Low grant sanctions, disbursement: India wants to promote FPOs but where are the funds?

Eligibility threshold for FPOs should be reduced or support provided to meet the criteria, experts feel

Food security policy formulation: What can India learn from other countries?

Food shortage, inflation, irrational polices: What not to do to avoid economic disasters 

Why did the Maya civilisation collapse? We don’t know yet, but drought was likely not the cause: Study

The Maya people could have turned to chaya and cassava to meet their carbohydrates and protein needs

A land imagined: Indigenous crops help Marathwada women in adding to family nutrition

Women in Maharashtra's Marathwada region reclaim parts of their farmland to grow produce of choice and to ensure nutrition security of their …

Food price inflation rate in rural India has doubled in a year

Food price rise has been fuelling overall inflation in India in recent months  

Summer crops may be damaged this year due to temperature rise: Experts

States accuse the Centre of not taking any initiative to help them increase production of summer crops  

Rains fall short: Major losses ahead, fear Bengal paddy farmers

Heavy rain for rest of monsoon might complete the deficit, says IMD, but will that be enough?    

This common weed can offer drought-resistant crops

Scientists integrated two metabolic pathways to produce a novel type of photosynthesis that enables the weed to withstand drought while remaining …