Bumper production, reduced import duty may hurt lentil farmers

There was no immediate inflation pressure on pulses for import duty cut

Coffee bean prices have doubled in the past year and may double again – what’s going on?

The principal reason for surging prices is a series of environmental events in Brazil

Organic and conservation farming boost multifunctionality of ecosystems: Study

Organic farming has a 46-51 per cent lower global warming potential

64% of world’s arable land at risk of pesticide pollution: Study

Asia home to largest land areas at high risk of pesticide pollution

Several Bihar farmers stare at loss as wheat seeds fail to sprout

Farmers demand compensation; state agriculture department launches probe

Union Budget 2020-21: Examining the agri-research agenda

Increased investment in agriculture research an absolute need of the hour

Union Budget 2020-21: Big talk on natural farming but no support

India has the largest share in the world’s organic farmers pie

Nigeria first to approve Bt cowpea, Ghana may follow

Nigeria has to import cowpea to meet demand for its most important legume

Good news for Indian farmers

In the absence of any National Crop Insurance Cover, there is no safety net for farmers

FAO and WHO joint body contradicts IARC’s finding on chemicals posing carcinogenic risk

WHO-FAO joint meeting finds some insecticides unlikely to pose carcinogenic risks

Budget attempts to provide relief to drought-hit farmers

But boost in agriculture budget not enough, say experts

It is official: The monsoon is the chief finance minister of India

Economic growth in 2016-17 depends critically on a good monsoon, says Economic Survey

India to stand steady against global financial volatility: World Bank

Weak farm output and halted bills may hamper growth trajectory for the country

Adverse weather pushes up food prices

Prices of sugar, palm oil and milk have gone up sharply

Stubborn nematodes

How the roundworms became resistant to avermectin

Breather for crops

How growstones keep substrates more fertile in greenhouses

Coconut cousins

DNA analysis shows coconuts have two different origins

Stubborn rust

Scientists decode rust fungus genome that risks world’s crops

Threatening monsoons

Indian farms rely more on mechanical power

Princely act

Beating the heat

From Ram rajya to scientific farming

Western expansionism caused more carbon emission

Thinking afresh

Agriculturists in India are gradually moving away from chemical pesticides and fertilisers;