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	<title>News From Yellow Business Pages &#187; The Economic Times - Agriculture</title>
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		<title>The Economic Times - Agriculture: Indian farmers go globetrotting for tips</title>
		<link>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/Indian-farmers-go-globetrotting-for-tips/articleshow/6515826.cms</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:27:42 -0400</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Chandrakant Nalavade was a junior engineer in the state's irrigation department in Marathwada's Osmanabad district till a couple of years ago. His family cultivated banana, sugarcane and ginger on their 15-acre plot using drip irrigation. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Economic Times - Agriculture: Distributing free foodgrain not practical: PM</title>
		<link>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/Distributing-free-foodgrain-not-practical-PM/articleshow/6506073.cms</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he appreciated the Supreme Court's sentiment behind its suggestion about distributing foodgrain free to the poor, but made it clear that it was not a practical idea. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Economic Times - Agriculture: Dozen Punjab villages flooded as Satluj breaches bank</title>
		<link>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/Dozen-Punjab-villages-flooded-as-Satluj-breaches-bank/articleshow/6504911.cms</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:42:30 -0400</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Nearly a dozen villages in Punjab's Ropar district were flooded as the overflowing Satluj river breached its banks near Laudipur village, officials said Monday. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Economic Times - Agriculture: Panel to find ways for convergence of NREGA, water projects</title>
		<link>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/Panel-to-find-ways-for-convergence-of-NREGA-water-projects/articleshow/6496552.cms</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:23:08 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/Panel-to-find-ways-for-convergence-of-NREGA-water-projects/articleshow/6496552.cms</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Government has set up an expert group to devise better methods to achieve convergence of MGNREGA activities with that of various water conservation and management programmes. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Economic Times - Agriculture: India looks at South America for farm revolution</title>
		<link>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/India-looks-at-South-America-for-farm-revolution/articleshow/6485030.cms</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:42:03 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/India-looks-at-South-America-for-farm-revolution/articleshow/6485030.cms</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	India is looking at distant South America where countries have been able to ramp up food production with new technology and farming methods ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Economic Times - Agriculture: NBS policy fails to balance fertiliser uses</title>
		<link>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/NBS-policy-fails-to-balance-fertiliser-uses/articleshow/6482059.cms</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:18:05 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/NBS-policy-fails-to-balance-fertiliser-uses/articleshow/6482059.cms</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Consumption of urea has increased in the first few months of the newly introduced Nutrient-based Subsidy (NBS) policy, quite contrary to expectation that the new policy would lead to a balanced use of fertilisers. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Economic Times - Agriculture: Old habits die hard: New fertiliser policy fails to cut urea use</title>
		<link>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/Old-habits-die-hard-New-fertiliser-policy-fails-to-cut-urea-use/articleshow/6477653.cms</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:20:03 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/Old-habits-die-hard-New-fertiliser-policy-fails-to-cut-urea-use/articleshow/6477653.cms</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The newly-introduced nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) policy seems to have failed to change the consumption pattern with most farmers still preferring to use urea, the cheapest fertiliser. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Economic Times - Agriculture: Orissa irrigation project gets initial forest nod</title>
		<link>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/Orissa-irrigation-project-gets-initial-forest-nod/articleshow/6473575.cms</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:10:53 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/Orissa-irrigation-project-gets-initial-forest-nod/articleshow/6473575.cms</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The project involves construction of an earthen dam, 552 metres long, which will submerge 2110 hectares of land, of which 1009.44 hectares is forest land ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Economic Times - Agriculture: Rains likely to turn surplus</title>
		<link>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/Rains-likely-to-turn-surplus/articleshow/6471231.cms</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:49:14 -0400</pubDate>
		<guid>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/Rains-likely-to-turn-surplus/articleshow/6471231.cms</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The enhanced phase of the monsoon is expected to continue into the coming week and will gradually reduce in spread and intensity in the subsequent weeks of September. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Economic Times - Agriculture: FCI to make direct payment to farmers in paddy lifting season</title>
		<link>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/FCI-to-make-direct-payment-to-farmers-in-paddy-lifting-season/articleshow/6468469.cms</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:20:55 -0400</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	FCI has decided to make direct payment to farmers for their produce in the coming paddy lifting season to bring more transparency in procurement process. ]]></content:encoded>
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