Tamil Nadu government will implement a Rs 102 crore package to boost paddy area and food grain production across non-Cauvery Delta district...

The Assam Cabinet has approved the renaming of Karimganj district to Sribhumi, honoring Rabindranath Tagore's vision. To boost economic gro...

The Economic Advisory Council to the PM has recommended deregulating the felling and transit of high-value timber trees like Teak, Gurjan, ...

To reduce use of fertilizers, enhance soil quality by using organic products, diversify crops and minimise the use of water, nutrients and ...

A stakeholders’ consultation for Agroforestry promotion in Assam was held at the Assam Administrative Staff College, Guwahati with the obje...

The recent Glasgow Pact, which put unprecedented emphasis on the envisaged shift from conventional to renewable energy generation, recognis...

The spokesperson noted that the NMSA was approved for three major components - Rainfed Area Development (RAD); On Farm Water Management (OF...

To date, India’s investments in agriculture has not led to sustained increase in farmer incomes. To remedy this problem, GoI is committed t...

The study, supported by the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), found that scaling up sustainable agriculture would be critical to improve ...

“Agroforestry should be brought under the agriculture ministry and treated as full-scale cultivation just like how farmers grow crops on th...

Shifting cultivation, an age-old practice in parts of India, may soon get legal backing, with the government planning to define land use th...

The commitment to increase additional 2.5-3 billion tonnes carbon sink was made by India in the Paris Agreement in 2015 to fight climate ch...

A clarification to this effect from the state government has brought a big relief to farmers. They will only need transit passes if they wi...

The Centre today asked state governments to focus during the rabi season on 3.37 million hectare that was left unsown due to delayed monsoo...

MoEF has also asked the states to authorize gram sabha concerned to regulate felling and transit of trees or timber grown under agro-farm f...

The maiden policy comes following the World Congress on Agroforestry held in New Delhi from February 10-14.

The President also presented Krishi Karman awards to seven states -- MP, Odisha, Manipur, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand for their best ...