Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday released 184 new varieties of 25 different crops to increase ...

Backbone of Indian Agriculture: Rice is called the Backbone of Indian Agriculture because it is India’s most important food crop, supports millions of farmers, ensures national food security, and ...

Brinjal is known as the King of Vegetables due to its wide cultivation, high nutrition, long history and economic importance.

As if food supply chain distortions, paucity of farm labor, and dwindling cash reserves due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown weren’t calamitous enough, Indian farmers have another ...

In India, 70% of rural households depend on agriculture, of which 80% are smallholder farmers, owning two hectares or less. About 6 million cultivate cotton, a cash crop that’s India’s third-largest ...

“Science-first farming” is the path to sustainable income growth, and Indian farming is entering a period of rapid transition, says Ankur Aggarwal, Executive Chairman & Managing Director, Crystal Crop ...

Over the past few decades, it has become obvious that climate change, and consequent extreme weather events, can wreak havoc on crop yields. Concerningly, there is a large disparity in agricultural ...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Aug 16 (Reuters) - India, one of the world's leading producers and consumers of farm commodities such as rice, sugar, corn, cotton and soybean, is facing its first drought in three ...