Bhubaneswar: BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra once again raised the issue of farmers of the state in the Upper House by way of a supplementary question.
The system is likely to continue to move nearly north-north-eastwards and weaken further into a low-pressure area during the next 12 hours, said the IMD bulletin.
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Nabarangpur experiment helps farmers ‘mint’ money
Now as reaping has begun, the two Japanese varieties - Kosi and Kranti - sown in January on a pilot basis, have so far yielded 30 tonne, 80 pc has been sold.
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UMERKOTE: When 10 acres of land of Ajit Nayak from Duduriguda village, Ratnakar Mali from Churahandi village and Paresnath Bisoi of Tentulikhunti in Nabarangpur district were chosen for a first of its kind experiment in mint cultivation, it raised hopes among the other farmers to earn good even during the lean period between Rabi and Kharif cultivation.