Dathan, an MSc. in Agriculture employed with the department of soil conservation in the Kerala government, surveys the damage with the eye of the expert. He works on deputation with Kudumbashree.

Agriculture Minister V S Sunil Kumar put the farming sector’s loss at Rs 2,000 crore. In 2018, the farming sector suffered losses to the tune of Rs 6,000 crore.

KOCHI: Kerala floods generated Rs 2,723 crore in crop damages and Rs 3,558 crore in crop loss in the agricultural sector stated the Kerala Post-Disast.

ALAPPUZHA: Agriculture Minister P Prasad said the revenue department has opened sufficient relief camps across the district. He was speaking to reporters after ...

Two months after floods caused havoc in Kerala and flattened major standing crops, leading to losses estimated at over Rs 2,000 crore, the state government has decided to distribute crop inputs ...

Kerala Agricultural Univ. prepares flood vulnerability maps for agro-ecological zones. FVI helps prioritize mitigation efforts, direct resources & build resilience in flood-prone areas.

Under the Kuttanad package, as it is popularly called, the Central government had in 2008 sanctioned Rs 2,139.8 crore to revive agriculture in the region, restore its ecology and make it flood-free.

MS Swaminathan, a scientist known for his work in agricultural practices, was highly respected in the Kuttanad region of Kerala. He devised a package to protect and restore the farming ecology in ...

Kerala has also seen a loss in the area under wetlands or paddy lands, which acted as a sink during the rainy season—7.53 lakh hectares in 1961-62; 2.76 lakh hectares in 2005-06 and 1.61 lakh ...

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Southeast Asia’s leading digital money transfer company, InstaReM, said that it has facilitated zero-fees international money transfers of nearly US$ 2,000,000 to the southern Indian state of ...

The Catholic Church has joined relief efforts as unprecedented floods and landslides continue to wreak havoc in India's Kerala state, killing 75 people within a week. All 41 Catholic dioceses in the ...