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Odisha’s ECRICC project boosts profits through mud crab farming
11-Jul-2025 - 0 Comments.
Odisha’s scientific mud crab farming under ECRICC improves fisher incomes, promotes sustainability, and prepares for global exports.
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Odisha becomes third state in India to launch state agroforestry policy
09-Jul-2025 - 0 Comments.
Odisha becomes the third Indian state to adopt a State Agroforestry Policy, boosting green cover, sustainability, and climate action for rural communities.
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Odisha Skymet pact boosts farmers with weather tech
04-Jul-2025 - 0 Comments.
Odisha joins Skymet to launch the WINDS project, delivering real-time weather data to help farmers plan crops and manage climate risks.
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IMD forecasts heavy rain across 20+ states
24-Jun-2025 - 0 Comments.
India braces for widespread rain from June 24–29 with IMD issuing alerts for Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Odisha, Delhi, and more.
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Pradhan seeks four agri colleges in Sambalpur, Odisha
20-Jun-2025 - 0 Comments.
Dharmendra Pradhan urges Odisha CM to set up four agriculture-related institutes in Sambalpur to boost rural development and skill-building.
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Odisha to set up agriculture, fisheries colleges in Balangir and Sonepur
18-Jun-2025 - 0 Comments.
Odisha government announces agriculture and fisheries colleges in Balangir and Sonepur, fulfilling a long-standing demand to boost agri-education in western Odisha.
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Odisha launches revival plan for forgotten traditional crops
18-Jun-2025 - 0 Comments.
Odisha unveils five-year scheme to revive traditional crops and indigenous food systems across 25 blocks, benefiting 60,000 farmers.
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Odisha must diversify beyond agriculture, says CM Majhi
17-May-2025 - 0 Comments.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday underscored the urgent need for Odisha to diversify its economy beyond agriculture by boosting the manufacturing sector, asserting that inclusive growth can only be achieved through a well-rounded economic approach.
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Odisha urged to expand agri-export footprint globally
28-Apr-2025 - 0 Comments.
In a strong push to boost Odisha’s presence in the global agricultural market, Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo urged exporters to explore the state's rich array of agricultural and geographical indication (GI) products for international promotion.
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Dharmendra Pradhan unveils agri-initiatives to boost rural economy in Sambalpur
14-Apr-2025 - 0 Comments.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a series of forward-looking agricultural initiatives in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on Sunday, aimed at revitalizing the rural economy and empowering smallholder farmers through climate-smart and market-driven practices.
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Bayer sets up a 500 LPM capacity oxygen plant in the sambalpur district of Odisha
30-Apr-2022 - 0 Comments.
Bayer, a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of health care and nutrition today launched an oxygen plant with 500 LPM capacity, at SDH Rairakhol in Sambalpur district of Odisha, as part of its CSR initiative focussing on strengthening healthcare facilities in rural and underserved parts of India.
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Indian government signs USD 115m loan agreement with World Bank for implementation of watershed projects
21-Feb-2022 - 0 Comments.
The Government of India, the State Governments of Karnataka and Odisha and the World Bank have signed a USD 115m (INR 869 crore) Programme (Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development Programme) that will help national and state institutions adopt improved watershed management practices to help increase farmers’ resilience to climate change, promote higher productivity and better incomes.
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Odisha government earmark 12.5L hectare farmland, 8 Kharif crops under PM Fasal Bima Yojana
04-Jul-2021 - 0 Comments.
The State government has targeted to cover 12.5 lakh hectares of agricultural land under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in the Kharif 2021 to provide security cover to farmers against possible crop loss due to the vagaries of nature.
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CIFA partners with WWF to develop farmers’ group with fish farming entrepreneurship
30-Jun-2021 - 0 Comments.
The ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, Odisha joins hands with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and a local NGO i.e., Bali Nature Life Society as technical partner for the novel initiative for developing livelihood through farmers’ collective initiated at Kumirmari, Gosaba, South 24 Pargana, Sundarbans, West Bengal recently.
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Govt establishes institute catering to Women in Agriculture
10-Mar-2021 - 0 Comments.
Indian agriculture & farmers welfare minister, Narendra Singh Tomar said in the parliament today that government has already established an institute, ICAR-Central Institute for Women in Agriculture at Bhuvneshwar, Odisha under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi to address the problems and issues of the women in agriculture.
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Over 9 crore farmer get INR 18000 Cr deposited via direct benefit transfer
27-Dec-2020 - 0 Comments.
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi recently released the 7th instalment of financial benefit under PM KisanSammanNidhi through video conference.PM also interacted with farmers from Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh. Farmers narrated their experiences about how they have benefitted since the introduction of the Farm Acts.
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Bayer expands Better Life Farming initiative in India
02-Nov-2020 - 0 Comments.
After the successful implementation of its ‘Better Life Farming’ initiative in Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, Bayer has expanded the initiative to Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.
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Milk Mantra supports flood-affected dairy farmers
15-Sep-2020 - 0 Comments.
New age dairy startup Milk Mantra organized a health camp for cows at Gadamathiapada village on the 10 September, in a bid to support the dairy farmers of flood-affected Kanash block of Odisha’s Puri district.
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Agri minister launches 22 bamboo clusters in nine states
15-Sep-2020 - 0 Comments.
Indian minister for agriculture and farmers’ welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar recently inaugurated by virtual mode 22 bamboo clusters in 9 States (Gujarat, MP, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Karnataka). A logo for the National Bamboo Mission was also released.
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Sadananda Gowda reviews progress of Talcher Fertilizers project
24-Jun-2020 - 0 Comments.
Indian minister of chemicals and fertilizers DV Sadananda Gowda took stock of the progress of Talcher Fertilisers Limited (TFL). The plant is developing a urea unit of 12.7 lakh metric tonnes per annum capacity at Talcher, Odisha.
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Super Cyclonic Storm AMPHAN: Warning issued to West Bengal and north Odisha coasts
19-May-2020 - 0 Comments.
According to the latest release (at 1100 Hrs. IST) by the National Weather Forecasting Centre/Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorological Department:
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Targeting rice fallows to increase productivity and profitability of farmers in Odisha
26-Feb-2020 - 0 Comments.
Odisha State has about 6.5 million hectares of cultivable area out of the total geographical area of 15.6 million ha, accounting for 41.16%. Rice is the main crop of the State covering 75-80% of the total cultivated area with 3.8 million ha (Source: Odisha Agriculture Statistics 2013-14 ).
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Odisha Bird flu: Culling over in Kerang district
10-Jan-2017 - 0 Comments.
The Khurda administration has informed that culling of poultry in the affected Kerang village has been completed.
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Avian Influenza virus hits Odisha's Khordha district
27-Dec-2016 - 0 Comments.
The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fishries, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has informed the Government of Odisha regarding the confirmation of H5 N1 strain of Avian Influenza virus in village Keranga of District Khordha of Odisha.
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Odisha sets seafood export target at $3 BN by 2020
15-Oct-2016 - 0 Comments.
With seafood exports been rising from the state, Odisha state has set a target of $3 billion (Rs 20,000 crore) in the next five years or by 2020.
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Odisha Dairy Co-operative awarded ISO 22000:2005 certification
02-Aug-2016 - 0 Comments.
The MS Certification Services has granted International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 22000:2005 Certificate to the Bhubaneswar Dairy, Chandrasekharpur recently through its accredited agency under the assistance of the Institute of Quality and Environment Management Services Pvt Ltd.
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Odisha inks MoU with WorldFish
12-Jul-2016 - 0 Comments.
In order to boost fisheries sector in the state, Odisha has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with WorldFish, a global non-profit research organisation, for sustainable aquaculture operations through improved technology and farming systems.
