Farmers and Pesticides- A fatal relationship

Cashews and Arecanuts from Dakshin Kanna can send you into a coma  Dakshin Kannada, a district south of Karnataka is famous for its areca-nut and cashew plantations apart from other crops which include pepper, cocoa and rubber. However, 70 per cent of the farming done in Dakshin Kannada is chemical based, which means the farmers […]

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Persisting horror of Fluorosis in Mundargi Taluk

Fluorosis still exists in various forms in Mundargi town and its villages due to lack of awareness on preventive measures especially groundwater consumption In Kalkeri life stirs early. Out of the many lone figures trudging their way along the tree-lined roads of this little village, Patte Khan can be seen doing the same but with […]

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