Ground Report

Use cowdung as organic manure to improve soil health: Niti Aayog

Use cowdung as organic manure to improve soil health: Niti Aayog

The report of the Task Force noted that cow dung is a major produce of Gaushala,...

NITI Aayog panel pitches for capital assistance for gaushalas

NITI Aayog panel pitches for capital assistance for gaushalas

The report titled 'Production and Promotion of Organic and Bio Fertilisers with...

Farmers suffer as mustard price fall below MSP due to low price import of edible oils

Farmers suffer as mustard price fall below MSP due to low price import of edible oils

Mustard prices are ruling below the MSP of Rs 5,450 per quintal by Rs 1,000-1,200...

Millets: The lost and found crop - thanks to FAO-backed community seed banks

Millets: The lost and found crop - thanks to FAO-backed community seed banks

Over the past two decades, communities in central and eastern Indian states had...

Women agripreneurs leading the way

Women agripreneurs leading the way

at present women constitute only 14 per cent of the total entrepreneurship in India...

Pastoralism: A clarion call to save the Maldhari livelihood

Pastoralism: A clarion call to save the Maldhari livelihood

Maldharis are among those few indigenous people who have contributed least to the...

Walmart Foundation to support 1 mn small farmers in India over next 5 yrs

Walmart Foundation to support 1 mn small farmers in India over next 5 yrs

The foundation has also announced two new grants, which include USD 3 million to...

India, dairy to the world by focusing on animal productivity and breed improvement

India, dairy to the world by focusing on animal productivity and breed improvement

Even with an average milk production of 2.5-3 litres per cattle, we are the largest...

Potato goes the onion way - neither price nor buyer, farmers are upset

Potato goes the onion way - neither price nor buyer, farmers are upset

after the crash of onion prices, when the bumper crop of potatoes came in the market,...

Laxmi & Saraswati make their mark on Int’l Women’s Day

Laxmi & Saraswati make their mark on Int’l Women’s Day

Laxmi Bai is a member as well as farmer group representative of Chirayu Women Crop...

Road ahead for farmers disappointed with makhana; sowing to start in Feb

Road ahead for farmers disappointed with makhana; sowing to start in Feb

Makhana (fox nuts), full of medicinal properties and beneficial for health, ruined...

Agri Infra Fund silently changing agriculture landscape

Agri Infra Fund silently changing agriculture landscape

Within two-and-a-half years of the implementation of the AIF, the scheme has mobilized...

Farmers getting good Basmati prices, but yield declines due to rain

Farmers getting good Basmati prices, but yield declines due to rain

Although the farmers in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan are getting...

Project ‘Hriday’ is about alliance of Plan, People and Policymakers for sustainable development

Project ‘Hriday’ is about alliance of Plan, People and Policymakers for sustainable development

AROH Foundation, a national-level NGO, and LIC Housing and Finance Ltd collaborated...

Foundation for $5trn economy is possible through local govts: Dr WR Reddy, NIRDPR former DG

Foundation for $5trn economy is possible through local govts: Dr WR Reddy, NIRDPR former DG

Dr W. R. Reddy former DG of NIRDPR, Hyderabad, inaugurated the ICSSR-sponsored two-day...

Mega field experiment of mating disruption PBKnot technology to manage pink bollworm in cotton zone in North India

Mega field experiment of mating disruption PBKnot technology to manage pink bollworm in cotton zone in North India

As part of “Project Bandhan – A Knot of PBW Protection”, the South Asia Biotechnology...

PM Modi Releases 23rd PM-KISAN Installment; Rs 18,880 Crore Transferred to 9.44 Crore Farmers

The 23rd instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) was disbursed on Saturday at Tarakeswar, Hooghly, West Bengal....

Latest News

Centre Raises Onion Procurement Price for Buffer Stock to Rs 1,730 per Quintal

The central government has raised the onion procurement price under its buffer stock scheme from Rs 1,650 to Rs 1,730 per quintal,...

National

Agriculture Amid Mounting Challenges

The prospect of a weak monsoon, rising oil and fertilizer prices, and subdued agricultural commodity prices has increased pressure...

Opinion

Dehradun’s Premium Litchi Enters European Market as APEDA Facilitates First Consignment to Italy

APEDA facilitated the first export consignment of fresh litchi from Dehradun to Italy. This milestone marks the entry of Uttarakhand's...

International

Three Indians Named Among Top Agri-food Pioneers 2026 by World Food Prize Foundation

Three Indian scientists, Dr Yashpal Saharawat, Dr Anandharamakrishnan Chinnaswamy and Dr Rajeev Varshney, have been named among the...

International

Import of Urea Gives Headache to Government

As war in West Asia disrupts fertilizer and LNG supplies, India’s dependence on imported urea is emerging as a major threat to food...

Opinion