Chennai, July 15 (BPNS) The Agriculture Department of Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu has hit upon the idea of online training on new agricultural tips and the latest farm techniques for the farmers of the district. The farmers are now being educated on innovations in agricultural technologies through digital agriculture mode. Agricultural Technology Management Agency […]
Chennai, July 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Agricultural and Marketing Board and the Chettikulam Small Onion farmers producers association, Perambalur have filed an application for Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the Chettikulam small onion. NABARD- Madurai Agri-Business Incubation Form is the facilitator for this application. The applicants said that this particular onion is cultivated in […]
Puducherry, March 4 (BPNS) The farmers of Puducherry who were affected by the recent rains will get an amount of Rs 7.10 crore as rain relief. This was announced by the Agriculture Minister of the UT, Theni Jayakumar in a statement on Friday. This is in addition to an amount of Rs 6 crore sanctioned […]
Chennai, March 4 (BPNS) With the Meteorological department reporting the possibility of heavy rains in Northern Tamil Nadu in the next few days following a depression in the southwest Bay of Bengal, farmers have commenced saving the harvest shifting it to Direct Procurement Centres( DPCs) of the Civil Supplies department. Yellow and Orange alert has […]
Chennai, Jan 20 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu farmer groups and organisations have lodged strong protests against the Karnataka Pradesh Congress conducting a padayatra against the state and central governments for the construction of a dam across Cauvery river at Mekedatu. Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasaigal Sangam general secretary P.R. Pandian came out strongly against the Tamil Nadu Congress […]
Chennai, Jan 3 (BPNS) The heavy rains that lashed the delta districts of Tamil Nadu including Thanjavur and Tiruvarur in the past two days have led to a crop loss of around 20,000 acres of paddy and 1000 acres of black gram. Agriculture department officials told IANS that a detailed study on the exact crop […]
Chennai, Nov 26 ( BPNS) Tamil Nadu agricultural department has implemented a rationing system for sale of tomatoes in Coimbatore. This is to prevent bulk purchases at Uzhavar Sandhai’s or farmers’ markets. According to the agricultural department, an individual consumer can buy a maximum of 2 kg of tomatoes while 5 kg can be bought […]
Chennai, Nov 22 (BPNS) The farmers of Tamil Nadu who have lost a huge quantity of crops to the recent rains and floods have petitioned the state agriculture department to provide compensation for their losses. During the rains, around 1,50,000 hectares of crop was inundated in water in the state leading to the total loss […]
