Centre releases Rs 20,677 crore via PM-KISAN

West Bengal’s farmers among 95 million to get PM-KISAN instalment

Direct cash transfer smooth in Punjab, but is it a hit with farmers

State pays out 83% of wheat MSP due for rabi season in a month

As told to Parliament (March 23, 2021): 40% more MGNREGS person days in 2020-21

All that was discussed in the House through the day

The future of Indian agriculture lies with ‘atmanirbhar' farmers

Paradigm shift needed: Policy makers must shift focus to sustainability from production

Pesticide Management Bill 2020: What could have made it better

The bill was introduced after much delay

Union Budget 2020-21: Total rural budgetary allocation, including MGNREGA slashed

This comes even as rural India is suffering its worst unemployment crisis in 45 years

Union Budget 2019-20: First time in five years, MGNREGA gets Rs 1,084 crore less

Budget allocation for Ministry of Rural Development gets Rs 5,200 crore extra

Focus on climate change: Food majors to US government

Sustainable Food Policy Alliance pushes for carbon pricing system for industries 

India's demand for teak wood endangers Ecuador's rainforests

Ecudaor lost about 0.4 million hectares tree cover between 2001 and 2015

Venezuela food crisis, fallout of a mismanaged economy

A whopping 87 per cent of Venezuelans say they don't have money to buy enough food

El Niño casts shadow on crop prospects; Food Price Index falls

Reduced crop production has severely affected food security in southern Africa

India to be fastest growing large economy in 2016: UN report

Consumer and investor confidence in India has risen

Life after hail

Potato shield for bamboo

Coatings of potato starch can protect bamboo shoots from microbes and browning

Parasite to control locust

A parasite found in locust hindgut inhibits its ability to swarm

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Rice originated in India

Fresh evidence from dung of dinosaurs changes many conceptions

Seeds of failure

Soybean does not sprout in 40,000 hectares in Maharashtra, state blames farmers

Odisha’s corn push

State rolls out scheme to reimburse fertiliser cost of maize farmers

Growing on less water

International body to study climatic variations

Urea coated with neem

Protein-enriched GM potato

Futures trading in rice, wheat

It could help the Indian farmer manage risks better. If it works

The need for the public sector

For services the marginalised need