Puncha paddy harvesting: 400 combine harvesters to be…

[ad_1] Preparations are in full swing for paddy harvest in Kuttanad and other parts of Alappuzha district.According to the Agriculture department, farmers have cultivated rice on 609 paddy polders, spread across 26,414 hectares, a majority…

Volunteers harvest paddy grown on four acres in…

[ad_1] About 1,000 volunteers led by Baduku Kattona Banni SevaTrust, Ujire harvested paddy grown on about four acres at Belaluvillage, near Ujire, in an hour on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRAGEMENT About 1,000 volunteers…

Farmers in Kerala’s Alappuzha protest as rising salinity…

[ad_1] Farmers and agricultural labourers apply fertiliser in a paddy field at Kainakary in Kuttanad, Alappuzha. (file photo) | Photo Credit: SURESH ALLEPPEY As rising salinity levels in waterbodies threaten ‘puncha’ paddy cultivation in Kuttanad…

Nearly eight lakh tonnes of paddy procured from…

[ad_1] A farmer harvesting paddy in Tiruchi. Image used for representational purposes | Photo Credit: M. Moorthy Nearly eight lakh tonnes of paddy has been procured from Tamil Nadu farmers by the civil supplies authorities. Naturally,…