The West Bengal government has stepped up irrigation to paddy fields, and is restoring the irrigation installations that have become non-fu...

The agriculture department had earlier fixed May 10 as the date to begin sowing of paddy nursery and June 20 for paddy transplantation, dur...

The world’s second-largest producer of the cereal has seen a harsh summer this year.

M&M is focusing on global centre of excellence (CoE) for rice value chain to create global access of harvesters and rice transplanters thro...

In eastern Uttar Pradesh monsoon rains on Monday was 177% above normal, giving the much needed moisture.

Last year the rice production went down to 102.54 million tonnes due to late arrival of monsoons in June 2014.

Monsoon rains, which started a little late in Kerala on June 5, are yet to arrive in eastern India, the main area for rice cultivation.

While kharif rice planting improved in late Aug and early Sept, overall productivity is likely to be lower than last year due to delayed pl...

In order to popularize the use of self propelled paddy transplanter, the government provides grant to the state governments.

The eastern region has witnessed deficit rainfall since the monsoon season kicked off this year, receiving 20%-59% less rainfall this seaso...

Swiss agrochemical company Syngenta plans to double its revenue from India, which contributes less than 5% to ita’s total turnover, in the ...

Farmers are making every effort to maximise paddy yield in east India which may help in picking up the slack from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka...

Monsoon rains would boost paddy transplantation in Punjab and Haryana and help farmers save expenditure on diesel and power for irrigation.

The country's total rice output may fall below the 100 mn tonne mark in the 2012-13 crop year (July-June) if monsoon fails to pick up in th...

Based on early indications, CRRI expects that the region would be able to achieve a rice production target of 28-29 million tonne.

With MAMC technology, M&M will make rice transplanters at its Nagpur facility.

The total coverage of rice during the ongoing Kharif season continues to be lower compared to the year-ago period.