A developing El Niño event thousands of miles away poses a significant threat to India's agriculture. This weather phenomenon is linked to ...

Today, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...

India can boost nutrition security, cut import dependence, and build a global smart protein industry by scaling climate-resilient indigenou...

The IMD has retained its forecast for a below-normal monsoon in 2026, with El Nino expected to dominate the June-September season and rainf...

The Indian government is ready for El Nino's impact on the upcoming kharif crop. Contingency plans are being made for affected districts. T...

Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan termed it the highest-ever foodgrain output in the country's history.

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

The 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...

Farmers and fishers are struggling as heatwaves become more frequent and intense. Yields are falling, and harvests are failing. The United ...

Global food prices surged in March to their highest point since September, driven by rising energy costs from the West Asia conflict. The U...

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...

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

Planting is currently in the last phase, largely in rain-fed areas. Early-sown cotton is already being harvested in parts of Punjab.

The world is estimated to harvest a record 2,419 million tonnes of cereal crops in 2012-13 mainly on back of expected bumper maize crop in ...

Rainfall in the first week of July was 25% below normal with 11 meteorological divisions receiving deficit or scanty rain.

India, which is currently at a comfortable position in cereals, may face a glut in rice and wheat two years from now.