Wheat production to decline as global temperature increases
At the same time, the demand for wheat is expected to increase by 60 per cent by the middle of the 21st century
Madhya Pradesh assembly elections: Will MSP promises make a difference?
Madhya Pradesh government at present is buying 36% of wheat produce, 19% of paddy from farmers
With IT villages
Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking
Farming made unprofitable
Persistent in folly
Rice and wheat fetch a secure price and subsidies on farm inputs. Coarse grains have no place in the public distribution system, although their …
Rice: the real cost
It is said the future wars would be fought over the issue of water, not land. Yet Indian government promotes rice, which consumes water, over …
Cereal killer
By promotong rice over coarse grains, the government is promoting food scarcity and defeciency of micronutrients among India's most malnourished …
Salted lands of Australia
Bad cropping practices and ill-planned water management leads to salted Australian farmland
As told to Parliament (July 22, 2022): UP had most number of cancer cases in 2020
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Govt hikes Rabi crops’ MSP minimally
Increase in MSP of wheat is the lowest in the last six years
Untimely rains wreak havoc on rabi crops in Bihar
Total rainfall recorded in April was 110 mm against the normal of 15-25 mm, according to an official
White fly attack, untimely rains and drought; Rajasthan farmers stare at losses
Farmers are now banking on the Rabi crops as they lost hopes of a good income in the Kharif season
More than 60% markets sell agricultural produce below MSP
The price of cereal, paddy and oilseed has crashed in more than 1,700 markets, according to government data
FAO acknowledges Indian wheat exports helped in reducing April inflation
There has been some relief in inflation in April according to the Food Price Index of the FAO, released May 6; this relief has been seen in …
MS Swaminathan, a legend who will live on
Swaminathan will go down in history as the person who pulled India out of the ‘hunger trap’. This was the biggest achievement of the …
What about harvest? Protesting farmers say colleagues back home have them covered
Farmers in Punjab plan to first harvest fields of neighbours who are away at Delhi borders in unprecedented solidarity
Punjab rejects Centre’s new agri laws, passes 3 bills of its own
They essentially provide that no sale or purchase of wheat and paddy will take place below the minimum support price
Stubble burning season starts in Punjab and Haryana
Nasa’s satellite image showed at least 100 such incidents in Punjab in the last 72 hours
Grain of truth
India's public distribution system promotes rice and wheat. These water-intensive crops require more inputs and are less nutritious as compared …
Weighty task
It is not easy to measure nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, emitted from Indian farms
Centre eases quarantine norms for wheat imports
Indian farmers get short shrift as country imports wheat
Brief
A plant breeder comes into his own
Awards are finally coming to K Vinod Prabhu, 54, a plant breeder, for his work on building resistance in wheat, mustard and rice through the …