Failing to secure sanctions for the sought-after super seeder management of stubble and other machinery of choice in the draw of lots, a big chunk of applicants being awarded subsidised paddy straw ...

Chandigarh: Among crop residue management (CRM) machines to be given on subsidy by state govt for ongoing paddy season, Super Seeder continues to be the first choice of farmers in Punjab. Launched ...

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has said that incidents of crop residue burning have reduced by 40-45% in Haryana, 25% in western Uttar Pradesh and 14-15% in Punjab after farmers ...

At least 65,000 Punjab farmers have applied for 32,100 subsidised in-situ crop residue management machines that are to be provided by the state government during kharif harvesting, expected to start ...

Punjab stumbling in stubble burning fight The machine can be operated with a 45 hp tractor and covers about one acre in about an hour and a quarter. But Surjit Singh, 62, who has planted paddy in ...

Despite the Supreme Court putting a stop to stubble burning, farmers are still burning crop residue in Punjab and, to a lesser extent, in Haryana but only because solutions are not being easily ...

Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): A team from Department of Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development saw functioning of latest step seed drill machine for sowing basmati paddy in a farm in village Baroda.

While the Delhi government has blamed crop residue burning in neighbouring states for toxic haze over the city, the farmers express helplessness at not having any viable alternative to stubble burning ...