Andhra Pradesh plans separate budget for agriculture and allied sectors

It would include a Rs 100-crore pilot project to introduce solar pump sets

Flooded, by drains

It was not just cyclone Nilam that ruined paddy in Andhra

Stadium in deep water

Kerala cricket association clears wetland trees to build stadium

95 farm suicides in a month in Andhra Pradesh

State authorities hide actual number of deaths

Kerala court allows law violation

Permits use of paddy field unfit for cultivation for other purposes

Who will grow food?

No land, no money

An Act meant to financially help tenant farmers of suicide-prone Andhra has failed them

Farmers on holiday

Andhra farmers shun growing paddy this kharif in absence of buyers, storage space

Bird flu in Kerala under control, say authorities

It was caused by H5N1 virus, confirm laboratory tests; culling to end Monday

Ground water levels plummet in Andhra Pradesh

Farmers in distress dig deeper for water

Over 400 farmers have committed suicide in Telangana since its formation

National Human Rights Commission has sought report from the state

Rooftop revolution

More and more people in food-deficit Kerala are taking up terrace farming to grow organic vegetables and fruits

Andhra government fails to present much-hyped agriculture budget

It presents only an action plan for agriculture; Rs 25,962 crore earmarked for agriculture and allied sectors

Sugarcane farmers’ suicides: national rights body urged to intervene

Unscientific pricing of sugarcane, harassment by money lenders and delay in receiving payments are plaguing cultivators

Deadly promise

Poll promise to waive crop loan led farmers to default and incur debt in the nascent Telangana state. About 100 of them commit suicide

Kerala regularises paddy field reclamation and conversion up to 2008

The government expects to make additional revenue of Rs 200 crore; activists say it has yielded to mafia pressure

High on nectar

Demand for neera, the fresh sap of young coconut flowers, is rising with advances in food preservation technologies. It's time Kerala stopped …

Orchards in desert

A simple technology assures continuous moisture supply to plants, helps grow orchards in water-scarce areas

What led to forest officer’s killing

In Andhra Pradesh, revenue department gives land to poor, forest department wants it back

Civil society groups appeal against sacrificing biosafety for biotech companies

 Urge governments to implement biosafety protocols and adopting cautious approach towards risky technologies like genetic engineering 

Crop of debt

Surplus sugar production in the country has brought down sugar rates. As mills stop purchasing sugarcane, farmers are driven to suicide

Big idea

Monsoon vegetable jackfruit has caught the fancy of entrepreneurs in India, one of its biggest producers

RBI rejects Andhra's request for farm loan reschedule

Apex bank finds no reason to waive farm loans or loan restructuring after independent verification of the state's official data on farm yields

Some nets and sunshine

Fishers in a Tamil Nadu village save cost and improve catch with solar panel-fitted boats

Distressed handloom weavers seek bailout

The allocation for handloom sector was reduced to Rs 620.5 crore in 2014-15 from Rs 2,960.5 crore in 2012-13 budget