over 20,000 farmers have started a two-day march from Thane to Mumbai's iconic Azad Maidan, eight months after a similar protest saw a sea of red - formed by farmers in red caps - on a long march through Maharashtra. The farmers are demanding compensation for drought, an unconditional farm loan waiver and the transfer of forest rights to tribals. I...
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'Pay Me for My Sugarcane Or I'll Kill Myself': Farmer to Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on a tour of the drought-hit Marathwada region of his state, was stunned today when a farmer told him, "Pay me for my sugarcane or I will commit suicide."
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How Maharashtra Politics Fosters A Sugarcane Crop Even During A Drought
Only 7 per cent of water remains in drought-hit Marathawada's dams. But still that hasn't stopped sugarcane, a highly water intensive crop, from being produced in the region.
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Protesting Sugarcane Farmers Lathi-Charged in Maharashtra's Solapur
Nearly 500 sugarcane farmers, demanding that they be paid for their produce according to the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) set by the Centre, were lathi-charged by police in Solapur today as they tried to present a memorandum to Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil.
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Sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra start up after price war truce
Mills in India's two top sugar-producing states have begun operations following a truce in a bitter price dispute with farmers that threatened to disrupt the refining season.
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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.
-
Were Farm Schemes Truly A Success In Maharashtra? A Reality Check
Three days ago, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had made a grand claim at the launch of the BJP-Shiv Sena joint election campaign in western Maharashtra's Kolhapur district. "All central government schemes have been successfully implemented in our state," he said. "Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we have given bank accounts t...
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Maharashtra Farmer Burned To Death While Trying To Douse Fire In Field
A farmer was Monday charred to death while trying to douse a fire in his sugarcane field in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district, the police said.
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India's Electric Vehicle Goals Being Realised On Two Wheels, Not Four
Hurt by high fuel prices, Vinod Gore, a farmer in Gove village in Maharashtra, ditched his petrol scooter for an electric model, underlining how two-wheelers are driving the country's goal of electrification of its vehicles. Gore's electric scooter, built by Indian start-up Okinawa, runs for about 100-120 km (60-75 miles) on a single charge which c...
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"Maharashtra Sugarcane Crisis Not Created By Us," Says Nitin Gadkari
As sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra plan to launch an agitation over their grievances, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday blamed "external factors" for the prevailing crisis.
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20,000 Farmers March From Thane To Mumbai Demanding Drought Compensation
Over 20,000 farmers have started a two-day march from Thane to Mumbai's iconic Azad Maidan, eight months after a similar protest saw a sea of red - formed by farmers in red caps - on a long march through Maharashtra. The farmers are demanding compensation for drought, an unconditional farm loan waiver and the transfer of forest rights to tribals. I...
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'Pay Me for My Sugarcane Or I'll Kill Myself': Farmer to Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on a tour of the drought-hit Marathwada region of his state, was stunned today when a farmer told him, "Pay me for my sugarcane or I will commit suicide."
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How Maharashtra Politics Fosters A Sugarcane Crop Even During A Drought
Only 7 per cent of water remains in drought-hit Marathawada's dams. But still that hasn't stopped sugarcane, a highly water intensive crop, from being produced in the region.
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Protesting Sugarcane Farmers Lathi-Charged in Maharashtra's Solapur
Nearly 500 sugarcane farmers, demanding that they be paid for their produce according to the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) set by the Centre, were lathi-charged by police in Solapur today as they tried to present a memorandum to Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil.
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Sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra start up after price war truce
Mills in India's two top sugar-producing states have begun operations following a truce in a bitter price dispute with farmers that threatened to disrupt the refining season.
