Pesticide residue, marketing bottlenecks likely to lead to a decline in exports.

With the monsoon arriving late in Maharashtra, agriculture experts advised farmers to go for soybean crop instead of moong and lentil.

At Farm Progress Show in the US, forecast of over 20 gene traits in corn, 20 years from now.

As govt works on a tie-up, Orissa farmers to directly sell their produce to a supermarket chain

To be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 76 lakh in about 2,056 square metres of land, the greenhouse is expected to be completed by July this year.

After celebrating a record wheat production, Punjab is lagging behind in paddy cultivation. According to the Department of Agriculture, the deficit is 33 per cent as of now almost two lakh hectares less than last year

Inflammable pine needles that caused forest fires are now being used as bio fuel, giving Himachal Pradesh villages a source of income

In a first for India, 10,000 farmers in Punjab are experimenting with sugarbeet over 10,000 acres spread across three districts.

Malwa farmers strike it rich after switching to clusterbean guar from cotton

A Maharashtra village''s farmers thrive on a shift to strawberry

Farmer experiments on barren land with lemongrass, a crop never grown in Punjab before.

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

Neeli Raavi population dwindling in Punjab, scientists striving to save it see hope from across the border

A sweet change is gradually entering the farms of Bathinda. Farmers are commercially testing a crop they have hitherto known as not-a-very-popular

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

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

On fields and backyards, terraces and balconies, kitchen gardens catch on in Punjab, thanks to rising vegetable prices.

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

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday announced the launch of the UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech.

The US dollar strengthened modestly against its major rivals in late trading on Tuesday amid the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has backed "new forms of self-policing by social media platforms" and action by volunteer groups to fight hate speech spreading at "lightning speed" through digital media.

US stocks ended higher as hopes of easing trade tensions cheered on Wall Street ahead of the upcoming G20 Summit in Japan.

Former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has sought the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) permission to play in foreign T20 leagues, following his retirement from international cricket last week.

All analysts are optimistic on the stock, which hasn't seen any downgrade so far

Iron ore extraction in a falling demand scenario due to cutbacks in steel production is weighing on its prices

Oil traded at a negative price on a one-month West Texas Intermediate futures contract, but it didn't for successive months' futures contracts

In a shocking incident, a 27-year-old youth man residing in south Mumbai attacked three policemen with a chopper near Marine Drive early on Saturday morning.

The Mughals had expanded their rule over much of the subcontinent, while the Dutch arrived to set up the Dutch East India Company

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