The Indian Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturers' Association (ISMA) has urged the government to permit the export of two million tonnes of suga...

India's sugar production is expected to fall. Drought and excessive rains have hurt sugarcane yields. Output may drop to 27 million metric ...

Enrollment in India's crop insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), is expected to increase by 23% this fiscal year, rea...

According to AISTA, the sugar production of Maharashtra in ongoing 2022-23 season will be 12.4 million tonnes against 13.7 million tonnes i...

AISTA has estimated that the sugar production of Maharashtra will increase to 10.2 MMT from 6.20 MMT in the previous year (up by 64.5%), wh...

Fall armyworm is native to the Americas and was first reported to have reached Africa in 2016.

Farmers' discontent will be a critical issue in the four major states going to the polls in 2018, three of which are ruled by the BJP.

Just when the farmers of Marathwada were optimistic after two consecutive years of drought, their hopes have been dashed again, this time b...

Amidst the debate over allowing use of Genetically Modified mustard, Raje said GM crops are not allowed in the state and would not be permi...

Wheat output in India, the world's second biggest grower, is expected to rise by 8.42 per cent to 93.82 million tonnes in the 2015-16 crop ...

On payment of premium the farmer should get insurance to cover losses due to unpreventable risks, which included natural fire and lightning.

The 12 crops ready for field trials include cotton, rice, castor, wheat, maize, groundnut, potato, sorghum, brinjal, mustard, sugarcane and...

“If farmers don’t go for quick drainage of water from their farms it can lead to drying of crops and reduce production drastically,” said a...

Indications from the food ministry now are that a decision is likely to be taken only between late December or the first half of January.

Haryana government would launch a statewide campaign for seed treatment before sowing crops during Kharif, 2008.

Textile major Trident Group to pump in Rs 281 crore for setting up a sugar plant at Barnala district in Punjab.

A low availability of farm workers in the region is likely to push the cotton production in south Gujarat below 8,000 bales over the next f...