Fall Armyworm attack: 'Eastern India more vulnerable to infestation'

Warmer temperatures increase the metabolism and reproductive rates of the pest

Debt in half: Left or right

Not just loan waivers, farmers need a new deal

Government approves proposal to scale production and sale of compost

Will provide financial assistance of Rs 1,500 for every tonne of compost sold

Rebranding: an exercise in futility

Security begins in the stomach

Super cassava

Farmer-friendly

The minimum support price conundrum and Indian farming

MSP had no legal sanction when it was conceived and can also be challenged now

15 states yet to use funds of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

The Centre's flagship agriculture scheme’s 75 per cent released funds lie unspent

Production of milk, meat and eggs increased in 2016 rainy season

The production of wool decreased during the same period of July 1 to October 31, 2016

Climate change will increase drought intensity, frequency in the Caribbean

Theregion is vulnerable to variable and unpredictable rainfall, a FAO report says

Farm sector fell short of targeted growth of 4 per cent: Economic Survey 2013

'Investments are the only way to motivate the farming community to produce more'

Food production will need 165-600 million hectares more land to meet demand by 2050

Need to halt deforestation while ensuring food security, says report by FAO

High fertiliser prices shock farmers even as ministry denies shortage reports

Farmers in different states have protested against unavailability of fertilisers

On a tardy trail: State of organic farming in India

Area under organic cultivation is 2% of the net sown area in the country

Responsibility of PM’s irrigation scheme to go back to water resources ministry

Government sources say that this to and fro of the scheme may affect its implementation

Central African Republic in grip of food crisis

Cereal production and livestock reaing have been affected to a great extent

Interest in indigenous cattle breeds like the Pulikulam is reviving: Karthikeya Sivasenapathy

Down To Earth speaks to the head of the environment wing of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam about the Pulikulam cattle breed of Tamil Nadu

Simply Put: Tomato Halloween

Unseasonal rains, hailstorms damage over 18,000 hectares of agricultural land in Maharashtra

IMD predicts conditions to continue through March 19

Simply Put: Time to double farmer incomes

Simply Put: Farm Bills & U-turn

Simply put: Bihar’s blue kharif

Simply Put: UFO farmers