Kashmir starts to wake up to the potential of its variety of flowers

Punjab launches solar-powered pumps for drip irrigation to save water and power, draws in farmers with 70% subsidy

After tryst with industry, govt shifts focus with agriculture policy that CM Naveen will unveil soon

How a family turned waterlogging from bane to boon by cultivating fish rather than paddy

Punjab introduces two summer varieties of mushrooms, traditionally seen as a winter crop

Until the rains come, dry spots on the Tawa, Narmada and Tapti riverbeds provide a part-time farming option to villagers in Madhya Pradesh

Ahad Mir started growing strawberries on small patch of land of land decade ago as an experiment.

With farmers reluctant to look beyond paddy, diversifying Punjab plans assured price for basmati

Pictures released by NASA some months ago, showing large-scale smoke emerging from the fields of Punjab due to burning of straw

Burning crop residue after harvest on the field itself is common in Madhya Pradesh. One may not always get to see the flames

Natural formulation hopes to fight ticks in dairy, meat animals without side-effects

Milk is the what sustains farmers in the rain-fed hills of Namhol in Himachal Pradesh. An initiative of six or seven families taken in 2001

Emu farmers struggle as they get focus wrong, while oil is yet to find a market

Instrument tells the farmer just how much irrigation his paddy field needs

Banana growers in Punjab claim to be profiting heavily from the relatively new crop, but its one-crop-a-year pattern has prevented it from really catching on

Private players return for wheat, govt misses procurement target but says happy farmers earned

Temperatures rising by the year and rainfall erratic, Punjab sets up centre for research on how its changing climate has been affecting its crops, and how to protect them

State govt remains opposed as ever but it''s Bt that thrives on cotton fields

Already producing enough paddy to sustain itself, Assam sets about building modern mills

State keeps promoting greener varieties but farmers stick to water-guzzling PUSA 44

Himachal Pradesh is looking at the strawberry as a fancy alternative to the apple in the future.

Jammu and Kashmir''s efforts to promote pisciculture as a means of employment are gradually drawing in young Kashmiris.

Punjab harvests cocoons twice a year. Hoshiarpur woman shows how to do it three more times.

Nearly a third of fruits and vegetables go waste for lack of post-harvesting facilities. The annual loss is Rs 2 lakh crore, a nationwide study estimates.

Guar in demand in international gas industry, Gujarat farmers go for the easy, profitable option.

Injudicious use telling on soil, crops and public health, Punjab pushes alternatives. There have been few takers.

Way short of demand, Kashmir promotes sheep farming.

In malnourished belt, a cooperative rescues farmers by procuring uncommon veggies.

On the outskirts of Srinagar city, sprawling residential colonies have cropped up over the years.

A group of farmers have come up with their own brand and are selling products from a mandi board shop in Moga.

Over the past decade, the industry has seen a rapid rise, opening a new window for jobs and livelihood.

Quick, easy returns with less investment, less space and less time. That is the crux of rabbit farming as two 'rabbit farmers'' in Punjab show how to make big bucks from this new venture,

Preservation of onions and using powder or dried flakes is way of ushering a change in kitchen.

Institute tests new variety of potato that is healthier and suitable for consumption of diabetes patients.

Valley registers 3 lakh metric tonne rise in apple yield but farmers aren''t laughing their way to the bank.

The government is making the seed available to farmers to meet the high demand.

The black carrot, once a grandma's special but now largely forgotten by the country, is making a comeback to Punjab.

The existing facilities are usually used up for high-grade apples to preserve their quality and taste.

Population pressure telling on state''s land resources, agri university brings out high-yield options.

Weather forecasts with crop-specific advisories help farmers prevent losses.

In Punjab''s first season of crop diversification, basmati scores on all counts, maize and cotton lose on production but gain on prices.

'Biggest ever'' agri expo has Rs 45 cr budget, 50-acre stage, 65,000 farmers a day for 5 days.

Sources in the PAU fruit sciences department claim banana research had been halted midway because of lack of funds, staff and interest.

Its vineyards thriving with high-quality fruit, Arunachal Pradesh ties up with Pune company for India''s first homemade kiwi wine

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Madhukar Kamath talks to about how the succession plan unravelled at DDB Mudra