With limited supply, a rise in agrochemical input demand has created fertile ground for counterfeit products, an issue further aggravated b...

Maharashtra is set to develop smart villages, with Chief Minister Fadnavis announcing plans to establish 10 such villages in every taluka, ...

The Indian federal government’s agriculture ministry has spent upwards of $8 million to promote natural farming and says farmers tilling ne...

The government on Friday said it is planning to shut down the operation of state-owned Hindustan Insecticides Ltd's (HIL) two plants locate...

Concerns over unequal distribution of rain, which had worried farmers even as cumulative rainfall for the country has been excessive in Ind...

The Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has stepped in to control the menace.

Frustrated with the low income, the distraught farmer uprooted all brinjal plants from his field and threw them away on Sunday.

Ikea is working with over 50,000 farmers across Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra & Telangana and is expected to increase procurement over the n...

Planting variety of trees on the farmland, using organic manure is healthy for crops growth and safer for human consumption.

An ambitious 10-year action plan to convert river Narmada's catchment area into organic/natural farming belt will be released during the up...

A HUL contract-farming pilot in Nasik provides 600 farmers subsidised agricultural equipment & assured offtake of their produce.

The hike in fertiliser prices coupled with other agro-climatic reasons is likely to result in less consumption of fertilisers during this r...

Maharashtra govt. has said that they are considering black listing Mahyco company for severe irregularities in sale of seeds, especially th...

Maharashtra agriculture minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said that his government may de-bar Mahyco company for severe irregularities.

Area under organic farming in India is likely to grow over ten-fold in the next five years on increased farmers' interest to ensure sustain...

The prospects of a bumper cotton yield in Maharashtra in the 2006-07 season may not provide a solution to the agrarian crisis in cotton gro...

Projections of a record cotton yield in the ’06-07 season could mitigate the intensity of Maharashtra’s agrarian crisis, according to exper...