Usually, the water lilies bloom across 650-750 acres of paddy fields from July to October, but the early onset of monsoon ...

Kole Wetland farmers in Kerala face crisis over unpaid paddy dues, reduced incentives, and failed crop insurance. Thrissur ...

Kerala’s paddy farmers grapple with historic drought Current monsoon rainfall is 48% below avg, and August’s precipitation is 80–90% below normal; 25% drop expected in paddy cultivation.

Paddy was lying piled up in the fields of these farmers after harvest. The protesting farmers were led by Upper Kuttanad Karshika Vikasana Samithi. The rates for paddy procurement varied for each ...

Paddy farmer Biju Alakkad burst into tears soon after he measured the harvest from his five hectare field in Kainakary gram panchayat in Kerala’s Kuttanad region on March 15. “These are tears ...

Praseed Kumar from Wayanad grows over 125 traditional rice varieties and does rice paddy art in his field. June 12, 2025 e-Paper. ... How a Kerala farmer is experimenting with paddy and art ...

Kerala: Farmers’ resilience burns bright in paddy art. K R Rajeev / TNN / Updated: Sep 4, 2020, 14:55 IST. ... in his paddy field by planting paddy varieties of various hues. ...

Kozhencherry: In a remarkable fusion of patriotism and agriculture, a farmer duo from Kozhencherry has recreated Operation ...

Paddy art created by Praseed Kumar, a farmer, at Sulthan Bathery in Wayanad. A 3D replica of two birds, on the lines of Japanese rice paddy art, is taking shape on a paddy field in Wayanad district.

Civil Supplies Minister G R Anil informed the assembly on August 10 that Rs 433 crore is due to paddy farmers in the state. He said paddy worth Rs 2,070.71 crore was procured and Rs 1,637.73 crore ...

With the cost on paddy cultivation increasing, farmers such as Kurukkupotta Kandai Vasu are shifting to rubber plantation. Rice production has almost halved since 1980 in the state (Photo by ...

From 32% in the 1980s – the highest share of gross cropped area in the state – paddy covered only 6.6% of Kerala’s total cropped area in 2016-’17, according to the state government’s ...