Budget 2020-21: Experts hope for more funds to boost farm income
They also hope money will be given for irrigation facilities as well as for women and tenant farmers
गाय संकट-1: गुपचुप तरीके से नेपाल भेजे जा रहे हैं मवेशी
गोरक्षा और व्यापार पर प्रतिबंध के कारण उत्तर प्रदेश की सीमा पर रहने वाले किसान अपने आवारा पशुओं को नेपाल के गांवों में पहुंचा ...
Dairy units in India turn to cheaper alternatives
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Honey traders oppose GM mustard, to observe day-long protest on Sep 28
The beekeepers across India pointed out the adverse impact that GM cotton had on bees when it was introduced in 2002
India pins hopes on Myanmar pulses
Desperate to check growing prices, the country plans to encourage domestic players to grow pulses in Myanmar despite having bad experiences in …
Creation of water harvesting structures: Will the Centre achieve the target?
The Centre has announced the construction of half a million dug wells and farm ponds to tackle drought
Fall Armyworm detected on sugarcane crops in Tamil Nadu
Worm found in four sugarcane fields in the districts of Erode and Karur
Government denies demonetisation affected agriculture
Denial comes after agriculture ministry tells Parliament panel cash crunch hurt farmers
Unseasonal rainfall damages Rabi crops for seventh consecutive season
Primary estimate puts crop loss at around 10-15 per cent till now
Fisheries should be treated on par with agriculture, says report
A Parliamentary Standing Committee report says the potential of the fisheries sector in India needs more exploring
Low food inflation is bad news for farmers
Prices of some vegetables plummeted by 60 per cent between July 2016 and April 2017, further aggravating agrarian crisis
Sharp fall in farm suicides in 2016 claims latest NCRB data
Telangana not among top five aby more; Maharshtra, Karnataka still at top
Why India is vulnerable to attacks by alien species
The country has faced at least 10 major invasive pest and weed attacks in the past 15 years, with most recent being the fall armyworm that …
India is producing less coffee. Here's why
Extreme weather events in August 2018 in coffee producing areas of Kerala and Karnataka led to a dip of around 20 per cent in the total coffee …
Hike in wheat MSP unlikely to help distressed farmers
The recent hike in Minimum Support Price on wheat will still not meet the Centre’s promise to ensure MSP 50 per cent higher than the cost …
Hailstorms, unseasonal rains damaged 4.76 lakh hectares of crop in February
Around 300,000 hectares of crops like jowar, gram, wheat and horticulture crops like orange, grapes, bananas and vegetables were damaged in …
42% of India’s districts use 85% of its chemical fertilisers
A parliamentary standing committee blamed Agriculture Ministry’s skewed policy for the inequality in fertiliser usage
Will it rain?
As states across India are reeling from drought, for the first time, a 24x7 call centre in Karnataka informs farmers about weather conditions, …
Whitefly lesson
A few villages in Haryana successfully grow cotton amid widespread destruction of the crop by whitefly in the region
Agriculture: wrong prescription for right diagnosis
Finance minister’s decision to increase farm credit corpus and give more autonomy to states for agriculture schemes unlikely to help farmers
SC okays Monsanto’s patent claim over Bt cotton
The agri-business giant earlier had a setback at Delhi high court
Budget attempts to provide relief to drought-hit farmers
But boost in agriculture budget not enough, say experts
Aid package not enough, say Europe’s struggling farmers
The EU has announced a $560-million support package for farmers hit by Russia’s import ban
Punctured cover: India's crop insurance scheme loses sheen
Insurers withdraw from Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana as extreme weather events spike claim rates resulting in heavy losses
Karnataka coffee farmers selling estates, killing themselves: Report
Market prices, erratic weather and increasing input costs are making coffee cultivation unviable, it notes