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‘Anti-farmer’
policies flayed
Ludhiana, August 22
Dubbing the drought in this part of the country as
a man-made calamity due to the shortsightedness of the successive
regimes, activists of the Kirti Kisan Union today held a rally to
highlight the anti-farmer policies being pursued by the government.
Alternative
crop option for farmers
Ludhiana, August 22
Menthol could be an attractive alternative crop
for farmers to break out of the wheat-rice rotation, said Dr R. K.
Rampal, Director, Agriculture, while visiting the JDM Agricultural
Development and Research Farms at Ladowali, near here.
Scientists’
advice to farmers
Ludhiana, August 22
In view of the possibility of
leaf-folder on the standing paddy crop, the PAU scientists have informed
the farmers that the larvae of this insect occurs in all rice-growing
areas of the state. The larvae fold the leaves, eat out the green tissue
and produce white streaks.
Training
course on rice-wheat system
Ludhiana, August 22
The increase in the concentration of nitrates in
the groundwater by 10 times from the previous 0. 5 to 5 PPM is a
dangerous signal which will have an adverse health effect on humans and
animals, says Dr J S Kolar, Director, Extension Education, PAU.
‘Agriculture
passing through serious crisis’
Ludhiana, August 22
To finalise the technologies for recommendation to
the farmers during the coming rabi season, a two-day agricultural
officers’ workshop started on the PAU campus here today.
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