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There is no secret to date farming. There is a specific strain for growing dates in India.
On the lines of Gulf countries, dates have been planted in the deserts of Rajasthan. The effort is opening up huge possibilities for date production in Jaisalmer district.


With efforts of the state government, Jaisalmer, the desert district of Rajasthan, has entered into the era of modern agriculture side by side with traditional farming has methods. The date palms have already started growing, thanks to the help of scientists and experts. Earlier growing date in the state's deserts was a long cherished dream.




The agriculture sector working on Indo-Israeli collaboration, started the date research at Sagra-Bhojka farm and after its success, efforts are being made to start a centre of excellence to develop date using Israeli techniques.

we are not talking of jaisalmer or the desert. we are talking of tamil nadu and the regions of southern TN, where of late rainfall has been poor, and the tamiraparani has been plundered of sand and hence has a erratic flow.

i am talking about dates in tamil nadu, the erstwhile land of rivers and plenty of water. now no longer true. unless they connect cauvery to ganga. and that would start a war with bangla desh.

 

[prasad1]

we are not talking of jaisalmer or the desert. we are talking of tamil nadu and the regions of southern TN, where of late rainfall has been poor, and the tamiraparani has been plundered of sand and hence has a erratic flow.

i am talking about dates in tamil nadu, the erstwhile land of rivers and plenty of water. now no longer true. unless they connect cauvery to ganga. and that would start a war with bangla desh.

Look in the video in post#24 he is talking about TamilNadu. Dates palms take 7 years to mature so it is not a cash crop.

 

[krish44]

Ok, I buy that. But in India the banks are encouraged to loan at a subsidized rate.
Budget 2013: Crop loans from private banks will be subsidised too - The Economic Times

Why do they go to money lenders?

this is because of historical reasons . small farmers have a tradional relationship where they get credit without collaterals for a high rate of interest. this has been there for decades. banks though give credits at low interest they are not easily sanctioned without procedures. as usual helpful middlemen and some bank managers take away some money promising them these easily. when banks tried recovery from small farmers they discovered that farmers were honest in returning and middle men had entered inflated amounts of credit and siphoned them off. banks instead of punishing closed th cases.no govt scheme operates without leakage and middle men. most beneficiaries of farm credit are big farmers
;theseare the fellows who get write offs from govt in election year.

 

[krish44]

Look in the video in post#24 he is talking about TamilNadu. Dates palms take 7 years to mature so it is not a cash crop.

you are correct prasad ji ,we have think of cash crops which do not consume much water . tomatoes are perishable and hence it might be a loss making proposition

 

[krish44]

"Suicide is a taboo subject, and suicides of young women that have just been married are actually reportable, and investigated by the police. When we sent survey teams to the household and they know the survey teams they're much more likely to report a suicide."


But the one thing that is missing in the way these figures have been reported is any context. It is important to remember that a lot of people live in India and there are a lot of people working in agriculture. Prof Jha says it's important to compare this with other areas of Indian life.


"We estimate in 2010 close to 190,000 suicides, so of all the suicides occurring in India, that would suggest [farmer suicides] are only about 10%."

That is sad statistics, but that is comparable in other poors in India

it is estimated hat more than 70 percent in india is dependent on agriculture for livelihood. it is hardly in a position to support this many
there is a need for a sizable percentage to shift to other professions. this is a year of bumper harvest. yet in some parts of india suicides are reported from farming sector. no suicide is ok. nothing is more important than human life. in a democracy such a thing cannot be acceptable as ok.
govt has to put in place policies and programmes to eradicate this.whether women committing suicides or farmers there needs to be an end to this