date:Jul 11, 2012
It would cover loanee and non-loanee farmers in Belgaum, Bellary, Haveri, Gadag, Dharwad, Bagalkote, Bijapur, Yadgir and Bidar districts.
The companywould provide cover to the crops for Kharif season in 2012, which were under the rain-fed and irrigated category. The former category includes blackgram, groundnut, tur, soyabean, sunflower, jowar, greengram, maize, onion, cotton, ragi, chilly and potato and the latter comprises onion, chilli and cotton.
The weather-based crop insurance scheme wou