Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
08 Jun, 2026, 07.45 PM IST
Vegetable prices skyrocketed during Modi Govt's tenure: Telanagana CM Revanth ReddyTelangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy inaugurated a new fruit market and sub-registrar office complex. He criticized the central governmen...
07 Jun, 2026, 10.08 AM IST
Maruti unveils India's first flex-fuel car: What is a flex fuel vehicle? How does it work? Will it cut your fuel bill? Here's allMaruti Suzuki has introduced India's first flex-fuel passenger car. This technology allows vehicles to run on petrol or petrol-ethanol blen...
04 Jun, 2026, 01.19 PM IST
Beyond rice, wheat: Why India must revive native ‘orphan crops’ for protein securityIndia can boost nutrition security, cut import dependence, and build a global smart protein industry by scaling climate-resilient indigenou...
01 Jun, 2026, 10.20 AM IST
India eyes higher farm output this year, confident of supporting global food supply amid uncertainty: DARE Secy JatICAR is advancing conservation agriculture and climate-resilient wheat research, focusing on water-use efficiency, farmer incomes, and nutr...
08 Apr, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
AI will bring revolution in agriculture, make farmers' conditions better: Nitin GadkariNitin Gadkari believes artificial intelligence will revolutionize agriculture, improving farmers' conditions, citing innovative methods at ...
12 Sep, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
A Karnataka-based firm is giving Maize, the world’s second-most widely grown crop, an AI boostThe SaaS platform collects data from three main stakeholders — farmers, buyers and logistics — to assess the quality, pricing, sales, deliv...
16 Jul, 2023, 09.34 AM IST
Agriculture sector needs investment, access to modern technologies: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh TomarStating that the maize crop has multiple benefits as it is used as foodgrain, and animal feed, besides making ethanol, the minister said th...
12 May, 2022, 08.43 PM IST
Falling groundwater levels driving farmers in Punjab to move away from paddyTo produce a kilogramme of rice, 2,500-5,500 litres of water is needed, as per the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
27 Sep, 2019, 10.56 PM IST
Budget 2018: New MSP system to bring bounty for coarse grain croppersFarmers who typically come under small and marginal categories and those who don't have irrigation facilities will get the maximum benefits...
05 Feb, 2018, 12.09 AM IST
Punjab Agricultural University inks deal with Maharashtra seeds corporationPAU today signed an agreement with the Maharashtra Seeds Corporation Limited for the seed production of its (PAU) own developed maize hybri...
02 Nov, 2015, 03.09 PM IST
Monsanto sets up two hybrid maize museums in BiharSpread over a combined area of eight acres the museums showcases a range of 10 dekalb maize hybrids. It has been established in partnership...
18 Oct, 2014, 07.29 PM IST
- Punjab gives nod for enacting 'Contract Farming Act and Amendements to APMC Act
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today gave nod for enacting 'Contract Farming Act' to ensure better remunerative prices to the be...
01 Oct, 2012, 08.21 PM IST
- Dry, hot weather in US, Russia fuels global wheat, maize prices
Rising international wheat prices would benefit India, which is exporting the grain since September last year.
20 Jul, 2012, 03.00 PM IST
- Karnataka heading for a bumper maize crop
Karnataka is clearly heading for a bumper maize crop in the ongoing kharif season.
06 Aug, 2009, 12.33 AM IST
- Maize prices zoom on US, China export restrictions
With the rise in demand in the export market because of the US and China cutting their outflow, the maize prices in the domestic market hav...
25 Jan, 2008, 02.37 AM IST
- Higher rainfall to benefit rice, cotton & maize crops
Rains seem to have sprinkled life into the kharif crops this week. A low-pressure zone over the Bay of Bengal brought relief to several par...
05 Aug, 2006, 12.43 AM IST