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Agriculture
  • Farmers extracting wheat from thresher machine in the village in Agra.

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  • The best part is that using one mother plant, you can grow two-three varieties of mangoes. Thus, you can pluck Alphonso Payri, Kesar and Totapuri from the same tree. But when graf...

    Photograph by Sanjeev Chowdhury
  • In Maharashtra, around Ratnagiri region, Alphonso grows in abundance. Nearer Mumbai, varieties of Payri, Kesar and Totapuri are grown more.

    Photograph by Sanjeev Chowdhury
  • The reason is that any hybrid plant needs to adapt itself to the environment. But when grafted properly with a local plant, it adapts itself faster. Mango grafting should not be do...

    Photograph by Sanjeev Chowdhury
  • When we plant a tree in the garden, we need to take all care like proper watering, application of fertilisers and pesticides, etc. Still they sometimes wither. But plants growing l...

    Photograph by Sanjeev Chowdhury
  • If you put a hybrid plant directly in soil, it will take longer to bear fruit. A wild variety or tree will grow faster and requires less attention than the hybrid.

    Photograph by Sanjeev Chowdhury
  • Thus, no other growth can be allowed on it; the only growth should be of the graft. And in about three years or so, it should bear fruit.

    Photograph by Sanjeev Chowdhury
  • Now, for a little over a year, you need to keep a watch if there is any growth apart from the graft. If you notice any such growth, it needs to be snipped. All the energy of the mo...

    Photograph by Sanjeev Chowdhury
  • After some time, you will notice the leaves and then, small buds sprouting on top. Then you need to cut the mother plant around the top – about two feet from graft.

    Photograph by Sanjeev Chowdhury
  • Wild mangoes are smaller and less pulpy. You can get such mango trees in any forest. You need to select one mature tree and then graft it with a hybrid mango of your choice… say ...

    Photograph by Sanjeev Chowdhury
  • Mango tree grafting can be done in a one or two-year-old plant or an older tree as well (called the mother plant).

    Photograph by Sanjeev Chowdhury
  • Farmers inspect their wheat crop affected due to rains and strong winds, at a village in Patiala district.

    PTI Photo
  • And… Mahi loves dogs. He has quite a few at home and has trained them to perform some pretty neat tricks as well. ‘Captain Cool’ remains as ‘hot’ as ever on this ‘new f...

    Image Courtesy: Instagram @mahi7781
  • In an Instagram post earlier, Dhoni had shared a video in which he plucked a strawberry from his own farm and ate it. “If I keep going to the farm, there won’t be any strawberr...

    Image Courtesy: Instagram @mahi7781
  • Now, reports indicate that some of the produce may be exported to Gulf markets like Dubai. All Season Farm Fresh, an agency which helps the state agriculture department with vegeta...

    Photo by Karun Kumar
  • Grown in his farmhouse – where Dhoni regularly chips in, like driving a tractor himself as in this photograph – the produce is sold in the markets in the state’s capital, Ran...

  • Now Dhoni, who retired from international cricket in August 2020, grows strawberries, cabbages, tomatoes, peas, etc at Sembo village in Jharkhand.
    For exclusive details on Mahe...

    Photo by Karun Kumar
  • Each time Mahendra Singh Dhoni went out to the field, opponents were usually in disarray, and their hearts skipped several beats, thinking what Mahi’s next move would be.

  • Farmers inspect their damaged wheat crop following unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm, in the outskirts of Bhopal.

    PTI Photo
  • Farm workers harvest sweet potatoes in a field at a village in Karad, Maharashtra

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  • Harvesting Almost Over, Farmers Begin March Towards Delhi
    Farmers march towards Delhi to join protestors sitting at borders. April 24 will mark 150 days of the sit-in demonstration which began late November.
    Apr 21, 2021
    | Outlook Web Bureau
  • Farmers Determined To Continue Protest Against Farm Laws Despite Covid Surge
    Most farmer leaders have claimed that there are no reports of Covid-19 cases at protest sites and Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has reiterated his refusal to move out.
    Apr 19, 2021
    | Jayanta Bhattacharya
  • 86% Of Available Wheat Procured In Punjab: Mandi Board
    Punjab had set a target for procurement of 130 LMT of wheat in the ongoing Rabi Marketing Season. It has already procured 29.65 LMT in a week.
    Apr 17, 2021
    | Outlook Web Bureau
  • Govt For Pvt Sector Participation In Doubling Farmers’ Income
    The minister assured for minimum support price (MSP) in maize and said that it is a cereal crop of versatile use and must be promoted as intercrop
    Apr 17, 2021
    | Outlook Web Bureau
  • Most Effective Houseplant To Reduce ‘Carbon Footprint’?
    An experiment was conducted to find how effective are certain houseplants at taking in carbon dioxide and cleaning our air.
    Apr 13, 2021
    | Outlook Web Bureau
  • Protesting Farmers Try To Gherao Union Minister Som Parkash, Cops Foil Their Attempt
    Farmers raised slogans against the Central government and Som Parkash, who is also the MP from Hoshiarpur.
    Apr 04, 2021
    | Outlook Web Bureau
  • A Little Coating May Keep Agri Produce Healthy
    In India, there is growing demand for biopolymer-based edible coating materials for postharvest quality improvement of perishable commodities
    Apr 04, 2021
    | Outlook Web Bureau
  • This Chef Grows Fruits And Vegetables In The Arctic Circle
    Benjamin Vidmar left Florida’s sun and sand to grow fruits and vegetables in a land where no one else has ever dared to.
    Apr 03, 2021
    | Outlook Web Bureau
  • Vegetable For 1 Lakh Per Kilo? This Bihar Farmer Is Growing World's Costliest Crop
    Amresh Singh from Karamdih village under Navinagar block of Bihar's Aurangabad district is among the pioneers in hop-shoot cultivation in India.
    Apr 01, 2021
    | Outlook Web Bureau
  • Growing This Plant As Healthy Substitute To Sugar
    Stevia rebaudiana has gained popularity as an alternative sweetener. In warmer climates, it is a perennial herb and can be harvested multiple times in a year.
    Mar 30, 2021
    | Outlook Web Bureau
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  • Watering A Green Evolution
    Amarinder Singh government pushes for crops that need less water...and save underground aquifers
    Apr 08, 2021
    | G.P. Singh
  • State Of The Farm Laws
    Agriculture is a state subject, but Central laws have historically prevailed. Will the three farm laws survive farmers’ anger?
    Mar 18, 2021
    | Lola Nayar
  • Our Big-Little Kitchen Garden
    Urban dwellers are discovering their green thumb, making new friends and eating fresh, organic greens from community farming
    Mar 17, 2021
    | Lachmi Deb Roy
  • Punjab Diary
    What does a movement look like, and feel like? The human spirit, in all its joyous colour, is unfurled across a whole landscape that’s become a modern, mobile Kurukshetra.
    Mar 10, 2021
    | Soumitra Bose
  • Made Of Tendentious Tripe
    Protest is democratic, and opinion free…but what does this global coalition of celeb voices have to do with us? Including a Canadian PM who has attacked Indian farm ‘subsidies’?
    Feb 11, 2021
    | Advaita Kala
  • Sow No Hope
    Budget 2021 reinforces ­farmers’ fears that corporate India ­matters more than them
    Feb 04, 2021
    | Lola Nayar Jyotika Sood
  • The Invisible Farmers
    The entrenched male bias reflected in the SC’s words is part of a collective larceny. India harms itself by keeping women farmers bereft of land, information, credit, technology.
    Jan 21, 2021
    | Bina Agarwal
  • The Earth And Her Daughters
    Missing in common images of the 'kisan', not counted by economists, not found on property papers. Recent events put the focus on the silent workforce of our farms.
    Jan 21, 2021
    | Preetha Nair
  • Sow Only After Preparing Soil
    Shelving the enforcement of the new farm laws, until amendments are dec­ided upon, is the way forward to end the deadlock created due to farmers' protest.
    Dec 10, 2020
    | Sukhpal Singh
  • Minimum Support, Maximum Mileage
    MSP has long ceased to be an enabler for farmers. It is more of a political tool to garner votes. And this trend started well before Modi.
    Dec 10, 2020
    | Ajit Kumar Jha
  • ‘New Laws Not Related To MSP’
    Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar talks about the government’s position on the ongoing famers' agitation and the new farm bills
    Dec 10, 2020
    | Prashant Srivastava
  • Minus And Maximus
    The Centre underestimated farmers’ grievances and is unwilling to climb down and lose face. Its only hope is a chink in the impregnable phalanx of the protestors.
    Dec 10, 2020
    | Bhavna Vij-Aurora
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    Nov 16, 2009
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