As Nitish takes a tough stand against MNCs planning to sell Bt maize after selling hybrid corn seeds,farmers of Bihar’s Kosi region are a confused lot

If successful,it would save paddy growers from depending on erratic monsoon and rapidly depleting ground water.

Early this year,the farmers had fetched more than Rs 1,200 for cardamom.

Govt has little role to play as farmers move to cotton,sugarcane,maize,pulses. Paddy acreage set to fall by 1 lakh hectare

Three anti-hail guns,part of a Rs 27-cr pilot project ,could protect only those areas where they were installed. One gun covers between 80 and 100 hectares

Assam has drawn up an ambitious plan to cultivate jatropha to boost farmers’ income and produce bio-diesel

Giant Noor Jahans grow only on three trees left in the Katthiwara area of MP’s Alirajpur district

Despite knowing that its storage capacity was far less,the state government revised its wheat procurement target twice. Procurement shot up due to a populist measure of Rs 100 per quintal bonus

Controlled application of gamma rays on fruits and vegetables increases their shelf-life,reduces spoilage — an answer to post-harvest storage problems

Kerala,Karnataka may have banned the popular insecticide,but experts warn that farmers may have only more hazardous and more expensive options to choose from

A doctor in the Valley gave up a career in medicine to cultivate lavender. Eight years on,she has won a state award with many following in her footsteps

While sowing of paddy will begin around June 10,cotton sowing started around April 15

In Gumla district’s rice belts,which remain barren for six months in a year,a social worker has introduced farmers to fruits and horticultural plants

Five years ago,the AP court had ordered a cut in prices of cottonseeds — from Rs 1,600 to Rs 650 per bag. Other states had followed suit

Alphonsos will not be seen in the market after mid-May. Their produce has anyway been very low and prices steep

Embryo transfer technology is expected to improve cattle breed in Himachal and enhance its milk production

New norms to bring in safety regulations at each link of the food chain

Experts say that even if the weather turns unfavourable,the state may lose only 1 to 1.5 per cent of the crop and still be the highest wheat producing state this year

In a year’s time,summer moong’s acreage has risen to one lakh hectares

A Rs 9.5-cr ICAR project sanctioned to SKUAST aims at reviving the lucrative industry

India stands tall in gloomy world scenario

In six months,Haryana’s poultry business up by 10-15 pc as dry,parched south Haryana wakes up to high demand,higher returns

Assessments reveal that this year’s crop — susceptible to pest attack in March-April — would be about 40 per cent less than last year’s

Long winter,good snowfall makes climate favourable for a quality harvest this year.