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Balangir: Pressing for fulfilment of their four-point charter of demands, members of the Odisha Medical Service Association (OMSA) Balangir unit led by its secretary Dr PK Ratha and Dr Girija Udgata, Dr Srinibash Sahu and Dr Bishnu Mishra and wearing black badges staged a dharna at the District Headquarters Hospital here on Friday. The demands includes implementation of dynamic assured career progression, transparent transfer policy, improvements in infrastructural facilities at periphery hospitals and not to raise the age of retirement of doctors from the existing 62 years.
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3,837 B’DESHI IMMIGRANTS STAYING IN ODISHA Thursday, 26 May 2016 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar
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The number of Bangladeshi immigrants rose to 3,837 in the State as per the official record, whereas the number of illegal immigrants is more.
The costal districts, especially Bhadrak, have turned the domicile for the Bangladeshi immigrants. After entering the State via sea route, they are making the areas of the coastal districts as their new address.
According to official record, 313 Bangladeshi immigrants have been identified in Bhadrak district, while the number is 1,112 in Jagatsinghpur and 1,649 in Kendrapada district. Non-officially, the number might be double, sources said.
After arriving in the State and staying with their relatives, the illegal immigrants are getting the benefits under several schemes by availing the voter Id and ration card with help of the local leaders and subordinate Government employees.
The local leaders are allegedly helping them for vote bank. After making their position strong in the coastal districts, they are moving to other locations of the State.
As per the official data, there are only two Bangladeshi immigrants in Bargarh district, while the number is 655 in Malkangiri and 106 in Nabarangpur district.
Recently, a Bangladeshi youth was arrested on charges of attempting to obtain passport from regional passport office submitting fake documents. The root was found to have been extended to other districts after the arrest.
While investigation is underway to unearth more details about the immigrant’s identity and his attempt to get passport from Odisha, this has become a matter of concern for the Government in view of the security.
While the Government was claiming the highest number of immigrants from the neighbouring country to be staying in Kendrapada district, the Al-Qaeda terrorist Abdul Raheman’s Kendrapada link came to fore during the probe by police.
Following the incident, the security forces have been more alert over the issue. Not only in the coastal districts, but also the immigrants are allegedly involved in several businesses in the State capital.
PLANS AFOOT TO REVIVE MINOR MILLET FARMING IN BALANGIR Monday, 27 May 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
PLANS AFOOT TO REVIVE
MINOR MILLET FARMING IN BALANGIR
Monday, 27 May 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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With a bid to revive Gurjee cultivation and give it the much-needed boost here, the district agriculture officials have dawn a plan to take up the crop in at least 100 acres of land in Mubirabhal, Titiligarh, Tureikela, Bongomunda and other areas. Gurjee, one of the minor millets, has nutritional value which was earlier consumed by rural people in a big way. But now the crop is hardly cultivated, thanks to the changing of food habits of people and lack of incentives.
According to Kharif strategy of Balangir district, for the year 2013-14, Gurjee cultivation would be taken up in a total of 100 acres in Titilagarh,Mubribahal, Tureikela, Bongomunda and adjoining areas. The farmers would contribute seed themselves. The agriculture department would provide them a financial assistance of Rs500 each, besides supply of bio fertiliser/organic fertiliser.
The farmers would be encouraged and motivated to go for scientific way of farming like line sowing and other methods for better yield, an agriculture official said.
Gurjee is sown by the end of June- July in Att land (upland) and harvested by September. It meets the crucial food stress period of the poor people. Earlier, people only cultivated it for consuming at home and not for selling. However, with small traders coming to villages to purchase it, the poor villagers are selling the crop in past few years and purchasing rice in return.
As Gurjee crop is providing food and economic security to the poor people, we are contemplating to give a further boost to it by observing a Gurjee Parab in forthcoming months, says Bhajaram Sahu of Bongomunda, while welcoming the decision of the agriculture department for revival and promotion of Gurjee in Balangir.
Monday, 27 May 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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With a bid to revive Gurjee cultivation and give it the much-needed boost here, the district agriculture officials have dawn a plan to take up the crop in at least 100 acres of land in Mubirabhal, Titiligarh, Tureikela, Bongomunda and other areas. Gurjee, one of the minor millets, has nutritional value which was earlier consumed by rural people in a big way. But now the crop is hardly cultivated, thanks to the changing of food habits of people and lack of incentives.
According to Kharif strategy of Balangir district, for the year 2013-14, Gurjee cultivation would be taken up in a total of 100 acres in Titilagarh,Mubribahal, Tureikela, Bongomunda and adjoining areas. The farmers would contribute seed themselves. The agriculture department would provide them a financial assistance of Rs500 each, besides supply of bio fertiliser/organic fertiliser.
The farmers would be encouraged and motivated to go for scientific way of farming like line sowing and other methods for better yield, an agriculture official said.
Gurjee is sown by the end of June- July in Att land (upland) and harvested by September. It meets the crucial food stress period of the poor people. Earlier, people only cultivated it for consuming at home and not for selling. However, with small traders coming to villages to purchase it, the poor villagers are selling the crop in past few years and purchasing rice in return.
As Gurjee crop is providing food and economic security to the poor people, we are contemplating to give a further boost to it by observing a Gurjee Parab in forthcoming months, says Bhajaram Sahu of Bongomunda, while welcoming the decision of the agriculture department for revival and promotion of Gurjee in Balangir.
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BHUBANESWAR | Friday, May 27,
2011 | Email | Print | | Back
Efforts to rescue
workers from AP brick kilns intensified
May 27, 2011
7:48:46 AM
PNS | Balangir
All-round efforts have
been launched to locate and rescue three youth of Choul Banji village of
Balangir district who have been held hostage in brick kilns of Andhra Pradesh.
Following publication
of the reports about the plight of the migrant youth in The Pioneer, Balangir
MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo wrote a letter to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N
Kiran Kumar Reddy drawing his attention to the issue.
Describing the holding
of the migrant labourers hostage in the brick kilns of Andhra Pradesh as a law
and order issue as well as a serious violation of human rights of migrant
workers working in the State of Andhra Pradesh, Singh Deo urged the AP Chief
Minister to intervene in this matter and ensure release of the labourers.
Meanwhile, many civil
society activists have also shared this information with their colleagues in
Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to locate and rescue the hapless workers
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Farmers’ interest in
Bt cotton growing in Balangir
May 27, 2011
7:17:39 AM
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Sudhir Mishra |
Balangir
Encouraged by the
minimum support price (MSP) per quintal of cotton given to the farmers in
Balangir district last year, this year cotton cultivation has been taken up in
30,000 hectares. But farmers seem to be taking more interest in Bt cotton as a
hype is doing round that the variety is highly remunerative and immune to pest
attack even as the crop is banned here.
Cotton is a 150-160
day crop grown mostly in Patnagarh, Belpada, Khaprakhol, Tureikela, Muribahal,
Saintala and Bongomunda areas in the district. Last year, the coverage of the
cotton cultivation was 29,200 hectares. The ideal time for the sowing of cotton
is from the second week of June to June last or first week of July. The unique advantage
of cotton of Balangir district is its staple length. It is more than 30mm and
is considered as organic.
We have earlier
convened a meeting of company officials to supply the required seed to the
farmers and they have agreed, said an official of the district Agriculture
Department. The approved variety cotton seeds are Gabar, Bunny and Tulsi, he
informed.
Even as the officials
here do not acknowledge the fact that Bt cotton has invaded into cotton
cultivation of the district publicly, it is almost an open secret. The seed
dealers and seller have induced a wrong conception that Bt cotton is free from
pest attack though it is susceptible to sucking pests like Jassids, Aphids,
Mealy bug, among others.
“We have all along
advised the farmers not to go for Bt cotton in view of rain fed condition of
the district and once the rain fails, the crop fails worsening the economic
conditions of farmers,” said SMS cotton K Murmu.
Reports indicate that
the price of Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh has been raised this year by the
Andhra Pradesh Government. According to reports, the price of Bt cotton — I has
been raised from `650 to `830 per a 450 gram pack while the price of Bt
cotton-II pack has been raised from `750 to `930.
Due to growing demand
of cotton in international market, last year even the last plucking of cotton
fetched more than `3,000 per quintal. Seeing the remunerative price, farmers
are showing increasing interest in the crop, especially Bt cotton this time.
With no official
mechanism to check it, it is the unscrupulous traders and company officials who
are selling the Bt cotton seeds clandestinely at high prices in the local
markets.
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PLANS AFOOT TO REVIVE MINOR MILLET FARMING IN BALANGIR Monday, 27 May 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
PLANS AFOOT TO REVIVE
MINOR MILLET FARMING IN BALANGIR
Monday, 27 May 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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With a bid to revive Gurjee cultivation and give it the much-needed boost here, the district agriculture officials have dawn a plan to take up the crop in at least 100 acres of land in Mubirabhal, Titiligarh, Tureikela, Bongomunda and other areas. Gurjee, one of the minor millets, has nutritional value which was earlier consumed by rural people in a big way. But now the crop is hardly cultivated, thanks to the changing of food habits of people and lack of incentives.
According to Kharif strategy of Balangir district, for the year 2013-14, Gurjee cultivation would be taken up in a total of 100 acres in Titilagarh,Mubribahal, Tureikela, Bongomunda and adjoining areas. The farmers would contribute seed themselves. The agriculture department would provide them a financial assistance of Rs500 each, besides supply of bio fertiliser/organic fertiliser.
The farmers would be encouraged and motivated to go for scientific way of farming like line sowing and other methods for better yield, an agriculture official said.
Gurjee is sown by the end of June- July in Att land (upland) and harvested by September. It meets the crucial food stress period of the poor people. Earlier, people only cultivated it for consuming at home and not for selling. However, with small traders coming to villages to purchase it, the poor villagers are selling the crop in past few years and purchasing rice in return.
As Gurjee crop is providing food and economic security to the poor people, we are contemplating to give a further boost to it by observing a Gurjee Parab in forthcoming months, says Bhajaram Sahu of Bongomunda, while welcoming the decision of the agriculture department for revival and promotion of Gurjee in Balangir.
Monday, 27 May 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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With a bid to revive Gurjee cultivation and give it the much-needed boost here, the district agriculture officials have dawn a plan to take up the crop in at least 100 acres of land in Mubirabhal, Titiligarh, Tureikela, Bongomunda and other areas. Gurjee, one of the minor millets, has nutritional value which was earlier consumed by rural people in a big way. But now the crop is hardly cultivated, thanks to the changing of food habits of people and lack of incentives.
According to Kharif strategy of Balangir district, for the year 2013-14, Gurjee cultivation would be taken up in a total of 100 acres in Titilagarh,Mubribahal, Tureikela, Bongomunda and adjoining areas. The farmers would contribute seed themselves. The agriculture department would provide them a financial assistance of Rs500 each, besides supply of bio fertiliser/organic fertiliser.
The farmers would be encouraged and motivated to go for scientific way of farming like line sowing and other methods for better yield, an agriculture official said.
Gurjee is sown by the end of June- July in Att land (upland) and harvested by September. It meets the crucial food stress period of the poor people. Earlier, people only cultivated it for consuming at home and not for selling. However, with small traders coming to villages to purchase it, the poor villagers are selling the crop in past few years and purchasing rice in return.
As Gurjee crop is providing food and economic security to the poor people, we are contemplating to give a further boost to it by observing a Gurjee Parab in forthcoming months, says Bhajaram Sahu of Bongomunda, while welcoming the decision of the agriculture department for revival and promotion of Gurjee in Balangir.
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BHUBANESWAR | Friday, May 27,
2011 | Email | Print | | Back
Efforts to rescue
workers from AP brick kilns intensified
May 27, 2011
7:48:46 AM
PNS | Balangir
All-round efforts have
been launched to locate and rescue three youth of Choul Banji village of
Balangir district who have been held hostage in brick kilns of Andhra Pradesh.
Following publication
of the reports about the plight of the migrant youth in The Pioneer, Balangir
MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo wrote a letter to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N
Kiran Kumar Reddy drawing his attention to the issue.
Describing the holding
of the migrant labourers hostage in the brick kilns of Andhra Pradesh as a law
and order issue as well as a serious violation of human rights of migrant
workers working in the State of Andhra Pradesh, Singh Deo urged the AP Chief
Minister to intervene in this matter and ensure release of the labourers.
Meanwhile, many civil
society activists have also shared this information with their colleagues in
Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to locate and rescue the hapless workers
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Farmers’ interest in
Bt cotton growing in Balangir
May 27, 2011
7:17:39 AM
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Sudhir Mishra |
Balangir
Encouraged by the
minimum support price (MSP) per quintal of cotton given to the farmers in
Balangir district last year, this year cotton cultivation has been taken up in
30,000 hectares. But farmers seem to be taking more interest in Bt cotton as a
hype is doing round that the variety is highly remunerative and immune to pest
attack even as the crop is banned here.
Cotton is a 150-160
day crop grown mostly in Patnagarh, Belpada, Khaprakhol, Tureikela, Muribahal,
Saintala and Bongomunda areas in the district. Last year, the coverage of the
cotton cultivation was 29,200 hectares. The ideal time for the sowing of cotton
is from the second week of June to June last or first week of July. The unique advantage
of cotton of Balangir district is its staple length. It is more than 30mm and
is considered as organic.
We have earlier
convened a meeting of company officials to supply the required seed to the
farmers and they have agreed, said an official of the district Agriculture
Department. The approved variety cotton seeds are Gabar, Bunny and Tulsi, he
informed.
Even as the officials
here do not acknowledge the fact that Bt cotton has invaded into cotton
cultivation of the district publicly, it is almost an open secret. The seed
dealers and seller have induced a wrong conception that Bt cotton is free from
pest attack though it is susceptible to sucking pests like Jassids, Aphids,
Mealy bug, among others.
“We have all along
advised the farmers not to go for Bt cotton in view of rain fed condition of
the district and once the rain fails, the crop fails worsening the economic
conditions of farmers,” said SMS cotton K Murmu.
Reports indicate that
the price of Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh has been raised this year by the
Andhra Pradesh Government. According to reports, the price of Bt cotton — I has
been raised from `650 to `830 per a 450 gram pack while the price of Bt
cotton-II pack has been raised from `750 to `930.
Due to growing demand
of cotton in international market, last year even the last plucking of cotton
fetched more than `3,000 per quintal. Seeing the remunerative price, farmers
are showing increasing interest in the crop, especially Bt cotton this time.
With no official
mechanism to check it, it is the unscrupulous traders and company officials who
are selling the Bt cotton seeds clandestinely at high prices in the local
markets.
==============================
PLANS AFOOT TO REVIVE MINOR MILLET FARMING IN BALANGIR Monday, 27 May 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
PLANS AFOOT TO REVIVE
MINOR MILLET FARMING IN BALANGIR
Monday, 27 May 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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1
With a bid to revive Gurjee cultivation and give it the much-needed boost here, the district agriculture officials have dawn a plan to take up the crop in at least 100 acres of land in Mubirabhal, Titiligarh, Tureikela, Bongomunda and other areas. Gurjee, one of the minor millets, has nutritional value which was earlier consumed by rural people in a big way. But now the crop is hardly cultivated, thanks to the changing of food habits of people and lack of incentives.
According to Kharif strategy of Balangir district, for the year 2013-14, Gurjee cultivation would be taken up in a total of 100 acres in Titilagarh,Mubribahal, Tureikela, Bongomunda and adjoining areas. The farmers would contribute seed themselves. The agriculture department would provide them a financial assistance of Rs500 each, besides supply of bio fertiliser/organic fertiliser.
The farmers would be encouraged and motivated to go for scientific way of farming like line sowing and other methods for better yield, an agriculture official said.
Gurjee is sown by the end of June- July in Att land (upland) and harvested by September. It meets the crucial food stress period of the poor people. Earlier, people only cultivated it for consuming at home and not for selling. However, with small traders coming to villages to purchase it, the poor villagers are selling the crop in past few years and purchasing rice in return.
As Gurjee crop is providing food and economic security to the poor people, we are contemplating to give a further boost to it by observing a Gurjee Parab in forthcoming months, says Bhajaram Sahu of Bongomunda, while welcoming the decision of the agriculture department for revival and promotion of Gurjee in Balangir.
Monday, 27 May 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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1
With a bid to revive Gurjee cultivation and give it the much-needed boost here, the district agriculture officials have dawn a plan to take up the crop in at least 100 acres of land in Mubirabhal, Titiligarh, Tureikela, Bongomunda and other areas. Gurjee, one of the minor millets, has nutritional value which was earlier consumed by rural people in a big way. But now the crop is hardly cultivated, thanks to the changing of food habits of people and lack of incentives.
According to Kharif strategy of Balangir district, for the year 2013-14, Gurjee cultivation would be taken up in a total of 100 acres in Titilagarh,Mubribahal, Tureikela, Bongomunda and adjoining areas. The farmers would contribute seed themselves. The agriculture department would provide them a financial assistance of Rs500 each, besides supply of bio fertiliser/organic fertiliser.
The farmers would be encouraged and motivated to go for scientific way of farming like line sowing and other methods for better yield, an agriculture official said.
Gurjee is sown by the end of June- July in Att land (upland) and harvested by September. It meets the crucial food stress period of the poor people. Earlier, people only cultivated it for consuming at home and not for selling. However, with small traders coming to villages to purchase it, the poor villagers are selling the crop in past few years and purchasing rice in return.
As Gurjee crop is providing food and economic security to the poor people, we are contemplating to give a further boost to it by observing a Gurjee Parab in forthcoming months, says Bhajaram Sahu of Bongomunda, while welcoming the decision of the agriculture department for revival and promotion of Gurjee in Balangir.
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BHUBANESWAR | Friday, May 27,
2011 | Email | Print | | Back
Efforts to rescue
workers from AP brick kilns intensified
May 27, 2011
7:48:46 AM
PNS | Balangir
All-round efforts have
been launched to locate and rescue three youth of Choul Banji village of
Balangir district who have been held hostage in brick kilns of Andhra Pradesh.
Following publication
of the reports about the plight of the migrant youth in The Pioneer, Balangir
MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo wrote a letter to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N
Kiran Kumar Reddy drawing his attention to the issue.
Describing the holding
of the migrant labourers hostage in the brick kilns of Andhra Pradesh as a law
and order issue as well as a serious violation of human rights of migrant
workers working in the State of Andhra Pradesh, Singh Deo urged the AP Chief
Minister to intervene in this matter and ensure release of the labourers.
Meanwhile, many civil
society activists have also shared this information with their colleagues in
Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to locate and rescue the hapless workers
======================================================================
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Farmers’ interest in
Bt cotton growing in Balangir
May 27, 2011
7:17:39 AM
==========================================================================
Sudhir Mishra |
Balangir
Encouraged by the
minimum support price (MSP) per quintal of cotton given to the farmers in
Balangir district last year, this year cotton cultivation has been taken up in
30,000 hectares. But farmers seem to be taking more interest in Bt cotton as a
hype is doing round that the variety is highly remunerative and immune to pest
attack even as the crop is banned here.
Cotton is a 150-160
day crop grown mostly in Patnagarh, Belpada, Khaprakhol, Tureikela, Muribahal,
Saintala and Bongomunda areas in the district. Last year, the coverage of the
cotton cultivation was 29,200 hectares. The ideal time for the sowing of cotton
is from the second week of June to June last or first week of July. The unique advantage
of cotton of Balangir district is its staple length. It is more than 30mm and
is considered as organic.
We have earlier
convened a meeting of company officials to supply the required seed to the
farmers and they have agreed, said an official of the district Agriculture
Department. The approved variety cotton seeds are Gabar, Bunny and Tulsi, he
informed.
Even as the officials
here do not acknowledge the fact that Bt cotton has invaded into cotton
cultivation of the district publicly, it is almost an open secret. The seed
dealers and seller have induced a wrong conception that Bt cotton is free from
pest attack though it is susceptible to sucking pests like Jassids, Aphids,
Mealy bug, among others.
“We have all along
advised the farmers not to go for Bt cotton in view of rain fed condition of
the district and once the rain fails, the crop fails worsening the economic
conditions of farmers,” said SMS cotton K Murmu.
Reports indicate that
the price of Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh has been raised this year by the
Andhra Pradesh Government. According to reports, the price of Bt cotton — I has
been raised from `650 to `830 per a 450 gram pack while the price of Bt
cotton-II pack has been raised from `750 to `930.
Due to growing demand
of cotton in international market, last year even the last plucking of cotton
fetched more than `3,000 per quintal. Seeing the remunerative price, farmers
are showing increasing interest in the crop, especially Bt cotton this time.
With no official
mechanism to check it, it is the unscrupulous traders and company officials who
are selling the Bt cotton seeds clandestinely at high prices in the local
markets.
==============================
PLANS AFOOT TO REVIVE MINOR MILLET FARMING IN BALANGIR Monday, 27 May 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
PLANS AFOOT TO REVIVE
MINOR MILLET FARMING IN BALANGIR
Monday, 27 May 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
=================================================
1
With a bid to revive Gurjee cultivation and give it the much-needed boost here, the district agriculture officials have dawn a plan to take up the crop in at least 100 acres of land in Mubirabhal, Titiligarh, Tureikela, Bongomunda and other areas. Gurjee, one of the minor millets, has nutritional value which was earlier consumed by rural people in a big way. But now the crop is hardly cultivated, thanks to the changing of food habits of people and lack of incentives.
According to Kharif strategy of Balangir district, for the year 2013-14, Gurjee cultivation would be taken up in a total of 100 acres in Titilagarh,Mubribahal, Tureikela, Bongomunda and adjoining areas. The farmers would contribute seed themselves. The agriculture department would provide them a financial assistance of Rs500 each, besides supply of bio fertiliser/organic fertiliser.
The farmers would be encouraged and motivated to go for scientific way of farming like line sowing and other methods for better yield, an agriculture official said.
Gurjee is sown by the end of June- July in Att land (upland) and harvested by September. It meets the crucial food stress period of the poor people. Earlier, people only cultivated it for consuming at home and not for selling. However, with small traders coming to villages to purchase it, the poor villagers are selling the crop in past few years and purchasing rice in return.
As Gurjee crop is providing food and economic security to the poor people, we are contemplating to give a further boost to it by observing a Gurjee Parab in forthcoming months, says Bhajaram Sahu of Bongomunda, while welcoming the decision of the agriculture department for revival and promotion of Gurjee in Balangir.
Monday, 27 May 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
=================================================
1
With a bid to revive Gurjee cultivation and give it the much-needed boost here, the district agriculture officials have dawn a plan to take up the crop in at least 100 acres of land in Mubirabhal, Titiligarh, Tureikela, Bongomunda and other areas. Gurjee, one of the minor millets, has nutritional value which was earlier consumed by rural people in a big way. But now the crop is hardly cultivated, thanks to the changing of food habits of people and lack of incentives.
According to Kharif strategy of Balangir district, for the year 2013-14, Gurjee cultivation would be taken up in a total of 100 acres in Titilagarh,Mubribahal, Tureikela, Bongomunda and adjoining areas. The farmers would contribute seed themselves. The agriculture department would provide them a financial assistance of Rs500 each, besides supply of bio fertiliser/organic fertiliser.
The farmers would be encouraged and motivated to go for scientific way of farming like line sowing and other methods for better yield, an agriculture official said.
Gurjee is sown by the end of June- July in Att land (upland) and harvested by September. It meets the crucial food stress period of the poor people. Earlier, people only cultivated it for consuming at home and not for selling. However, with small traders coming to villages to purchase it, the poor villagers are selling the crop in past few years and purchasing rice in return.
As Gurjee crop is providing food and economic security to the poor people, we are contemplating to give a further boost to it by observing a Gurjee Parab in forthcoming months, says Bhajaram Sahu of Bongomunda, while welcoming the decision of the agriculture department for revival and promotion of Gurjee in Balangir.
============================================================================
BHUBANESWAR | Friday, May 27,
2011 | Email | Print | | Back
Efforts to rescue
workers from AP brick kilns intensified
May 27, 2011
7:48:46 AM
PNS | Balangir
All-round efforts have
been launched to locate and rescue three youth of Choul Banji village of
Balangir district who have been held hostage in brick kilns of Andhra Pradesh.
Following publication
of the reports about the plight of the migrant youth in The Pioneer, Balangir
MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo wrote a letter to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N
Kiran Kumar Reddy drawing his attention to the issue.
Describing the holding
of the migrant labourers hostage in the brick kilns of Andhra Pradesh as a law
and order issue as well as a serious violation of human rights of migrant
workers working in the State of Andhra Pradesh, Singh Deo urged the AP Chief
Minister to intervene in this matter and ensure release of the labourers.
Meanwhile, many civil
society activists have also shared this information with their colleagues in
Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to locate and rescue the hapless workers
======================================================================
===================================================================================
Farmers’ interest in
Bt cotton growing in Balangir
May 27, 2011
7:17:39 AM
==========================================================================
Sudhir Mishra |
Balangir
Encouraged by the
minimum support price (MSP) per quintal of cotton given to the farmers in
Balangir district last year, this year cotton cultivation has been taken up in
30,000 hectares. But farmers seem to be taking more interest in Bt cotton as a
hype is doing round that the variety is highly remunerative and immune to pest
attack even as the crop is banned here.
Cotton is a 150-160
day crop grown mostly in Patnagarh, Belpada, Khaprakhol, Tureikela, Muribahal,
Saintala and Bongomunda areas in the district. Last year, the coverage of the
cotton cultivation was 29,200 hectares. The ideal time for the sowing of cotton
is from the second week of June to June last or first week of July. The unique advantage
of cotton of Balangir district is its staple length. It is more than 30mm and
is considered as organic.
We have earlier
convened a meeting of company officials to supply the required seed to the
farmers and they have agreed, said an official of the district Agriculture
Department. The approved variety cotton seeds are Gabar, Bunny and Tulsi, he
informed.
Even as the officials
here do not acknowledge the fact that Bt cotton has invaded into cotton
cultivation of the district publicly, it is almost an open secret. The seed
dealers and seller have induced a wrong conception that Bt cotton is free from
pest attack though it is susceptible to sucking pests like Jassids, Aphids,
Mealy bug, among others.
“We have all along
advised the farmers not to go for Bt cotton in view of rain fed condition of
the district and once the rain fails, the crop fails worsening the economic
conditions of farmers,” said SMS cotton K Murmu.
Reports indicate that
the price of Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh has been raised this year by the
Andhra Pradesh Government. According to reports, the price of Bt cotton — I has
been raised from `650 to `830 per a 450 gram pack while the price of Bt
cotton-II pack has been raised from `750 to `930.
Due to growing demand
of cotton in international market, last year even the last plucking of cotton
fetched more than `3,000 per quintal. Seeing the remunerative price, farmers
are showing increasing interest in the crop, especially Bt cotton this time.
With no official
mechanism to check it, it is the unscrupulous traders and company officials who
are selling the Bt cotton seeds clandestinely at high prices in the local
markets.
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