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    El Nino to Pile on Suffering Kashmir Saffron Farmers

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    NCDC to Create 1,100 New FPO: Amit Shah

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    First Person: Farmers running out of water in Punjab, India

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    Becoming A Farmer : Where Women Are Already Farmers !

    The woman farmer outstrips Narayana Murthy’s model young worker who puts in 70-plus hours of labour each week, week after week. She does much...
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    Prime Minister Modi touched on the history of water scarcity in Gujarat, highlighting the undying spirit of Gujarat’s people that, he said, gives them...
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