Ground frost causes damage to potato, vegetable crops in North India
While the potato crop has suffered the maximum damage, other vegetable crops and mustard across Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and …
Hidden cost of global food, land use at $12 trillion: Report
This is expected to rise to more than $16 trillion a year by 2050, finds a report by Food and Land use Coalition
Here is how producer organisations evolved in India
Farmer producer companies (FPCs) and cluster based business organisations (CBBOs) have been formed and are functioning in India for over 20 …
जीएम सरसों की अनुमति देने के निर्णय को वापिस लें सरकार: भारतीय किसान संघ
भारतीय किसान संघ ने व्यापक अध्ययन न होने के बावजूद जीईएसी द्वारा मंजूरी देने पर सवाल खड़े किए हैं
Republic Day chaos a conspiracy; peaceful protests to go on: Samyukta Kisan Morcha
Farmers’ umbrella group alleges conspiracy by government and Kisan Mazdoor Shangharsh Committee
Farmers' republic: Tractor rallies in Capital through R-Day drive home demand to repeal 3 agri laws
Movement leaders condemn violence, thank farmers for remaining largely peaceful as thousands take to the streets to make …
खरीफ की बुआई में 6.32 फीसदी की बढ़ोतरी, धान की बुआई जारी
चालू मानसून सीजन में अब तक सामान्य से 9 फीसदी अधिक बारिश हुई है, जिसके चलते खरीफ की बुआई बढ़ी है
Birds impacting agricultural crops a major concern
Many avian species damage crops during sowing, seedling and ripening stages, leading to economic losses to farmers
Trick question: Why is food production up despite fewer pollinators
In the last 50 years, the global agriculture’s reliance on crops dependent on pollinators like bees has grown by 300 per cent
Another set of distressed farmers protest, but does govt get a hint?
One more farmer protest in the national capital makes headlines, but it may have just added to the long list of such outcries
Prices of agricultural commodities to remain low in the next decade: FAO-OECD report
Although production has grown strongly across commodities, demand growth is decelerating
New drought in Ethiopia puts recovery at risk
A new drought is emerging in southern and southeastern pastoral areas of the country
Civil society raises concern over RCEP negotiations
The free trade agreement will cover a large range of issues—trade in goods, agriculture, services, investment and intellectual property
El Niño: Ethiopia faces worst drought in thirty years
Crop production in Ethiopia has dropped by 50 to 90 per cent in some regions and failed completely in the eastern part of the country
Bird flu spreads in West Africa; FAO alerts governments
Cameroon has already incurred a loss of $20 million due to the outbreak
Agriculture key to achieving lasting peace in Central African Republic
The agriculture sector is the backbone of the country’s economy
गेहूं के बाद चीनी के निर्यात पर लगा प्रतिबंध, सरकार ने दिए ये तर्क
सरकार की ओर से कहा गया है कि घरेलू उपलब्धता और मूल्य स्थिरता बनाए रखने के लिए यह कदम उठाया गया है
Food security: Climate change is affecting the seeds that India depends on
An increase in the number of days with extreme temperatures or rain has caused a decline in the quality and size of seeds across India
Deforestation rate globally declined between 2015 and 2020: FAO report
While the world lost 178 million hectares of forest in the last 30 years, the rate of net forest loss declined
Look back at the decade: Agrarian distress
A series to highlight crucial points in the second decade of the new millenium: We flag off with how near-zero income for farmers …
किसानों को सब्सिडी नहीं, सही कीमत दिलाना चाहते थे महेंद्र सिंह टिकैत
जब देश कृषि संकट से जूझ रहा है तो किसान नेता महेंद्र सिंह टिकैत की बातों में समाधान ढ़ूंढ़ने की कोशिश की जा सकती ...
‘Govt is cheating us, destroying traditional agriculture’
Farmers living in tribal areas in Jharkhand alleged that industrialists and the government are conspiring to ruin diverse traditional seeds and crops
China's loss to US in WTO is not good news for India
India calculates subsidy the same way as China, which lost the case for giving too much subsidy to its wheat, rice farmers
Conflicts, climate make 2 more nations need food aid
An FAO report says Cabo Verde and Senegal have been added to a list of 39 countries that need external food assistance owing to poor cropping …
Fall Armyworms affect 750,000 acres of maize in Africa, put food security at threat
It may take more than two years before hybrids resistant to the FAW are bred and commercialised in Africa