Agriculture

Skymet Weather predicts normal rains from June

04 Apr 2018

Rajasthan’s first mega food park at Ajmer launched

29 Mar 2018

Centre allows bulk export of all edible oils except mustard oil

29 Mar 2018

Farmers’ Mumbai march ends with state agreeing to almost all demands

13 Mar 2018

The over 35,000 farmers from Maharashtra who had marched on Mumbai began dispersing today, satisfied after the government accepted most of their demands including loan waivers and right to cultivate forest land

Farmers’ Mumbai march ends with state agreeing to almost all demands

13 Mar 2018

The over 35,000 farmers from Maharashtra who had marched on Mumbai began dispersing today, satisfied after the government accepted most of their demands including loan waivers and right to cultivate forest land

Fadnavis meets with officials as 50,000 farmers converge on Mumbai

12 Mar 2018

The farmers of Maharashtra plan to ‘gherao’ the state assembly, which is in session, to press their demands which include a complete loan waiver and transfer of adivasi land to farmers who have been tilling it

Water storage at 91 major reservoirs down by 2%

09 Mar 2018

Scientists engineer crops to conserve water, resist drought

07 Mar 2018

Scientists engineer crops to conserve water, resist drought

07 Mar 2018

Cabinet okays doubling of MSP scheme for oilseeds and pulses to Rs19,000 cr

03 Mar 2018

Weatherman forecasts pre-monsoon scorcher; heat waves to hit early

01 Mar 2018

Good for agriculture, allied sectors

01 Feb 2018

Agriculture, rural economy to get a big boost

01 Feb 2018

Commerce ministry wants price curbs on most farm exports lifted

22 Jan 2018

The draft agricultural export policy is likely to limit minimum export price restrictions to most essential items like rice or wheat and leave commodities like potatoes and onions out of export price controls

Bird flu back in India; cases reported from Karnataka

16 Jan 2018

Rabi crops sowing crosses 58.6 mn hectares

06 Jan 2018

Dairy infrastructure fund aims at full milk procurement at flush season

03 Jan 2018

Speed breeding technique sows seeds of new green revolution

02 Jan 2018

Wheat disease breakthrough to help feed the world

22 Dec 2017

India’s 2016-17 horticultural production hits 300 min tonnes

18 Dec 2017

India emerges world’s second-largest fish producer

22 Nov 2017

NCDC surpasses FY18 financial assistance target in 6 months

22 Nov 2017

Govt allows export of pulses as bumper crop cools prices

18 Nov 2017

Onion prices drop after govt allows imports by state agencies

10 Nov 2017

Modi invites global investors for contract farming in India

04 Nov 2017

India, with the world’s second-largest arable land area and 127 diverse agro-climatic zones offers vast scope for private investments in contract farming and sourcing of raw materials, the prime minister told global investors