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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:31:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thackeray demands compensation for losses towards first sowing]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:31:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Shiv Sena executive president, Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday demanded that state government should pay Rs 10,000 per acre compensation to farmers who have suffered losses due to insufficient rains in the first sowing.&quot;The scanty rains across Maharashtra have aggravated the problem of farmers and they are forced to go in for second and third sowing and thus have incurred losses on account of fai<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vidarbha's Kalawati threatens suicide]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/vidarbhas-kalawati-threatens-suicide/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:49:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Relief is trickling in for Kalawati Bandurkar, the widow who has suddenly become the face of Vidarbha's agrarian crisis after Rahul Gandhi mentioned her during the Lok Sabha debate on Tuesday. But the aid, all from individuals, remains meagre.On Friday, the mother of nine broke down and threatened to end her life, saying she has only got visits from government officials but no assistance<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sowing and bank credit on hold]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/sowing-and-bank-credit-on-hold/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:09:53 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Farmers face a year without a steady source of income should the rains fail.Even if rains now, farmers have no money to buy seeds and fertiliser again since the banks haven't begun disbursement of credit.Ramdas Vaidya, 60, a farmer in Amravati is worried. The seven acres he owns in the village of Sheoni Rasulapur wear a barren look. The first two sowings have not germinated.First, he <br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[शेतीचे पाणी बंद...]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6-/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:55:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
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<description><![CDATA[पाऊस गायब झाल्याने राज्यातील लहान-मोठ्या धरणांमध्ये पाण्याचा अल्प साठा शिल्लक असून, सर्व धरणांचे पाणी केवळ पिण्यासाठीच राखून ठेवण्याचा आणि ते शेती व अन्य कारणांसाठी न देण्याचा निर्णय जलसंपदा मंत्री अजित पवार यांनी गुरुवारी विधानसभेत जाहीर केला.पावसाने दडी मारल्याने उद्भवलेल्या दुष्काळी परिस्थितीवर दोन्ही सभागृहातील चचेर्स उत्तर देताना ही घोषणा करण्यात आली. उजनी धरणात सध्या उणे २० टक्के पाणीसा<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[दुष्काळ! विजेचा आणि पाण्याचा]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B3-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:35:36 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
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<description><![CDATA[पुणे आणि ठाण्यातील शून्य लोडशेडिंगसाठी ठरल्यापेक्षा जास्त वीज उपलब्ध होत नसल्याने बुधवारपासून पुणे भागात एक तास आणि ठाणे, नवी मुंबई, भांडुप, मुलुंड, कांजूरमार्ग, वाशी, पनवेल आणि नेरूळ येथे अडीच ते चार तासांच्या लोडशेडिंगची वीज कोसळणार आहे.पावसाने पाठ फिरविल्याने राज्यावर दुष्काळाचे संकट ओढवले असून वीज व पाण्याचा गंभीर प्रश्न निर्माण झाला आहे. या संकटाला तोंड देण्यासाठी सरकार विविध उपाय करत आह<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Drought-like' situation in Maharashtra]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/drought-like-situation-in-maharashtra/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:37:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Maharashtra government on Wednesday declared a &quot;drought-like&quot; situation in the state.The state cabinet took the decision at a meeting in view of below-average rainfall in many regions. This, the cabinet said, has resulted in only 29 percent of sowing possible so far.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[message for Vidarbha farmers]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/message-for-vidarbha-farmers/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:32:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A group of poor, uneducated Dalit women from Andhra Pradesh, is in mumbai and they have a piece of advice for Vidarbha's farmers. They are asking vidarbha farmers to shift to food crops and stay strong, not just to survive, but also to live with dignity.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Farmers start stir against RIL SEZ in Raigad]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/farmers-start-stir-against-ril-sez-in-raigad/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/farmers-start-stir-against-ril-sez-in-raigad/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:07:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Traffic on the Mumbai-Goa national highway was on Tuesday disrupted as 500-odd farmers protesting against the setting up of a special economic zone in Raigad district blocked the road for more than two hours.Eknath Thakur, a farmer from Div village who owns two-and-a-half acres, said: &quot;We would not have opposed the land acquisition if any industry was coming here. But the SEZ will only fulfi<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Farmer tries to end life at Azad Maidan]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/farmer-tries-to-end-life-at-azad-maidan/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:44:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Traumatised by the meagre compensation paid to him by the state government for his agricultural land, a 56-year-old Jalgaon-based farmer attempted suicide by consuming rat poison on Thursday morning. The government, which took away the farmer's 2.3-acre land 18 years ago, has paid him only Rs 1 lakh over the years. The last instalment for the land, which now costs Rs 50 lakh, reportedly came<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[14 Vidarbha farmers kill self in 3 days]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/14-vidarbha-farmers-kill-self-in-3-days/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/14-vidarbha-farmers-kill-self-in-3-days/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:15:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It seems finance minister P Chidambaram's loan-waiver Union budget has failed to stem the suicides in Vidarbha. As many as 14 farmers of the agrarian crisis-hit region have committed suicide in the past three days, taking the toll to 61 after the Rs 60,000 crore farm loan waiver was announced.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[I came to sell my kidney so that my two children could have a future]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/i-came-to-sell-my-kidney-so-that-my-two-children-could-have-a-future/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/i-came-to-sell-my-kidney-so-that-my-two-children-could-have-a-future/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:16:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Farmer Vishnu Baburao Sarode from Vidarbha came to Mumbai last Wednesday to sell his kidney to pay off a steep debt and to ensure his children's future; he fortunately met the right people who gave him Rs 5,000 and sent him back home.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Maharashtra farmer ends life in government office]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Maharashtra_farmer_ends_life_in_government_office/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Maharashtra_farmer_ends_life_in_government_office/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:51:15 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A debt-ridden farmer in Maharashtra committed suicide Monday by consuming poison in a government office near here, blaming the entire state machinery &quot;from the local police station to the chief minister's office&quot; for his desperate act. The farmer, Devendra Khedkar (28) of Jitapur village in Akola district's Murtijapur sub-distict, was rushed first to the sub-district hospital and then to the Akol<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mango season hits Mumbai early but prices soar]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Mango_season_hits_Mumbai_early_but_prices_soar/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Mango_season_hits_Mumbai_early_but_prices_soar/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:41:58 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Although summer is some time away, Mumbai has already started welcoming the king of fruits a full month early. The prolonged &amp; intense winter that hit the usually warm state last month resulted in mangoes being picked by farmers and transported to markets earlier<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Lesson For Nandigram]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/A_Lesson_For_Nandigram/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:20:27 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Avasari Khurd, a typical nondescript Maharashtrian village, may well rewrite the unhappy script that the SEZ (special economic zone) story has followed so far. Nestled in the plains of Ambegaon, 40 km from Pune, Avasari's farmers have designed an SEZ that will be owned, largely constructed, and managed by themselves. &quot;The Avasari farmer,&quot; says 72-year-old Sopanrao Bhor, prime mover of <br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Farmers to set up own SEZ near Pune]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_to_set_up_own_SEZ_near_Pune/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_to_set_up_own_SEZ_near_Pune/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:42:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Herein probably lies the key to avoiding strife over special economic zones (SEZs). While industrialists are eyeing farmers' land across the country, a village barely 40 km from the city has taken the initiative to set up its very own SEZ.And now, the state government has given the go-ahead for this the first farmers' SEZ in the country, which will be set up at Avasari Khurd village in <br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bitter harvest drives grape farmers to suicide]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Bitter_harvest_drives_grape_farmers_to_suicide/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Bitter_harvest_drives_grape_farmers_to_suicide/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:05:49 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Kadegaon and Tasgaon have, respectively, seen five and four grape-growing farmers commit suicide over the past year. Their deaths add to a deadly tally of 70-odd suicides by grape growers over the past two years - a bizarre juxtaposition to the celebratory enthusiasm of the local politicians.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[केळी घ्या 'ऑनलाईन']]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%98%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%A8/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:19:30 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
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<description><![CDATA['   सफल नॅशनल एक्स्चेंज ऑफ इंडिया' लि. या कंपनीच्या माध्यमातून जळगाव जिल्ह्यातील केळी उत्पादकांनी केळीची विक्री करण्यास सुरुवात केल्यामुळे केळी उत्पादकांना पारंपरिकपद्धतीपेक्षा अधिक भाव मिळत असून, व्यवहारातही पारदर्शकता आली आहे.मदर डेअरी, मल्टी कमोडीटी एक्स्चेंज फायनान्शियल टेक्नॉलॉजी ऑफ इंडिया अशा तीन कंपन्यांची मिळून 'सफल नॅशनल एक्स्चेंज ऑफ इंडिया' ही कंपनी तयार झालीय. तिच्या माध्यमातून<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ma’am, we’d like to kill ourselves]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Marsquoam_wersquod_like_to_kill_ourselves/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:43:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Besieged by debt, three young onion farmers from Daregaon have asked for voluntary death in a letter to the President. Piali Banerjee and Ram Parmar went over to the village to talk to themWhen all anger is spent, all hope is lost and all fight has left you, you usually call out to your opponents to come kill you. That's exactly the state of mind of three young onion farmers of Daregaon villa<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Maharashtra sugarcane industry in for a bitter harvest this season]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Maharashtra_sugarcane_industry_in_for_a_bitter_harvest_this_season/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Maharashtra_sugarcane_industry_in_for_a_bitter_harvest_this_season/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:01:42 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Bailed out by the state Government last season following a sugarcane glut, the sugar industry in Maharashtra is heading for a much serious crisis. The abundance of cane this season is likely to result in over 100 lakh tonnes of cane remaining uncrushed, as against 43 lakh tonnes last year. Since the state Government includes politicians who are also sugar barons, the package to bail out t<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Farmers to dump debt papers on new year's eve]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_to_dump_debt_papers_on_new_years_eve/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_to_dump_debt_papers_on_new_years_eve/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:12:59 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_to_dump_debt_papers_on_new_years_eve/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With suicides by debt-ridden farmers continuing unabated, Kisan Coordination Committee (KCC) has come out with a &quot;novel plan&quot; to &quot;bid goodbye&quot; to debt by dumping loan documents in the sea here on the eve of the new year.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Farmers refuse to part with land for Pune airport, threaten agitation]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_refuse_to_part_with_land_for_Pune_airport_threaten_agitation/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_refuse_to_part_with_land_for_Pune_airport_threaten_agitation/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:10:43 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_refuse_to_part_with_land_for_Pune_airport_threaten_agitation/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[They are the reluctant inheritors of wealth. Reluctant, not because they don't want the money, but they don't want it at the cost of one thing they cherish as much as their lives - their farm land which is under threat of being acquired for the proposed new international airport at Chakan. Unlike in some other villages, also in Khed taluka, where land is being acquired quite peacefully and wi<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[For these Pune farmers, country liquor spray helps in harvest]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/For_these_Pune_farmers_country_liquor_spray_helps_in_harvest/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/For_these_Pune_farmers_country_liquor_spray_helps_in_harvest/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:36:04 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/For_these_Pune_farmers_country_liquor_spray_helps_in_harvest/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Liquor-laced chocolates, we're familiar with. But liquor-sprayed vegetable is still virgin ground, one would think. Not quite. For farmers in dozens of villages in the Haveli and Purandar talukas of Pune district, government-approved country liquor (desi daru) and hathpatti (local illegal brew) have been donning the role of key agricultural input for almost one year, a trend that could well sweep<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Asia Development Bank, is planning to open 60 agri business centres (ABCs) in Maharashtra]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Asia_Development_Bank_is_planning_to_open_60_agri_business_centres_ABCs_in_Maharashtra/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Asia_Development_Bank_is_planning_to_open_60_agri_business_centres_ABCs_in_Maharashtra/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:26:13 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Asia_Development_Bank_is_planning_to_open_60_agri_business_centres_ABCs_in_Maharashtra/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Centre, with the assistance of the Asia Development Bank, is planning to open 60 agri business centres (ABCs) in Maharashtra, including 12 in Nashik district, next year. The move is aimed at creating a platform for farmers for direct sale of their produce and help them fetch a better price. Only two states in the country � Maharashtra and Bihar � have been selected for this novel project.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Got Rs 1,000 Crore? A River Is Yours !]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Got_Rs_1000_Crore_A_River_Is_Yours_/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Got_Rs_1000_Crore_A_River_Is_Yours_/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:05:16 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Got_Rs_1000_Crore_A_River_Is_Yours_/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Maharashtra's minister for water resources, Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar,is a busy man. After all, it requires considerable ingenuity and a lot of paperwork to try and sell a 208-km stretch of a major river-the Nira-and the Deogarh dam on it to the highest private bidder. The river up for sale runs through the districts of Pune and Satara and is likely to have a command area that could also feed S<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Neem plantation has led to drop in suicides in Maharashtra]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Neem_plantation_has_led_to_drop_in_suicides_in_Maharashtra/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Neem_plantation_has_led_to_drop_in_suicides_in_Maharashtra/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:17:34 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Neem_plantation_has_led_to_drop_in_suicides_in_Maharashtra/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Claiming that its neem plantation campaign in the Vidarbha region of Maharasthra has helped in bringing down the suicide rate among farmers, the Neem Foundation on Tuesday said it planned to extend the scheme across the country<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nearly 1.5 lakh farm suicides from 1997 to 2005]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Nearly_1-5_lakh_farm_suicides_from_1997_to_2005-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Nearly_1-5_lakh_farm_suicides_from_1997_to_2005-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:35:39 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Nearly_1-5_lakh_farm_suicides_from_1997_to_2005-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 1,50,000 Indian farmers committed suicide in nine years from 1997 to 2005, official data show. While the suicides occurred in many States, nearly two-thirds of such deaths were concentrated in five States where just a third of the country's population lives. This means that farm suicides occurred in these (mainly cash crop) regions with appalling intensity.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Farmers benefiting from organized retails]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_benefiting_from_organized_retails/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_benefiting_from_organized_retails/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:34:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_benefiting_from_organized_retails/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For farmers, organized retails like reliance fresh is a good opportunity for making more money, they get better value for their goods, free pick up of his produce, no commission agent and goods are weighed electronically. As least this is what some of the news reports says, unless there is a different ground reality.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[पॅकेज अडवा, पॅकेज जिरवा!]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:09:26 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[दुष्काळाचा प्रश्न असो... पुराची समस्या असो... वा कर्जाच्या ओझ्याखाली दबलेल्या शेतकऱ्यांनी जवळ केलेला गळफास, कोट्यवधी रुपयांच्या पॅकेजचे सरकारी उत्तर तयार असते. या पॅकेजमधील निधी वाहताना सरकारी आणि प्रशासकीय जमिनीत इतका जिरत जातो की वंचितांचे हात बहुतांश कोरडेच राहतात.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reuters goes rural, empowers Maharashtra farmers]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Reuters_goes_rural_empowers_Maharashtra_farmers/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Reuters_goes_rural_empowers_Maharashtra_farmers/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:58:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Reuters_goes_rural_empowers_Maharashtra_farmers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Global news agency Reuters on Monday kicked off a mobile information service in Maharashtra that will provide thousands of farmers in the state with critical information about commodity prices, weather forecasts and other important news, in their native language.The information, which will cost the farmer Rs60 a month, will help him achieve better yields by providing him with accurate weather f<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Onions draw tears again in Maharashtra]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Onions_draw_tears_again_in_Maharashtra/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Onions_draw_tears_again_in_Maharashtra/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:41:49 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Onions_draw_tears_again_in_Maharashtra/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Onion prices are going through the roof, and you can blame it on the rain. The torrential downpours this year have damaged part of the crop, pushing retail prices from Rs 15 per kg in mid-August to Rs 25 on Saturday. Onion is an important economic indicator and is one of the five foods - potato, rice, wheat and pulses are the others - whose prices are used to calculate the inflation rate. Ris<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sweet discovery]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Sweet_discovery-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Sweet_discovery-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:52:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Sweet_discovery-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sweet news indeed ... but are the politicians and bureaucrats listening ???Whereas 98 per cent of the water used for irrigation in Maharashtra goes towards sugarcane cultivation, TSB can be grown in dry areas with one-third to half the water. Sugarcane needs an initial harvest period of 18 months and 3 ratoons of 12 months each. TSB can be harvested after five months with a yield pegged a<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Compact Biogas Plant makes waves in Maharashtra]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Compact_Biogas_Plant_makes_waves_in_Maharashtra/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Compact_Biogas_Plant_makes_waves_in_Maharashtra/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:50:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Compact_Biogas_Plant_makes_waves_in_Maharashtra/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Biogas has not been commercially viable because of the high amount of biodegradable waste required to produce small quantity of methane. This scene is likely to change with the development of Compact Biogas Plant, which requires small amount of biodegradable waste and can be installed in a household. About 40 kg of dung is required to ferment for 40 days to produce 250 gm of methane.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vidarbha Farmers are Lazy - CM]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Vidarbha_Farmers_are_Lazy_-_CM/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Vidarbha_Farmers_are_Lazy_-_CM/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:50:10 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Vidarbha_Farmers_are_Lazy_-_CM/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It was an oft-repeated comment - that people, indeed, farmers, from Vidarbha are lazy - but Union minister for textile Shankar Sinh Vaghela and Maharashtra CM Mr.  Deshmukh could not have made it at a worse time or place.Those who attended this function went back disappointed. They had come in the hope that some measures would be announced to alleviate the suffering of the of the fa<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PM’s focuses on Maharashtra’s agriculture]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/PMrsquos_focuses_on_Maharashtrarsquos_agriculture/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/PMrsquos_focuses_on_Maharashtrarsquos_agriculture/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:34:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/PMrsquos_focuses_on_Maharashtrarsquos_agriculture/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Giving an assurance to the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to speed up growth rate of agriculture, the state government yesterday claimed that almost half of the relief package of Rs. 3750 crore for Vidarbha farmers, announced last year by Dr. Singh, had been implemented so far.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cong has lost face before aam aadmi]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Cong_has_lost_face_before_aam_aadmi/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Cong_has_lost_face_before_aam_aadmi/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:12:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Cong_has_lost_face_before_aam_aadmi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[That's not the Sena-BJP's conclusion but a scathing indictment by the party's own committee set up to investigate farmers' suicides.The state government machinery was not even inclined to understand the plight of the cotton farmers, the report said.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RBI panel pushes new rules to rein in moneylenders]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/RBI_panel_pushes_new_rules_to_rein_in_moneylenders/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/RBI_panel_pushes_new_rules_to_rein_in_moneylenders/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:02:58 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/RBI_panel_pushes_new_rules_to_rein_in_moneylenders/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With a spate of suicides by farmers due to unscrupulous moneylenders, a central bank panel has called for their compulsory registration with flexibility to state governments in fixing the maximum interest rate.Accordingly, the group has suggested a set of conditions in the pacts between the banks, financial institutions and accredited loan providers, as also some safeguard measures like enablin<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bill Gates's gift to Maharashtra: Agri kiosks]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Bill_Gatess_gift_to_Maharashtra_Agri_kiosks/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Bill_Gatess_gift_to_Maharashtra_Agri_kiosks/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:19:21 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Bill_Gatess_gift_to_Maharashtra_Agri_kiosks/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has offered to help the Maharasthra government set up agro-kiosks to serve farmers in the state, apart from setting up a research centre near Pune, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has said.Do we need computers to reduce suicide of farmers?Info like whether etc. can be communicated by exclusive TV channel also, it anyway doesn't need to be realtime.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bambo holds promise for vidarbha farmers]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Bambo_holds_promise_for_vidarbha_farmers/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Bambo_holds_promise_for_vidarbha_farmers/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 23:54:48 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Bambo_holds_promise_for_vidarbha_farmers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sunil Joshi a secretary of a NGO based in nagpur was in Mumbai promoting bamboo products from the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, which is witnessing<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Power situation in Maharashtra improves]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Power_situation_in_Maharashtra_improves-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Power_situation_in_Maharashtra_improves-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 08:13:04 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Power_situation_in_Maharashtra_improves-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The power situation in Maharashtra has improved considerably over the last few days. The reason is the unseasonal rains in the state recently.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Farmers reject package, plan morcha]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_reject_package_plan_morcha/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_reject_package_plan_morcha/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 03:04:44 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Agriculture</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Agriculture/Farmers_reject_package_plan_morcha/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Farmers from Bakuri, Kesnand, Lonikand and Wagholi who stand to lose their land for the proposed Videocon special economic zone (SEZ), rejected the p<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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