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Tamil Nadu
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Inputs & crop science, Tamil NaduHuge crop loss in Tamil Nadu due to fall armywormsMaize farmers in Tamil Nadu's Athoor region report fall armyworm damage across 2,000 acres and say officials have not visited despite promising help.
- Soil, water & climate, Tamil NaduNivar cyclone high alert issued in the southern states of the countryThe weather department put Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry on high alert as Cyclone Nivar approached, with heavy rain forecast across coastal districts.
- Policy & trade, IndiaGovernment has given assent to subsidised loans worth Rs 3,971 crore for micro-irrigation projectsThe Union agriculture ministry approved Rs 3,971.31 crore of interest-subvented loans to states for micro-irrigation under the NABARD Micro Irrigation Fund, with Tamil Nadu getting the most.
- Soil, water & climate, Tamil NaduFarmers announce series of protests against concretisation of dam canals in Erode districtFarmers in Erode district plan protests and an assembly election boycott against a Rs 178 crore plan to concrete the base of Bhavanisagar dam canals, saying it will lower groundwater.
- Soil, water & climate, Tamil NaduSC gives green signal to Nilgiris elephant corridor; assents to right of passageThe Supreme Court dismissed a petition by Mudumalai resort owners against a 2011 Madras High Court ruling, clearing the Nilgiris elephant corridor and the closure of resorts in its path.
- Inputs & crop science, Tamil NaduTamil Nadu Agricultural University to collaborate with Hi-Fi Biotech on mass multiplication of banana hybridsTNAU has signed an MoU with Hi-Fi Biotech India of Salem to mass multiply its nematode-tolerant banana hybrid CO2 as tissue culture plantlets for growers.
- Soil, water & climate, Tamil Nadu1,000 farmers to file nominations for Tamil Nadu’s Kangeyam seatFarmers demanding water from the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project planned to file 1,000 nominations for the Kangeyam seat in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
- Inputs & crop science, Tamil NaduHorticulture department will distribute onion saplings to stabilise onion pricesThe horticulture department in Trichy is raising small onion seedlings to give farmers in place of bulbs, which it says will shorten the crop cycle and steady prices.