India reports 22% less sowing till second week of 2022 kharif season, compared to last year

The southwest monsoon has entered the country, but the initial rainfall figures have become a source of trouble for farmers

Cyclone Jawad: Bengal braces for intense rain, crop damage

Cyclone Jawad’s impact on West Bengal will be dependent on what direction the cyclone takes in Odisha, say experts

Cyclone Jawad can make landfall in Odisha’s Puri district December 5: IMD

Farmers and fishermen in coastal Odisha districts prepare for the worst, with Cyclone Jawad predicted to make landfall in the area; many worried …

Heavy rains damage paddy crop in Bihar’s Seemanchal and Kosi regions

Standing crops have been damaged in about 663,776.28 hectares due to floods, excessive rains and waterlogging this year

International Day of Rural Women: A day in the life of a tribal woman farmer in Odisha

Anita Naik, a farmer living near Similipal National Park, has become an entrepreneur after turning to maize instead of leaving uplands fallow

Why unbridled aquaculture in East Godavari district needs to be monitored

Impacts of aquaculture need to be assessed from a more comprehensive value-chain perspective instead of a narrow production focus

Bihar cracks down on errant farmers for stubble burning

Farmers who burnt stubble will not get subsidies even as many blame mechanisation and dwindling cattle

Crop burning: New machines don’t solve, but add to menace

Debt-ridden farmers have to either rent or buy the machines, which pose several threats to their next crop

Punjab bats for direct seeding of rice. But will it help farmers?

Lack of migrant labourers in the wake of COVID-19-fuelled reverse migration has prompted state government to abandon traditional transplantation …

MS Swaminathan, a legend who will live on

Swaminathan will go down in history as the person who pulled India out of the ‘hunger trap’. This was the biggest achievement of the …

Sapling solidarity: Erratic monsoon has led to Haryana, Punjab farmers helping each other; here is how

Cultivators in flood-hit villages of the states have received free supply of paddy saplings from their counterparts in safer areas to tide over …

Video of hundreds of birds dying of poisoning in Assam goes viral; suspects identified

The birds, identified as spotted doves, are found abundantly in the region and are native to Asia

UP Dussehra downpour: 10,000% excess rain in 3 districts of state wrecks kharif crop

No initiative has been taken so far in the government and districts regarding the survey for compensation to farmers

White fly attack, untimely rains and drought; Rajasthan farmers stare at losses

Farmers are now banking on the Rabi crops as they lost hopes of a good income in the Kharif season

Just 6 of Odisha’s 30 districts have received normal rains this monsoon: Report

Farmers in many parts of Odisha are facing heavy losses due to the failure of the southwest monsoon

Punjab rejects Centre’s new agri laws, passes 3 bills of its own

They essentially provide that no sale or purchase of wheat and paddy will take place below the minimum support price

Last straw to stubble burning

Straw can be converted into fuel for use in vehicles. It can also replace coal in old power plants, reducing …

Stubble burning season starts in Punjab and Haryana

Nasa’s satellite image showed at least 100 such incidents in Punjab in the last 72 hours

More than 60% markets sell agricultural produce below MSP

The price of cereal, paddy and oilseed has crashed in more than 1,700 markets, according to government data

After broken dam wrecked this Punjab village twice, farmers decided to take matters into own hands

Overflowing Ghaggar river broke banks in July, destroyed Kharif paddy; villagers blame state government for disrepair

New eel discovered in Odisha after researcher mistakes it for another species

A researcher had initially collected individuals of the new species thinking it is rice-paddy eel

Killed in cold blood: Amphibians and reptiles are bearing the brunt of crop intensification

Loss of species due to rising farm productivity is inevitable, says research 

Stubble burning: Focus on 6 Punjab districts, study by Harvard, MIT suggests

Stubble burning in India affecting other south Asian countries too; but most of the impact is within India, say US researchers

Centre hikes MSP as kharif sowing begins

MSP hike for 17 crops was approved June 8; this is likely to encourage farmers to diversify and switch to these crops

Most farmers did not know of agencies that procured crop under MSP: Report

Only 23.7% and 24.7% paddy produced was sold under MSP in Kharif and Rabi season respectively of 2018-19