The Punjab agriculture department is planning to increase the area under basmati crop by over 20 per cent in the current sowing season, wit...

Stubble burning by farmers in Punjab and other parts significantly contributes to air pollution in north India during winters.

The nationwide lockdown has already hit the availability of labour in the ongoing wheat marketing season, and it is now set to affect sowin...

In Punjab, paddy growing is preferred in low-lying areas to ensure additional availability of water but it has caused water logging in such...

The expected fluctuation in the price of Basmati rice is likely to see the aromatic long-grain variety lose acreage this kharif season to t...

The two states are the largest contributor of both paddy and wheat to the central kitty.

Basmati growers are in for a shock as popular aromatic rice varieties like PUSA 1121 are fetching "far lower" prices than what they got las...

Instead of blocking tracks, the farmers have now decided to gherao all state ministers, ruling party MLAs, other party leaders at all the d...

The agitating farmers have been demanding Rs 40,000 per acre compensation for farmers whose crops have been damaged by white fly attack.

"Some 4,000 agitating farmers were rounded up by police from across the state and later released," a BKU (Ekta) leader Jagmohan Singh said.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) today said farmers should go for sustainable agriculture by conserving water and use crop va...

Basmati growers in Punjab and Haryana say they feel let down due to the government and trade "cartels" not ensuring remunerative prices for...

With the Punjab government emphasising on crop diversification programme, area under basmati crop surged by 55 per cent to 8.62 lakh hectar...

In the series of diamond jubilee lecture at the National Botanical Research Institute, an institute under the Council for Scientific and In...