Indian agriculture is at a crossroads, facing significant hurdles in the coming years. Analysts project little to no growth for agricultura...

El Nino conditions have set in and may strengthen during the southwest monsoon, raising concerns for India's largest sowing window. The neu...

Asian rice prices experienced their largest monthly surge in nearly two decades in May, driven by weather risks and escalating energy and f...

India's government is urging states to focus on pulses and oilseeds for the upcoming kharif sowing season. This directive comes amid predic...

IMD Monsoon Update: The Southwest Monsoon is expected to arrive in Kerala around June 4. The India Meteorological Department reports favour...

India anticipates below-average monsoon rains this year, with precipitation expected to be less than 90% of the long-period average. This f...

The government is closely monitoring the prices of essential food commodities. At present, prices have remained stable and largely range-bo...

Agriculture ministry has directed states to prepare district-wise crop strategies, and promote short-duration crops such as pulses, certain...

Villagers in Qazigund, Kashmir, are reviving the Panzath festival. This ancient tradition involves cleaning the Panzath Nag stream and ritu...

As the kharif season approaches, farmers are leaning towards cultivating oilseeds like soybean and pulses such as urad and masur, primarily...

The southwest monsoon is set to arrive over the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Islands by the week's end. This marks a timely start to India's c...

The Southwest Monsoon is set to arrive in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands around May 20. India anticipates below-average rainfall this year...

Paddy sowing during this Kharif season has seen a 13% increase, reaching 4.53 lakh hectares compared to 4 lakh hectares last year. Pulses a...

The deficit in paddy sowing has reduced to 4.52 per cent at 399.03 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing kharif season on revival of rains in...

Paddy is the main kharif (summer) crop and more than 80 per cent of the country's total rice production happens during this season. Sowing ...

The nationwide lockdown has already hit the availability of labour in the ongoing wheat marketing season, and it is now set to affect sowin...

Paddy production in drought- affected West Bengal is likely to fall by over 16 per cent during the current kharif season to 87 lakh tonnes.