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Good news for agriculture: India ends 2024 monsoon season with surplus rainfall

September was the third consecutive month with excess rainfall, which was over 11 per cent than the average precipitation.

30 September 2024, 13:29 IST

Good news for agriculture: India ends 2024 monsoon season with surplus rainfall

Good news for agriculture: India ends 2024 monsoon season with surplus rainfall

Good news for agriculture: India ends 2024 monsoon season with surplus rainfall

30 September 2024, 13:29 IST

Replacing rice with other crops could help recover groundwater lost since 2000: Study

The researchers proposed shifting from existing cropping habits by cutting down on cultivating rice as a potential solution for sustaining the fast-depleting resource in a warmer world that threatens food and water security.

15 September 2024, 09:09 IST

Replacing rice with other crops could help recover groundwater lost since 2000: Study

Replacing rice with other crops could help recover groundwater lost since 2000: Study

Replacing rice with other crops could help recover groundwater lost since 2000: Study

15 September 2024, 09:09 IST

Crops in 1.8 lakh hectares damaged due to floods in Andhra Pradesh: Agri Min Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Chouhan, who is on a two-day visit to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to assess the flood situation, said, 'The crops have suffered a lot of damage... Flowers are cultivated here, turmeric is cultivated, all the crops have been damaged'.

05 September 2024, 18:12 IST

Crops in 1.8 lakh hectares damaged due to floods in Andhra Pradesh: Agri Min Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Crops in 1.8 lakh hectares damaged due to floods in Andhra Pradesh: Agri Min Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Crops in 1.8 lakh hectares damaged due to floods in Andhra Pradesh: Agri Min Shivraj Singh Chouhan

05 September 2024, 18:12 IST

Heat stroke risk won't stop Japan's ageing farmers as temperatures soar

According to the fire and disaster management agency, this July, the number of people working in farming and fishing who were taken to hospital due to heat stroke was 877, nearly five times the number in June.

28 August 2024, 04:05 IST

Heat stroke risk won't stop Japan's ageing farmers as temperatures soar

Heat stroke risk won't stop Japan's ageing farmers as temperatures soar

Heat stroke risk won't stop Japan's ageing farmers as temperatures soar

28 August 2024, 04:05 IST

Supreme Court gives spilt verdict on pleas challenging environmental release of GM mustard

The bench directed that the Environment Ministry will undertake a consultation process with all the stakeholders and experts, preferably in four months before formulating a national policy on GM crops.

23 July 2024, 10:21 IST

Supreme Court gives spilt verdict on pleas challenging environmental release of GM mustard

Supreme Court gives spilt verdict on pleas challenging environmental release of GM mustard

Supreme Court gives spilt verdict on pleas challenging environmental release of GM mustard

23 July 2024, 10:21 IST

Centre allows duty concessions for corn, vegetable oil imports

The government has short-listed cooperatives and state-run companies, such as the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), the National Cooperative Dairy Federation (NCDF), and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), for the imports.

26 June 2024, 16:20 IST

Centre allows duty concessions for corn, vegetable oil imports

Centre allows duty concessions for corn, vegetable oil imports

Centre allows duty concessions for corn, vegetable oil imports

26 June 2024, 16:20 IST

80% of marginal farmers in India affected by adverse climatic events: Report

The survey found that two-thirds of the marginal farmers affected by extreme weather events have adopted climate-resilient agricultural practices, including changes in sowing time and methods, crop duration, and water and disease management strategies.

25 June 2024, 16:00 IST

80% of marginal farmers in India affected by adverse climatic events: Report

80% of marginal farmers in India affected by adverse climatic events: Report

80% of marginal farmers in India affected by adverse climatic events: Report

25 June 2024, 16:00 IST

Climate-proofing India's daily bread: The race for resilient wheat

Scientists in government research institutes and universities are racing to develop and distribute a broad range of climate-resilient wheat varieties that could prove vital to shoring up food security for the more than 140 crore people of India, the world's second-biggest wheat producer.

24 June 2024, 03:12 IST

Climate-proofing India's daily bread: The race for resilient wheat

Climate-proofing India's daily bread: The race for resilient wheat

Climate-proofing India's daily bread: The race for resilient wheat

24 June 2024, 03:12 IST

Govt buys 71,000 tons of onion for buffer stock; expects retail prices to ease with normal monsoon

Export prohibition had been lifted from May 4, 2024 with MEP of $550 (Rs 45,959.62) per tonne and 40 per cent export duty in view of substantial stability observed in major mandis like Lasalgaon, in Maharashtra and the prospect of good Kharif production on the back of above-normal monsoon prediction this year.

22 June 2024, 12:31 IST

Govt buys 71,000 tons of onion for buffer stock; expects retail prices to ease with normal monsoon

Govt buys 71,000 tons of onion for buffer stock; expects retail prices to ease with normal monsoon

Govt buys 71,000 tons of onion for buffer stock; expects retail prices to ease with normal monsoon

22 June 2024, 12:31 IST

TN delta farmers hope rains in Karnataka will spur opening of Mettur sluice gates

Farmers in Cauvery Delta region in Tamil Nadu are worried over the cultivation of kuruvai as there is a slim chance Stanley Reservoir will open on June 12 due to non-availability of water.

28 May 2024, 15:08 IST

Tamil Nadu delta farmers hope rains in Karnataka will spur opening of Mettur sluice gates

Tamil Nadu delta farmers hope rains in Karnataka will spur opening of Mettur sluice gates

TN delta farmers hope rains in Karnataka will spur opening of Mettur sluice gates

28 May 2024, 15:08 IST