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US Farmers Make Foray into Quinoa as Demand for Grain Grows
To the south of Nash Huber's farm fields are the Olympic Mountains, peaking at nearly 8,000 feet. Due north is the end of a channel of Pacific Ocean waters that separate the United States from Canada.
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Chandrababu Naidu Raises Concern Over Poor Loan Disbursal To Farmers
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu once again expressed displeasure with the banks over poor disbursal of loans to farmers and said "the banking sector will be good only if the farmers are good."
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Andhra Pradesh Law-Makers Gift Themselves iPhones Worth Over a Crore
Andhra Pradesh was told earlier this month by its government that it is 17,500 crores in debt, which means there's little wriggle room to help farmers with loan waivers or to upgrade infrastructure in cities. But the broke state's law-makers aren't being left wanting - 175 members of the legislative assembly have been gifted an iPhone6 each.
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For Maharashtra dam contract, bribes paid, say documents; 'AP' tops list
40 pages recovered during income tax raids list in Kolhapur seem to corroborate what many activists in Maharashtra have been alleging: that across parties, politicians accept bribes in exchange for handing over expensive contracts for irrigation projects like dams and canals. The projects are rarely completed. Farmers pay the price.
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Increase input subsidy to farmers in drought-hit AP: BJP
BJP requested the Centre to increase input subsidy to the farmers in drought-affected areas who lost their crops following inadequate rainfall in Andhra Pradesh during the last year's khaif season.
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AP government manipulating farmer suicide data?
For all its claims of being farmer-friendly, the Congress-led UPA government doesn't have impressive statistics to back it up. In Andhra Pradesh, for example, Central government statistics point to 22000 farmer suicide-deaths in a 10-year period whereas the state has reported less than 40 per cent of that number. And hardly one in five such familie...
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US Farmers Make Foray into Quinoa as Demand for Grain Grows
To the south of Nash Huber's farm fields are the Olympic Mountains, peaking at nearly 8,000 feet. Due north is the end of a channel of Pacific Ocean waters that separate the United States from Canada.
-
Chandrababu Naidu Raises Concern Over Poor Loan Disbursal To Farmers
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu once again expressed displeasure with the banks over poor disbursal of loans to farmers and said "the banking sector will be good only if the farmers are good."
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Andhra Pradesh Law-Makers Gift Themselves iPhones Worth Over a Crore
Andhra Pradesh was told earlier this month by its government that it is 17,500 crores in debt, which means there's little wriggle room to help farmers with loan waivers or to upgrade infrastructure in cities. But the broke state's law-makers aren't being left wanting - 175 members of the legislative assembly have been gifted an iPhone6 each.
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For Maharashtra dam contract, bribes paid, say documents; 'AP' tops list
40 pages recovered during income tax raids list in Kolhapur seem to corroborate what many activists in Maharashtra have been alleging: that across parties, politicians accept bribes in exchange for handing over expensive contracts for irrigation projects like dams and canals. The projects are rarely completed. Farmers pay the price.
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Increase input subsidy to farmers in drought-hit AP: BJP
BJP requested the Centre to increase input subsidy to the farmers in drought-affected areas who lost their crops following inadequate rainfall in Andhra Pradesh during the last year's khaif season.
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AP government manipulating farmer suicide data?
For all its claims of being farmer-friendly, the Congress-led UPA government doesn't have impressive statistics to back it up. In Andhra Pradesh, for example, Central government statistics point to 22000 farmer suicide-deaths in a 10-year period whereas the state has reported less than 40 per cent of that number. And hardly one in five such familie...
