How will India’s wheat export U-turn affect the world?
This ban could drive global wheat prices sky high and affect poorer countries of Asia and Africa
Wheat Crisis: Government procurement goals not met, food security risk increases
Wheat is being purchased at a higher rate than the MSP despite the export ban
Simply Put: The nutrition question
Scientists discover new drought-resilient wheat gene, suitable for drier soil conditions
The next step for will be to test how this gene works in diverse agronomic environments from the UK to Australia
Why is north India suffering from a fodder crisis
The rise in wheat straw prices is a combined consequence of an unrelenting summer, water shortage as well as better prices for other crops like …
India’s wheat ban knee-jerk reaction; could prove costly for farmers
The full impact of the wheat ban on farmers will be known only in the next few days, say experts
Rabi 2022-23: Increase in wheat sowing marginal, shows government data
Data also showed a higher acreage in rapeseed and mustard crops, indicating that wheat farmers might have shifted their agricultural area to …
Wheat blast: A fungus that spread to three continents can threaten food security globally
Magnaporthe oryzae fungus was first reported in South America, from where it independently spread to Asia and Africa
West Bengal farmers shift from wheat to lucrative banana, lentils and maize cultivation
Cultivation area of maize has increased eightfold and tripled for pulses in last decade
North India faces an acute fodder shortage, courtesy wheat crisis, climate change
Wheat straw is being sold at Rs 1,100-1,700 per quintal; it was being sold at Rs 400-600 per quintal last year
What 3,000-year-old Egyptian wheat tells us about the genetics of our daily bread
Researchers sequenced the genome of a 3,000-year-old sample of Egyptian emmer wheat; Comparisons with modern samples suggest a story of how the …
As a heatwave spectre hangs again over India’s wheat harvest, its home-grown crop simulation model can help
InfoCrop, available for free on IARI’s website, can forecast climate impact on farm yield in real time
India bans wheat export
The Centre has banned export of all types of wheat from the country with immediate effect
Struck by higher costs, Punjab farmers wait to burn stubble; fire incidences likely to flare up
At least 5,772 incidents of stubble fire have been registered in Punjab till October 22 alone
Study links climate change with wheat blast; warns crop yield could drop by 75% in South America, Africa by 2050
Wheat blast-prone locations could increase due to climate impact; global wheat production could drop by 13%
Wheat crisis: Additional irrigation may not save Rabi crops; here is why
Additional moisture to save wheat and maize from high temperatures not feasible due to irrigation and groundwater level concerns, say …
Wheat varieties susceptible to new strains of yellow rust fungus: study
This infection is capable of causing up to 70 per cent decline in wheat yields
Sowing wheat early in eastern India can increase yield by 69%, finds study
Moving paddy transplantation forward by two weeks can lead to 36% greater wheat yield
Wheat crisis: High heat in February cause of worry for critical Rabi crop
Temperatures have started increasing even earlier than in 2022; may affect wheat approaching reproductive growth period and lower yield
Stubble burning amid rising fodder prices: Why the paradox
Farmers say the window to sow paddy after harvesting wheat was reduced
Wheat crisis: Will the February heat cause a steep decline in output this year?
This season, early seeding of wheat in October was promoted among farmers to escape the heat in March. However, the high temperatures began even …
Wheat production to be record high despite unseasonal rains: Officials
Back-to-back western disturbances have enriched the soil moisture in the past two weeks, say scientist
Wheat crisis: All eyes on weather as mercury shoots up in February
Farmers worry about a repeat of last year even as Centre claims record production for this year
60% wheat remains ‘unlifted’ from Punjab mandis
Amritsar and Tarn Taran Sahib have the highest amount of unlifted wheat in Punjab, 13 days after procurement started
Simply Put: All about diet