As many as 5,650 farmers and 6,750 agricultural labourers committed suicides in 2014, according to National Crime Records Bureau report.

Foreign direct investment into agriculture services stood at $ 1,763.57 million, or Rs 8,747.4 crore, higher than FDI into sectors.

In view of higher dal prices in the retail market, the govt had decided to create a buffer stock so that it can intervene in the market in ...

They have agreed to collaborate in research and agri technology, while looking to further intensify their cooperation in the food processin...

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today expressed the need for north eastern states to trade with neighbouring countries to rejuvenate the econom...

Government said the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has been accredited by the Green Climate Fund.

The country received Rs 37.64 crore foreign direct investment (FDI) in agriculture services in the April-May period of this fiscal.

Mango production may decline by 5-10 per cent this year as unseasonal rains and hailstorms have damaged the fruit, Parliament was informed.

Government's agri-financing body National Co-operative Development Corporation today said it disbursed over Rs 5,700 crore to cooperative s...

Every farmer will be provided Rs 20,000 per acre in three years for seed to harvesting of crops and transporting produce to the market.

Agriculture is a state subject, Kundaria said, adding that state governments take necessary measures for development of farm sector and wel...

This was the second time the agriculture ministry revised the area impacted by untimely rains and hailstorms between January and March.

India's foodgrains production is estimated to decline by 3.2 per cent at 257.07 million tonnes in the 2014-15 crop year.

The number of suicide cases by farmers due to agrarian reasons have increased by 26 per cent to 1,109 in 2014, with majority of deaths repo...

MoS for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kundaria said Maharashtra government has reported 724 suicides by farmers up to October 2014 due to agrarian ...

So far, the state-run Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AIC) has been offering yield-based and weather-based crop insurance programs.

"During current cotton season 2014-15, prices of cotton are below MSP in AP, Telangana & Maharashtra," MoS for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kundar...