Over the past decade, the industry has seen a rapid rise,opening a new window for jobs and livelihood.
A group of farmers have come up with their own brand and are selling products from a mandi board shop in Moga.
On the outskirts of Srinagar city,sprawling residential colonies have cropped up over the years.
In malnourished belt,a cooperative rescues farmers by procuring uncommon veggies.
Himachal apples suffer for bumper production,lack of preservation facilities and rush to market
Way short of demand,Kashmir promotes sheep farming.
Injudicious use telling on soil,crops and public health,Punjab pushes alternatives. There have been few takers.
Nearly a third of fruits and vegetables go waste for lack of post-harvesting facilities. The annual loss is Rs 2 lakh crore,a nationwide study estimates.
Guar in demand in international gas industry,Gujarat farmers go for the easy,profitable option.
National Vegetable Initiative brings poly houses to Ludhiana,farmers see hope of direct selling.
Jammu and Kashmirs efforts to promote pisciculture as a means of employment are gradually drawing in young Kashmiris.
Himachal Pradesh is looking at the strawberry as a fancy alternative to the apple in the future.
Punjab farmers warm up to agro-forestry,which not only pays well but also helps drive govts green mission.
State keeps promoting greener varieties but farmers stick to water-guzzling PUSA 44
Already producing enough paddy to sustain itself,Assam sets about building modern mills
State govt remains opposed as ever but its Bt that thrives on cotton fields
Himachal Pradesh begins apple season with hopes of a bumper harvest and good prices
Temperatures rising by the year and rainfall erratic,Punjab sets up centre for research on how its changing climate has been affecting its crops,and how to protect them
Artificial insemination project helps breed 1 lakh buffalo,cow calves for higher yields
Private players return for wheat,govt misses procurement target but says happy farmers earned
Banana growers in Punjab claim to be profiting heavily from the relatively new crop,but its one-crop-a-year pattern has prevented it from really catching on
Instrument tells the farmer just how much irrigation his paddy field needs
Emu farmers struggle as they get focus wrong,while oil is yet to find a market
Milk is the what sustains farmers in the rain-fed hills of Namhol in Himachal Pradesh. An initiative of six or seven families taken in 2001




