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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 208 days ago (http://www.outlookindia.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: sez farmers agriculture industry
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.

"The Avasari farmer," says 72-year-old Sopanrao Bhor, prime mover of read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 221 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: farmers sez land agriculture
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 read more »
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Avatar Posted by meemumbaikar 249 days ago (http://www.indianexpress.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: farming liquor agriculture
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 read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 340 days ago (http://www.asianage.com)
Category: Education | Tags: mumbai university online university
The Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited’s (MKCL) digital university was launched on Friday by Mr Sharad Pawar, Union minister for agriculture. The digital university is an online network of all the colleges affiliated to the various universities. read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 359 days ago (http://www.cybernoon.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: maharashtra agriculture vidarbha
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. read more »
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Avatar Posted by god 471 days ago (http://www.ibnlive.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: farmers farming flowers agriculture
Amle (Maharashtra): For traditional farmers like Shivaji Bhegade, the traditional machines have been an integral part of their farm output in western read more »
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Avatar Posted by god 471 days ago (http://www.hindu.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: agriculture farmers suicides poverty
The spate of farmers suicides in crisis-ridden Vidarbha of Maharashtra has drastically come down this year, the State Government has claimed. read more »
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