Farmers of Mankulam village panchayat in Kerala’s Idukki district are nursing their soil to reverse the damage done to it over the years.

While other states are giving out distress signals of foodgrain scarcity,triggered by drought and flood fury,Punjab is not only looking at a good harvest but also hoping to gain from this adversity....

Despite the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee giving its nod to the commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal last week....

The gentle mountain slopes in this fascinatingly beautiful place at once catch the attention not merely for their idyllic setting and extremely hospitable people....

Amid arguments for and against introducing genetically modified (GM) crops in India,the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee....

The sudden burst of rain across Uttar Pradesh may have brought respite from the humid weather,but for the farmers across the state this has been a double blow.

Yadvendra Ram Tripathi,of Sariyya village under the Khajni development block in Gorakhpur district,a graduate,spurned the offer of a government...

With elections in Maharashtra,Arunachal Pradesh and Haryana around the corner here’s a look at how the prominent political parties in the states are wooing the powerful farmer lobby.

While the government is looking to offset the losses in Kharif production on account of the drought with an increase in productivity levels and area...

In a minor revolution in the agrarian history of the Kashmir Valley,the farmers in the region harvested the legendary Basmati rice for the first time this autumn.

After championing a number of innovations in plant breeding and crop research,the Anand Agricultural University (AAU) in Gujarat...

In a year characterised by the aftershocks of economic slow down hitting almost every sector,apple orchard owners in Himachal Pradesh still have reason to smile.

With the high price of potato becoming another issue in the hands of the Opposition to beat the beleaguered Left Front government with...

Agricultural scientists from ten states have embarked on a hunt to trace and isolate five harmful “invasive weeds” which made their...

The Saurashtra Kutch region,popularly known as India’s groundnut bowl,is threatening to fall off the agricultural map.

The pungent aroma of pepper no longer floats in Wayanad’s Pulpally village — once the largest producer of the famous...

A late burst of rains in Madhya Pradesh has given soybean farmers a reason to smile after a long dry period that was...

An Oriya meal isn’t complete without dal,either arhar (lentil) or moong (green gram),in liberal quantity.

The delayed and weak monsoon hasn’t ushered in much hope. Ranjani Raghavan visits Sangmaner in Nashik and Sinnar in Ahmednagar only...

Assurances from the Centre has failed to dispel the mounting concerns of Kerala — home to lush expanses of coconut,cardamom...

With large parts of the country being declared drought-hit,the need for a safeguard against vagaries of nature is being felt like never before.

As urbanisation feasts on Dehradun’s famed rice,its cultivation moves out of the traditional zones of Majra and Niranjanpur to elsewhere in Uttarakhand. The government,too,admits as much in the Assembly....

More than 500 women labourers of Gumla district in Jharkhand no longer migrate when there is no work in farms. Instead,they flock to nearby markets to sell the poultry they rear....

After slipping into the league of least-growing states in agriculture,Punjab has made a turnaround in the last two years....