Former agriculture secretary Ashish Bahuguna has been appointed as the chairman of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.

"The crop health of winter-wheat is better than last year as of now. But rising temperature is a concern," Agriculture Secretary Ashish Bah...

Agriculture Secretary Ashish Bahuguna said the supply would get better in the coming days once the weather improves.

Potatoes prices have shown a rising trend during the recent weeks and the commodity is being retailed at Rs 35-40 per kg in the National Ca...

Farmers have planted wheat in 15.19 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing rabi (winter) season, more than double the area covered a year earl...

Onion prices had touched Rs 100 per kg last month and are still ruling at uncomfortable levels of Rs 60-75 per kg.

Production of gram, mustard seed and barley output may also exceed the previous record if farmers receive one-two good spells of rains next...

Technologies developed by the farmers in one part of the country need to be shared with farmers in other parts as well.

Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh together produce in the range of 38-40 lakh tonnes in a year, while the country's total output is estimated at...

The Uttarakhand government has decided to buy the produce of potato and apple growers in the flash floods affected areas.

Agriculture Ministry said it was not "overly worried" about a bad monsoon affecting crop production.

Wheat sowing started on a slow note mainly because of delayed harvest of kharif crops especially paddy.

There would be some drop in the production of pulses and coarse cereals,” said Agriculture Secretary Ashish Bahuguna.

Rainfall next month is expected to be better as monsoon is unlikely to be influenced by El Nino weather pattern, helping rice and other kha...

The deficit rainfall will take a toll on kharif production this year with coarse cereals like maize receiving the maximum hit.

Rains in August would be crucial to make up shortfall in area, Union Agriculture Secretary Ashish Bahuguna said today.

Rice sowing has declined by 10% to 14.4 mn hectares so far this year but the shortfall in area would be covered as good rains are expected ...