Muddebihal Taluk of Bijapur District is rich for producing tur dal and sunflower. But the farmers have lost nearly 70 per cent of production due to floods this year. The heavy rain which occurred for nearly 5 months have affected the quality and quantity of all the crops resulting in a huge loss for the […]
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The story of Karnataka and Maharashtra’s unbalanced division of labor and profit. By Jagriti Parakh When a fungal infection with no surefire remedy withered the world’s bananas and started sweeping through Maharashtra, farmers in Karnataka started growing bananas. The same happened and again the grapes turned sour when about two lakh hectares of vineyards in […]
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Only four Gram Panchayats out of 33 in Muddebihal have over 50 per cent of households with toilets. Priyansh Verma Karnataka was declared as the 26th state to become Open Defecation Free (ODF) in 2018. However, in Muddebihal — a taluk in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district — remains ODF only on paper. Numerous villagers in the […]
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A promised Minimum Support Price still remains an unachievable dream for the Bajra farmers; leaving them no option but to survive or switch By Shivani Verma Muddebihal: Every morning around seven, all the farmers and traders would be present at the APMC yard — full of the crowd and life of its own. All of […]
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People living in Jalpur, a village in North Karnataka still suffer from health issues due to the high level of TDS in drinking water despite the state government’s Multi Village Drinking Water Supply Scheme By Tamanna Yasmin Struggling to walk even with a stick, an elderly villager, Sanganagouda Biradar, approaches the water purifier to drink […]
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