COVID-19: Bitter lockdown for Chittoor’s mango growers

Fewer fruits, sparse workforce, funds crunch and contamination fears can spoil this year’s trade

What is behind fertiliser shortage in Andhra Pradesh

The crisis has forced farmers to buy from black market at exorbitent prices

Blazing India: Andhra’s economy suffers due to heatwave

Crops are withering in the countryside, leading to an exodus of people to the cities

Kakinada fishers grapple with pollution, climate change and unemployment

Marine plastic pollution is reducing fish catch even as regular jobs have reduced, even for the educated

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कई दशकों से बारिश की कमी, एक ही प्रकार की खेती और किसानों पर बढ़ते कर्ज के बोझ के कारण यह जिला पिछड़ रहा ...

Andhra farmers turn masons, milkmen despite state getting ‘decent’ rain; here is why

They blame lack of remuneration, rising input costs and accumulating debt

Cyclone Jawad: Heavy to very heavy rains across Andhra on Dec 3, 4

Condition in the sea to be rough-very rough over along and off North Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast from December 3 midnight 

Water-stressed in India: Kadapa officials urge bottoms-up approach

The Andhra Pradesh district, that was ranked first, could do even better if local officials are given freedom to choose, they say

Fall Armyworm attack: Low maize yield reduces cattle feed

While farmers say their cereal production has dropped to half, officials claim the pest’s effect on the state is minimal

Andhra Pradesh unveils new sand policy

A tonne of sand will be available for Rs 370 only at government-owned stockyards

Excess rainfall in Nov-Dec, early heat: Why lime production was hit in Andhra, India's largest producer

Gujarat, Maharashtra also affected, prices to come down in a fortnight, say experts

Compensate Telangana farmers immediately for crop loss: Farm activists

The Rythu Swarajya Vedika called on both Centre and state, to bury their hatchet and ensure disaster relief to lakhs of affected farmers  

Has bureaucratic bungling led to problems for natural farming scheme in Andhra Pradesh

Five years after it was launched, non-payment of staff salaries, excessive hype plague the scheme, observers say

Telangana farmers in trouble after unseasonal rains destroy crops

Most districts of the state registered a huge rainfall excess in September, which affected paddy, maize and cotton crops

Urbanisation, low profitability: Why prices of tamarind leaves in Andhra Pradesh have rocketed

Government should come up with ways to make tamarind cultivation lucrative

Red Sanders in AP: Lawyers question rationale for special court to try smuggling cases

They say it will delay the adjudication of such cases and also will be pro-state

Tomato price rise: Farmers in Andhra say that is only part of the whole story

All-year demand, the pressures of cultivating tomato off season and changing climate are making life difficult for Chittoor’s farmers

Why farmers are abandoning totapuri mango

The price of the totapuri mango has crashed due to low demand for its pulp, leaving farmers to dump produce on roads

How effective has Andhra Pradesh’s Aarogyasri scheme been

A look at the scheme shows a number of shortcomings such as woes of hospitals as well as nature of appointments of doctors

India's biggest tomato district surrenders to cheap Chinese pulp

Farmers of Chittoor and nearby areas in Andhra Pradesh are struggling to get minimum returns from the crop

Andhra Floods: Farmers on month-long march, demand compensation for crops

Recent floods in Andhra Pradesh a sign of climate change effects visible since 2012, say experts

Myth of coverage: How India’s flagship health insurance scheme failed its poorest during pandemic

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) provided cushion to only 14.25% people hospitalised for COVID-19

Crop holiday: What made these Andhra paddy farmers consider it

Lack of payment of dues, no change in MSPs and creaking infrastructure has caused farmers in AP’s Godavari delta region to refrain from …

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers in Andhra Pradesh

A number of workers, including doctors, refused to take the jab January 16, the day of the vaccination drive

Secure from drought: How MGNREGA changed lives in Bandlapalli

The village from where the scheme was launched in India, has remained untouched by drought in a water-scarce region