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With men gone to the cities for jobs, women in villages are taking charge of agriculture and much more
In Greek mythology, a tribe of women called the Amazons inhabited the island of Themyscira, a world without men. They lived in 1200 B.C. and were immortalised in Homer’s Iliad as the Antianeira — ‘they who fight [...]
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As part of its global wireless reach initiative, Qualcomm has engaged in a pilot project with the Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP) and United Villages Networks to develop and support vBay. vBay is a BREW-enabled mobile classifieds application for rural agri-entrepreneurs who are within reach of United Villages’ existing hubs in the villages [...]
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“To succeed in India, agribusiness must empower the farmer by making agriculture profitable, not by expropriating him,” says Mr Patnaik.
The country faces dire consequences from this year’s poor monsoon, with the threat of diminished harvests and widespread suffering, but agribusiness has proven that it has the resources to solve the problems of management and investment. [...]
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New Delhi: Online job site Monster.com, owned by Monster Worldwide Inc. and ITC Ltd. which owns internet based service chain for farmers, e-Choupal, have together launched a website aimed at rural job market called “Rozgarduniya.com”. The site is currently available in English and Hindi and can be accessed at e-Choupals in 4 states — Madhya [...]
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HYDERABAD: agriculture and food security continue to be the driving force of the Indian economy. The country’s largest employment sector is still agriculture and the food industry has become a vital factor in the gross domestic product (GDP).
These observations were made by Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy while interacting with the director of Food and [...]
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New Delhi (PTI): Small farming is gaining favour in the US, while in India policy makers hold it responsible for the ills in agricultural growth.According to a report released by USDA last month, the number of farms (farmers) has grown four per cent in the past five years in the US. It also said the [...]
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