Agriculture

EGoM to discuss drought situation next week

26 Jul 2012

Government admits monsoons below normal

24 Jul 2012

Food minister KV Thomas admitted today that the situation was a cause for worry and the government will have to initiate measures to check hoarding as deficient rainfall would lead to crop failure.

India’s 2011-12 foodgrain output seen above 257 million tonnes

17 Jul 2012

Government ready to face monsoon challenge: Pawar

16 Jul 2012

Poor rains may hit pulses production: Sharad Pawar

06 Jul 2012

Pawar allays fears of crop failure

03 Jul 2012

Despite drop from 2009 peak, agricultural land grab still remains high

21 Jun 2012

Govt to offload wheat to bulk buyers, PDS to contain rotting

15 Jun 2012

Government announces big hike in support prices of kharif crops

14 Jun 2012

India’s record grain stock starts to rot

09 Jun 2012

Reports said foodgrains worth about Rs2 crore stacked in the open by the Food Corporation of India in Kota, and Sriganganagar in Rajasthan got drenched in rain water on Wednesday

Monsoon hits south Kerala coast; Delhi, UP too get light showers

05 Jun 2012

Monsoon to arrive in 48 hours: weather department

04 Jun 2012

The onset of the rains may meet the schedule of the Met department; but there are strong fears that the monsoon will be weak

India’s grain stock tops 54.4 million tonnes

28 May 2012

India wasting 18 per cent of its fruit and vegetable production

05 May 2012

Met predicts normal monsoon for third year running

27 Apr 2012

The IMD’s India-wide projections may be reasonably accurate but are of little help to farmers who need local weather information. By Jagdeep Worah

India’s food grain output hits a record 257 million tonnes

23 Apr 2012

National Crop Forecast Centre to make maiden forecast from kharif season

23 Apr 2012

Government to permit export of another 1.9 million bales of cotton

12 Apr 2012

ICAR blames BT cotton for farmers' misery

26 Mar 2012

Hybrid cotton has helped farmers says Pawar, activists say no

22 Mar 2012

ICAR develops over 4,000 varieties of crops

20 Mar 2012

Bihar’s Nalanda district beats China’s paddy production record

20 Mar 2012

The Nalanda district in Bihar has set a new global record in paddy production under field demonstration of intensified rice cultivation

Move international court on Indian ‘water aggression’: Pak minister

17 Mar 2012

Report on farm sector calls for focus on investment, sustainable technology and marketing

13 Mar 2012

FAO sees 2012 world wheat production at near-record 690 million tonnes

12 Mar 2012