Wheat sowing area marginally down at 299.33 lakh hectares

Last Updated: Friday, January 9, 2015, 19:51

Area under coverage for coarse cereals, pulses and oilseeds is also down in the winter sowing season compared to the year-ago period.

Gram sowing down by 21%; wheat marginally lower

Last Updated: Friday, January 2, 2015, 19:32

Total area sown to gram is down by 21 percent at 79.65 lakh hectares, while that of wheat crop is lagging behind marginally at 293.16 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing rabi season, according to latest government data.

Australian scientists awarded for spotting water efficient crops

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 17:11

Two Australian scientists have been awarded the British-based Rank Prize for developing an innovative method of identifying crops with superior water efficiency, the Australian National University (ANU) said Wednesday.

India saving $309mn annually with Virginia Tech-led natural pest control

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 22:55

India`s natural pest control programme spearheaded by Virginia Tech researchers has saved 309 million dollars in its very first year.

Govt expects all-time high foodgrain production this year

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 14:05

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said the country's foodgrain production this year is likely to surpass the previous record of 259.29 million tonnes achieved in the 2011-12 crop year.

UP govt offers sops to sugar mills; warns of action

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 19:05

Announcing tax breaks to end the impasse in the sugar industry, Uttar Pradesh government Thursday warned sugar mills of legal action if they did not start operations by next week.

Anwar pitches for robust regulatory system for GM crops

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 21:23

Emphasising on the role of biotechnology in improving farm yields, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Tariq Anwar Tuesday said there is a need for "robust" regulatory system to address the safety concerns.

Climate change poses risk to food supply in coming decades, says leaked UN report

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 21:07

Climate change is gong to pose sharp risks to the world`s food supply in coming decades, a leaked UN draft report revealed.

Govt expects bumper crop this year on good monsoon

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 20:13

P Chidambaram also said that the agriculture credit has grown by 12.1 percent during April-August period of this fiscal.

Wheat acreage five times higher this year so far

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 20:11

Acreage of wheat, a major rabi (winter-sown) crop, rose by five times to 4.15 lakh hectares from 0.83 lakh hectares in the year-ago period, on account of good monsoon.

Sugarcane crops burnt in Muzaffarnagar

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 13:52

The sugarcane crops belonging to five cereal farmers was burnt by unidentified men in Purbaliyan village of the district, police said here on Friday.

"Farmer" Pawar bats for genetically modified crops

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 22:58

Backing use of genetically modified (GM) technology in crops, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said farmers prefer GM cotton as it gives higher yield and is more disease-resistant and opposed "arbitrary bans" on trials of such crops.