How millet production can empower women farmers, strengthen agriculture

Boosting initiatives around millet value chain is one of the most effective ways to address agricultural challenges

Deadlock between Centre, Punjab unions leaves wheat tillers in limbo at sowing time

Urea and di-ammonium phosphate are in extremely short supply in the state as both sides slug it out

More nitrogen may help offset effect of climate change on wheat: study

IIT-Kharagpur scientists find wheat yield improves with increasing levels of nitrogen application despite elevated CO2 conditions

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 …

Is government manipulating agriculture data?

Government’s policy decisions and ground reports are in conflict with official data on sowing, production and agriculture insurance

UN food agency predicts bumper wheat, rice harvests

The global rice production is also predicted to expand for the first time in three years, mainly due to abundant monsoon rains in Asia and …

Migrants pay more for native cuisine even at the cost of nutrition finds study

The study Caloric Costs of Culture: Evidence from Indian Migrants appears in the American Economic Review

Fall of golden fibre

An inefficient industry is marring prospects of jute, paving way for plastics

Wheat rust fear looms large over south Asia

Not a waste until wasted

Punjab farmers burn straw after harvest. It is time to exploit the potential of this agro-waste

Climate change hits food production

Global warming has resulted in 20 per cent increase in price of wheat, maize, rice and soybean

Three years on, only 15% of Rs 1 lakh crore agri infrastructure fund disbursed

The scheme was launched in 2020 for the development of post-harvest infrastructure

Wheat, rice lost in transit in last 4 years could have fed 82.30 million Indians for a month

The transit foodgrain losses in the period amounted to Rs 1,109.82 crore

Warm winter to severely hit rabi production in Bihar: Experts

Forced maturity in plants due to higher temperatures can result in smaller seeds

Several Bihar farmers stare at loss as wheat seeds fail to sprout

Farmers demand compensation; state agriculture department launches probe

Lignin from agro waste helps make useful nanocomposites

Lignin is a complex organic polymer rich in polyphenols with antimicrobial qualities

Indians consuming rice and wheat low in food value, high in toxins: ICAR study

DTE and CSE hold webinar on magazine’s coverage of ICAR research

Shifting to millets increases groundwater recharge more than drip irrigation in India’s northern plains: Study

Switching from rice to millets such as pearl millet & sorghum during the Kharif season and shifting from wheat to sorghum in the Rabi season …

Hybrid seeds are becoming increasingly popular in India. But that is not good news; here is why

Hybrid seeds could threaten the country’s crop diversity and the hardy traditional varieties suited to grow in their native climes 

Independent India @ 75: It has taken a lot to be food-secure

From begging other countries for food to overflowing grain stocks, it has been a long journey; however, the government must adopt environment-…

Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Ignoring the groundwater depletion problem

Blaming farmers alone won’t work; prices for crops other than paddy must be remunerative

Prolonged protests in Bihar over acute fertiliser shortage during rabi sowing season

Protests had also erupted in the state during kharif season earlier this year due to shortage of urea.   

Wheat could expand to higher latitudes if warming trends continue: Study

Global maize yield could decline 24% while wheat would increase 17% by 2030 if the world warms like it is doing now, says study

Organic farming can lead to good yields, even in an intensively farmed area

A survey in Haryana last year found that 45 per cent of 218 organic farmers got yields for wheat better than the state official average …

Banana flour: Karnataka women’s novel idea to avoid wastage

It is a healthier alternative to replace refined flours and can provide nutrition as well as livelihoods