Ghanaians love rice — how smallholder farmers could harvest more of it with the help of machines

Efforts to produce more rice often results in increased labour-intensive work for smallholder farmers

UP headed towards drought? Less than normal rainfall in 96% districts

Police stop farmers from using tube wells to irrigate their fields  

Is it heatwave that troubles farmers: Experts explain the reasons behind paddy stunting in Punjab, Haryana

Early-sown plants have been affected more than timely or late-sown plants

Direct-seeded rice: Why this water saving method failed in Punjab this year

Scanty rainfall, heat up to 48°C mar paddy prospects   

Hybrid seeds are multinational firms’ tool to monopolise agri markets

Policies should focus on farmer-centred seed production

Over a million paddy bags damaged in the open in Odisha due to rain, hailstorm

Most of the market yards had temporary sheds while several of them had permanent sheds

Deficient rainfall affects paddy, triggers drought fears in Odisha

As many as 19 districts have recorded large deficits of rainfall in August

Stubble burning amid rising fodder prices: Why the paradox

Farmers say the window to sow paddy after harvesting wheat was reduced

Monsoon 2022: Jharkhand farmers give up on paddy harvest due to scanty rains

Lowest amount of rainfall in the last decade; climate change to blame, says Met

Paddy sowing takes a hit as Jharkand reports 47% less rain

Over 1.7 million hectares of farmlands left unsown

Modulating pathogen functions control sheath blight disease: study

Millions of tonnes of rice are lost due to this disease every year

Extend paddy procurement beyond today: Odisha farmers

Thousands of paddy farmers allege their paddy harvest still not lifted

Farmers hit hard by changing rainfall pattern in Bihar

The state has recorded less-than-normal rainfall in the past seven years

Fields on fire: Punjab, Haryana farmers start burning paddy stubble to make way for vegetables

NASA shows 222 incidents of stubble burning in September; Amritsar, Tarn Taran hotspots

Efficient water-use: Odisha’s tribal farmers show the way

Micro-irrigation has been a game-changer by aiding year-round & diverse cultivation

Monsoon 2022: Agriculture sector shed nearly 8 million jobs in June

Sluggish monsoon; area sown down 15%; rural employment stares at meltdown

Bihar procures most paddy in 6 yrs, But will that help

Nitish Kumar government already has hands full; mills may not want to lift more

Bihar govt teams carrying out operations against locust swarms

The insects have spread to 11 districts of the state in the past four days

Despite appeals and fines, paddy crop residue burning on the rise in Punjab

Data from state pollution control board reveals increase in incidents

As told to Parliament (December 14, 2022): Cancer cases, deaths in India rose in 2022

The number of cases rose to 1,461,427 in 2022 from 1,426,447 in 2021

A tale for Christmas: Here is why the Apostle Bartholomew is associated with agriculture in Goa

Bartholomew or Nathaniel is believed to have visited India in 55 AD, like his fellow Apostle, Thomas before him  

Standing crop in half a million hectares of Andhra’s rice bowl may have been affected by Michaung: Expert

This would cause losses of Rs 4,000 crore in just paddy  

Unseasonal rains, hailstorms catch Rajasthan and MP unawares

Standing chickpea and garlic crops damaged

Kerala, Karnataka cannot avail drought assistance despite being stricken by drought

The Central government’s new definitions of drought are acting as impediments

Bihar’s food production has risen during the last 15 years due to agriculture roadmaps, say officials

State’s fourth agricultural roadmap launched on October 18 by President Murmu