Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha’s leader, Kodihalli Chandrashekar will be joining hands with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal. Turning up in large numbers for the event at the National college ground near Basvanagudi, farmers believe that KRRS and AAP’s partnership will benefit them in certain ways. Over 30,000 people assembled for the event in […]
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Farmers in Karnataka are unable to reap benefits from PMFBY. Farmers in Karnataka are not able to get benefits from Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) due to lack of proper distribution channels and infrastructure which leads to an increased financial burden on the farmers. Sharanu, a farmer in Gollahali said that he did not […]
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Off-season corporate farming becomes the new normal. Mangamma gets up at 4 a.m. She sprinkles water on the threshold and draws rangoli on it. She quickly cut the onions and tomatoes to make a curry and steamed rice. Once the rice and curry are ready, she sits down and begins to fold clothes. Today she […]
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Lack of knowledge about technology is making farmers continue to sell in traditional markets. Despite the state and central government’s effort to help the farmers sell their crops by creating advanced digital platforms like ReMS (Rastriya e-market service) and National Agriculture Market (e- Nam), many farmers lack technological knowledge about its usage. A farmer in […]
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In an exclusive interview with the Softcopy, the AIKS general secretary explains the rationale behind continuing protests and insists that the farmers want to go home. Bengaluru: Farmers will withdraw from the Singhu border if the government gave written assurance that they would accept the primary demands of Samyukta Kisan Morcha, said Hannan Mollah, general […]
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Even though India is the second-largest exporter of sugarcane in the world, the sugar mills owe Rs. 15,683 crores to the farmers, across the nation to date. Sugarcane farmers across the state plan to continue their agitation until the government accepts their demands, said Kurubur Shanthakumar, President of the Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers’ Association, and […]
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The Forest department said that hundreds of cases of sandalwood theft are reported each year in Karnataka alone. Bengaluru: A microchip developed by the Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST) to detect sandalwood theft cannot be produced on a mass scale because the central government is yet to release funds for it. V. Soundarajan, […]
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Accidental pesticide poisoning cases increase proportionally with the sales of chemical fertilizers Cases of unintentional pesticide and insecticide poisoning have increased by 13 percent in Karnataka, and about six percent across the country between 2019 and 2020, shows data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. In Karnataka, 862 cases were reported in 2019 […]
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Small and marginal farmers have been affected by the delay in crediting the PM Kisan Nidhi Scheme. Mumbai: Datta Karande, a farmer from Solapur, has been dependent on the Pradhan Mantri (PM) Kisan Nidhi for the last two years to continue farming. This year, his instalment was delayed by more than a month. He said, […]
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Drop in demand and increase in prices have left mango farmers struggling. Ramanagara: Farmers in the district are finding it difficult to harvest mangoes that are left rotting in farms due to lockdown restrictions. Small scale farmers in Ramanagara district,the second-largest mango producer in Karnataka after Kolar district, are looking at huge losses, as restrictions […]
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