Cyclone Amphan hit 100,000 ha farmland: Odisha minister

Farmers rue crop loss, blame state for insufficient insurance policy

The bizarre demand for a Banarasi paan GI

Geographical Indication tag continues to be handed out without examining the scientific basis or the integrity of such claims

Fani damaged betel vineyards in Odisha

The natural disaster, which claimed over 40 lives, has caused huge losses to around 8,000 paan farmers across Odisha’s …

Cyclone Yaas: Acres of standing crop destroyed in Odisha’s ‘vegetable bowl’

Farmers fear further losses if rainwater is not flushed out from the fields

Why do you like paan?

Passersby at the PVR Saket market in New Delhi, India explain why they do or do not like paan.

Nuts over betel

Dhinkia on the boil: Odisha Police turn violent against protestors

The administration in Dhinkia village in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur tried to forcibly acquire betel vineyards January 14 for Jindal Steel’…

COVID-19: Losses stoke fear among Bengal’s betel leaf farmers

More than 1.5 mln betel leaf farmers stare at losses in the state

Betel benefit

Compounds in paan leaf can kill several pathogenic bacteria

Too costly to grow

High input cost and erratic weather take toll

COVID-19 and Cyclone Amphan: Betel vine farmers struck by double blow

West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district was the worst hit 

Protest against POSCO continues; farmers rebuild destroyed betel vineyards

Cases have been filed against many farmers who re-erected their farms

Paan loses flavour

Iconic paan no more appeals to farmers, traders and common people. They say the contagious spread of chewing tobacco, especially gutkha, is fast …

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