In the 2026-27 cycle, India's rice production is projected to fall by 6.5% compared to the previous year, largely due to monsoon rainfall b...

State agriculture minister Dattatray Bharane has confirmed a large contraction in the production of cotton and soybean, while the agricultu...

The agriculture ministry is preparing for the upcoming rabi season with states. This preparation addresses concerns over soil moisture and ...

Key pulse and oilseed prices have risen sharply compared to last year. Scanty rains are affecting the current kharif crop and raising rabi ...

India's monsoon rainfall deficit stands at fifteen percent, impacting nearly half of its districts. This shortage threatens summer-sown cro...

Sharma warns that ethanol-led changes in cropping patterns may create an environmental problem over the longer term.

India is preparing for an anticipated shortage of rainfall this September, likely affecting agricultural productivity and water availabilit...

India's food inflation is undergoing a shift in its composition, with protein-rich items, processed foods and edible oils emerging as major...

Skymet revised its 2026 monsoon forecast to 85% of LPA. This downgrade reflects escalating concerns over El Nino's erratic weather patterns...

The RBI has flagged El Niño and an uneven southwest monsoon as key risks to agriculture, rural demand and the broader economy, despite cutt...

Researchers in Brazil are pioneering the use of macauba palm oil as a sustainable aviation fuel alternative. This groundbreaking project fo...

India is rushing to secure alternative edible oil supplies as Black Sea attacks disrupt sunflower oil shipments from Russia and Ukraine, ca...

India significantly increased oilseed imports in April, driven by El Nino fears. Soybeans constituted ninety-five percent of these substant...

A conducive weather and better irrigation coverage helped the country to harvest 95.8 lakh tonnes of oilseeds in the 2008-09 Rabi season - ...

With a massive one million hectare shrinkage in the total acreage under oilseeds cultivation during the kharif ’06 season, both the edible ...

Country’s winter-harvested oilseed output is expected to fall 10.2% in the ’06-07 crop year from a year earlier due to erratic rains in gro...

Erratic monsoon rains will drag down winter oilseeds output, while grain production will stay near levels forecast in the first official es...