A surprising study reveals that planting trees as windbreaks on farms can devastate bird populations, particularly those needing open grass...

India’s fertiliser subsidy regime is facing scrutiny; rising global fertiliser and energy prices and rising fiscal pressures expose its ine...

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy inaugurated a new fruit market and sub-registrar office complex. He criticized the central governmen...

The government is closely monitoring the prices of essential food commodities. At present, prices have remained stable and largely range-bo...

A study by scientists at an ICAR institute has found that El Niño events have consistently reduced yields of major kharif crops in India, w...

As the kharif season approaches, farmers are leaning towards cultivating oilseeds like soybean and pulses such as urad and masur, primarily...

The article discusses the challenges posed by paddy monocropping in Punjab and Haryana, highlighting the significant groundwater depletion ...

Punjab farm leaders have asserted that industries, vehicles, and construction contribute more than stubble burning are responsible for Delh...

To produce a kilogramme of rice, 2,500-5,500 litres of water is needed, as per the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

The state government had pegged the total output of paddy at around 200 lakh tonnes this year, after the initial crop estimates indicated a...

"The government will allocate funds to grow these two crops in the eastern Indian states that are covered under BGREI scheme.”

Besides Mizoram where there was marginal increase in the area under paddy, all other states have reported decrease in the paddy.

NABARD has asked Haryana government to break wheat-paddy crop rotation by promoting alternate crops like maize and pulses to conserve under...

There are pockets in peninsular India which are still waiting for good rainfall.

A prolonged dry spell in parts of India is hurting the sowing schedule for paddy, raising the country's anxiety about monsoon rains.

Sugar production in Uttar Pradesh is likely to decline marginally at nearly 40 lakh tonne as the sugarcane area is estimated to have dipped...

Paddy production in Uttar Pradesh could decline sharply to about 110 lakh metric tonnes this year as the state agriculture department revis...