Based on expected margins over cost of production, the MSP hike is the most for moong at 61%, followed by bajra and maize (56% each) and tu...

The Union Cabinet has approved significant hikes in Minimum Support Prices for 14 Kharif crops for the 2026-27 marketing season. Sunflower ...

India's foodgrain production is projected to reach a record 353.95 million tonnes in the 2024-25 crop year, driven by bumper harvests of wh...

The weighted average crop price index for cereal crops logged 3-4% CAGR over fiscals 2017-2022. Even this fiscal, prices of cereals have ri...

In the feed grains segment, maize is the largest crop in India. India’s maize production for the kharif crop of 2022-23 declined by 2.1% ye...

According to the United Nations, by 2050 more than five billion people could be affected by water scarcity. India, which constitutes 16% of...

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

As on August 22, 2019, paddy sowing was down 6.4% from a year ago, mainly because of delayed monsoon rains.

Addition of Paddy (Basmati) – Pusa 1121 will improve decision making of the value chain.

Of this, 12 lakh hectares would be brought under paddy. The other foodgrain crops produced during Kharif season are jwar, maize, bajra.

PM Narendra Modi assured an early assessment of the losses by central teams for extending full-scale financial assistance.

The agreements were signed with Maschio-Gaspardo of Italy, Kubota of Japan, and Fiat (India) Private Limited of New Holland, an official re...

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

Punjab CM has asked Monsanto to establish its research centre to undertake extensive R&D for the production of high yielding hybrid seeds o...

In kharif season, paddy area will shrink in Punjab & Haryana; acreage under oilseeds, guar, soyabean, maize, jowar & bajra may decrease

West Bengal is the largest producer of rice, jute and vegetables in the country. But it is deficient in wheat, pulses, oilseeds and maize a...

The Jammu and Kashmir government is providing 13,000 quintals of high yielding varieties of crops seeds at subsidised rates to the farmers ...