This news will cheer farmers and policymakers as it raises prospects of another record harvest and will further enhance agricultural growth...

El Nino phenomenon is unlikely to develop in the months ahead: Australian Met Bureau

After a vigorous start, the crucial weather phenomenon stopped advancing last week although it is now forecast to regain momentum in a few ...

The El Nino phenomenon, associated with unusual warming of parts of the Pacific Ocean, was forecast by most international models until a fe...

Government should put in place a "contingency plan" to deal with the possibility of a below normal monsoon, the RBI said today.

According to the Japanese brokerage firm Nomura, the possibility of El Nino conditions is developing this year and this could possibly push...

Early indications do not look too good for the monsoon this year, with the US and Australian meteorological agencies predicting 50-50 chanc...

"That reflects a rise in fruit consumption of 246 per cent, while vegetable consumption is projected to rise by 183 per cent and dairy prod...

Average rainfall in the monsoon that started in June was 18% below what is considered normal based on a 50-year average. The rainfall defic...

Maintaining a dry weather for the country, IMD said that isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall would occur over Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

In what could be bad news for Indian agriculture, conditions in the Pacific Ocean seem to be increasingly favouring the onset of an El Nino...

The overall rain deficit is likely to narrow down further with a late surge in rains bringing vigorous downpours in the Himalayan region.

NCDEX Chana futures ended higher on Thursday supported by lower production concerns for 2011-12. May contract closed higher by 1.16% to clo...

Eying to tap investments from emerging economic powers like India and China, Australian Trade Minister has pitched for opening up of the ag...

Asia’s wheat stockpiles are set to grow this year as major exporter Australia, along with China and India, forecast larger crops, raising t...

Australia's government has taken aim at food prices as it targets rising inflation, launching a national inquiry to try to stem price rises...

India’s global hunt for energy could take a new turn with Australia offering to supply gas on a sustained basis through long-term contracts