Nearly 40-60% of the orange orchards in the Vidarbha region have gone completely dry. Orange farmers in Maharashtra are caught in the grip of drought with their orchards withering amid an intense heat
Orange farming in this area has flourished since its commercial cultivation began under the five-year term (2006-2011) Orange Development Project (ODP) of the DAE. Commercial cultivation of orange is gaining
Formalin is used in 93.75 per cent of mangoes selling in the capital, said a report of Save the Environment Movement on Tuesday. Among 96 collected samples the presence of formalin was detected in 90
SHILLONG: The noble initiative taken by the villagers of Narwan Village in East Jaintia Hills to grow oranges rather than engaging in coal mining has now begun to pay rich dividends. As part of the 41st Meghalaya Day celebration in the city, Governor RS Mooshahary released the Narwan Oranges marketed by the Narwan Village Society of Shangpung area in collaboration with Integrated Basin Development Livelihood Programme Unit, East Jaintia Hills District.
The Tinsukia district administration has launched an ambitious project, “Mission Orange”, to increase cultivation of the citrus fruit manifold in the next five years with an aim to bring economic prosperity
The Maharashtra government has decided to launch a project with $85 million funding from the Asian Development Bank, which will augment the agriculture infrastructure in the State. The project is named
Ratnakar Golewar, 42, a farmer from Warud in Amravati district, was quite happy with the yield in his 7-acre orange orchard this year. “I had borrowed Rs1 lakh for overhauling the drip irrigation in the
Itanagar: Orange farmers in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh are spending sleepless nights following death of pre-mature trees in large area of plantations after being attacked by pests.
Madhya Pradesh may not be an
Soaring temperature had led to incidences of fruit damage AFALL in production of oranges across major belts of Punjab, Maharashtra and Rajasthan has led to prices rising between 40% and 45% and touching 290-350 for a carton of 10 kg. The one bright spot, literally, is that growers in the Darjeeling hills are expecting a good crop due to adequate rainfall and bright sunny days that are keep
