A farmer in Odisha claims to have grown the world’s most expensive mangoes, the Miyazaki variety, which costs ₹2.5-3 lakh per kg in the international market. The Miyazaki breed, originally from Japan, is known for its unique taste and medicinal value. A farmer in Odisha has claimed that he has grown the world’s most expensive […]
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Odisha to provide free crop insurance to farmers for 3 years
Synopsis “The Cooperation Department would bear the premium of the insurance from the 2023 Kharif season to the 2025-26 Rabi season. Odisha is the first state in the country to provide free crop insurance to farmers,” Naveen Patnaik said. “The Cooperation Department would bear the premium of the insurance from the 2023 Kharif season to […]
Low registration of farmers worry for Odisha government
Secretaries of PACS asked to bring all farmers, who have taken loans for paddy crops, into the registration fold BHUBANESWAR: With only four days left for closure of online registration for sale of surplus paddy to Government agencies under price support system, only 3.16 lakh farmers are reported to have enrolled for 2019-20 kharif marketing season. […]