Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday doled out sops to farmers, providing them six more months to repay existing loans and bringing down the effective interest rate of loans to five percent.
Tomatoes prices have crashed to just Rs 4 a kilo in the state.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/110466/karnataka-farmers-pray-for-rise-in-tomato-prices.html
Women in villages are taking charge of agriculture and much more.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/forbes-india-the-sickle-and-the-superwoman/101418-3.html
Govt will also keep a close vigil of grain markets for parity of prices.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/govt-to-focus-on-rabi-crops-to-counter-drought/99229-3.html
Rains fail, government too, in backward district of Jharkhand.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/droughthit-farmers-seek-prezs-nod-to-die/95858-3.html
Farmers are not worst hit yet, but may suffer for fertilizer etc soon.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/wall-street-effect-has-not-reached-indian-fields/78165-3.html
3.3 lakh hectares farmland destroyed; lakhs may flock to cities.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/after-the-floods-kosi-piles-on-more-disasters/74041-3.html
The Australian bird meat may cost you 750 rupees per kg but is cholesterol-free.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/orissas-bird-farmers-cash-in-on-emus/70011-3.html
IBN Lokmat's Alka Dhupkar tells the story of revolution in aquaculture.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/69687/blue-revolution-prawnfarming-has-never-been-so-easy.html
Manoj Sharma, who brought a revolution in aquaculture says prawn farming isn't easy.
Eight years after the Kargil war, farmers in border sector of Akhnoor, J&K, are returning to their demined fields.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/farmers-return-to-jk-killer-fields/41010-3.html
Thousands of farmers during farming season in Kashmir will be out in streets early morning to work in the fields.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/army-alert-terror-in-peasants-garb/33152-3.html
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