Wheat production is projected to rise by 2% to a record 1,154.30 lakh tonnes for the 2024-25 rabi season, driven by higher acreage. The Agr...

The total foodgrain production in India is estimated at 3,288.52 lakh tonne in 2023-24, which is lower than 3,296.87 lakh tonnes of foodgra...

A NITI Aayog working group has recommended the government to reconsider its open-ended procurement policy for rice and wheat at minimum sup...

The 23-member working group on crop husbandry, agriculture inputs, demand and supply, set up by the Aayog in 2022 under PS Birthal, directo...

The sowing area under pulses and coarse cereals is higher year-on-year, while the acreage of rice and oilseeds is lower.About 19.61 lakh ha...

New Delhi, Mar 18 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said millets can help tackle challenges of food security as well as food h...

The Prime Minister's message was conveyed at the opening ceremony for the International Year of Millets (IYM) - 2023 organised by Food and ...

The ministry is also organising a 'Millets Smart Nutritive Conclave' on Monday wherein stakeholders of the supply chain such as Farmer Prod...

It has started formulating a five-year strategic plan for the promotion of millets and value-added millet products in the international mar...

Currently, India is the fifth largest exporter of millets in the world. In 2020-21, India exported millets worth $26.97 million against $28...

Coverage of wheat was lower in Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand as well in the said pe...

As per the ministry data, wheat has been sown in 35.8 lakh hectare in Madhya Pradesh, 34.98 lakh hectare in Uttar Pradesh, 29.45 lakh hecta...

The union agriculture ministry will unveil strategy and planning for enhancing the yield of summer crops, also known as zaid crops, on Frid...

It said a review of procurement practices would encourage farmers to plant other crops. “The commission also recommends that open-ended pro...

Area under rice has risen to 40.69 million hectares from 37.87 million hectares at this time last year. Area under pulses has risen 4.74% w...

Officials said that the matters has received support of the member countries when placed in the bureau meeting of the Committee on Agricult...

The new MSP, to be considered by the cabinet on Wednesday, will largely apply to paddy and pulses but will benefit ‘nutri-cereals’ like mil...