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India needs to reduce the strategic importance of fertilisers through a bold agricultural policyGlobal events like the West Asia conflict and El Nino threaten governments. Rising fertilizer prices create a fiscal and political crisis f...
India eyes higher farm output this year, confident of supporting global food supply amid uncertainty: DARE Secy JatICAR is advancing conservation agriculture and climate-resilient wheat research, focusing on water-use efficiency, farmer incomes, and nutr...
Climate-proofing India's daily bread: The race for resilient wheatSatveer Singh's family relies on a sack of wheat flour to stave off hunger. They barely manage, aided by government rations, despite irregu...
Climate-proofing India's daily bread: The race for resilient wheatClimate change impacts - including harsher heat, drought and floods - pose a major emerging threat to food security in India and elsewhere,...
- Wheat production likely to be good this year: Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda
The country's wheat production is expected to be good this year amid higher coverage due to favorable weather conditions. The sowing of whe...
Too early to say about impact of high temperatures on wheat crop, says Agriculture Minister"Lekin main samjhta hoon ki abhi koi aisi stithi nahi hai. Koi prabhav pada hai, aisa kahna jaldbazi hogi (But I think, there is no such si...
MSP & pollution: Two sides of same coinThere is a direct correlation between why north India becomes a gas chamber every winter and the scheme of paddy and wheat procurement unde...
India's wheat export boom brings a bonanza to farmers, and budget reliefBefore the nearly 50% surge in global wheat prices, India struggled to export the grain due to annual increases in the MSP to placate the p...
Punjab CM writes to PM to seek incentive for farmers to delay wheat arrivalThe Chief Minister said the Centre should immediately announce a bonus of Rs 100 per quintal over and above MSP to the farmers for bringing...
Rainfall a relief for rabi crops in northern statesThe weather office has forecast cold wave conditions to continue over this belt over the next two days.
Rabi crops to gain as cold wave slated to continue for two daysWheat planting fell by 4.02% to 298.67 lakh hectare, as on January 19. As on date, yellow rust has not been reported across the wheat sown ...
Rain to hit North India soon, to help wheat, mustard cropsThe continued dry weather conditions and maximum temperatures being above normal over parts of north-west and central India were a concern ...
January rains expected to boost planting of wheat, chickpea & mustard cropsDry weather conditions in November-December have not made any major impact on the total area covered under rabi, or winter-sown, crops this...
India's 2015-16 wheat output may surpass last year's levelLast year, wheat output had declined to 88.94 million tonnes from a record 95.85 million tonnes achieved in the previous year because of dr...
Tech-savvy farmer saves wheat crop in ChandigarhGrains of TruthIkhhlaq.Aujla@timesgroup.comChandigarh: Untimely rains accompanied with strong winds and hailstorm have farmers across north...
- Dense fog and misty conditions to prevail in Haryana
Dense Fog and mist conditions is likely to prevail in most parts of Haryana for the next 48 hours.
Govt weighs open market sale of grainFood Corporation of India may resume wheat, rice sales from September
Govt weighs open market sale of grainFood Corporation of India may resume wheat, rice sales from September
- Govt weighs open market sale of grain
Government is considering a raft of emergency measures that includes open market sale of its rice and wheat stocks and allowing private com...
- Govt plans steps to tackle rising food prices
To bring down cereal prices, the government may start selling FCI rice in the open market from September.