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Madras HC ordered the closure of liquor shops noting that there were huge crowds and no social distancing was being maintained by tipplers, however, doorstep delivery through online mode was allowed

Last fortnight, Kerala''s paddy farmers took a strong beating after the state was lashed by strong, unseasonal showers...

India resumed selling mangoes to the US last year. Exports are now set to rise ten-fold.

When the State Bank of India issued a circular instructing its branches to suspend loans for purchase of farm equipment...

On Wednesday, farmers across 150 districts in the country got details pertaining to rainfall, temperature, wind speed...

It''s a story of one crop''s gain being another crop''s loss. In Punjab''s Malwa region, the traditional cotton crop is set to lose its hectarage...

All seems to be well on the farm production front. The Government will soon announce the fourth advance estimate of crop production for 2007-08...

Kashmir''s world-acclaimed saffron and its vast fields are fast dwindling, courtesy the poisonous dust emanating from nearby cement plants.

A vegetable vendor with an IIM degree under his belt - that''s 26-year-old Kaushalendra Prasad of Bihar who would rather...

Farmers in the Kuttanad region have been faced with a host of hurdles, ranging from sowing to marketing of the produce.

On Tuesday, as a convoy of 12 pick-up vans carrying different varieties of fruits from the Valley crossed the Kaman Bridge, fruit growers lined up on the LoC to see off the vehicles.

It has taken 61 years for the famous produce of the Dal Lake nadroo (lotus stem) - to reach PoK.

Even as Kashmir loses thousands of hectares of its agricultural land to urbanisation...

A warm winter, overflowing stocks and a rather bleak possibility of private purchase amid falling global prices, all''s not well with Punjab''s wheat crop this year.

Hatal, a small village in the Tiyuni area of Uttarakhand, has witnessed a quiet revolution over the last decade....

Come litchi season this summer, the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would be ready with the customary packets of the fruit...

The long dry spell this monsoon has forced farmers to alter their crop pattern and switch over to the kharif cotton crop in several parts of Gujarat....

While other states are giving out distress signals of foodgrain scarcity, triggered by drought and flood fury, Punjab is not only looking at a good harvest but also hoping to gain from this adversity....

Cyclone Aila has altered their calculations. Hit by crop failure due to increased salinity caused by sea water surge...

Shajarana village, located some 15 km from Fazilka, is slowly discovering the benefits of aquaculture.

At a first-of-its-kind 'scientifically-managed'' orchard at Kotgarh''s Harmony Hall Orchard, associated with the legendary Samuel Evans Stokes, around 10,000 fresh plants have replaced ageing trees. A weather station is keeping a tab on the orchard....

For the past eight years, standing crops of the three tehsils of Kannad, Gangapur, Vaijapur and some parts of Phulambri in Aurangabad district lay vulnerable, not only to drought and heavy rains, but also to deer herds....

Small farmers badly hit though overall rice output won''t diminish owing to bumper crop in major growing areas.

BAMU in Aurangabad would have notched a top slot.

Unprecedented prices to ensure Punjab farmers junk paddy, embrace cotton in coming season

Pineapple farmers are in expansion mode in Kerala.

Maoists in Orissa tonight extended by 48 hours the government''s deadline for meeting their demands to secure the release of Malkangiri Collector.

A lone farmer rids a vast 200 acres of farm land of all pests with the use of ancient Indian science of Ayurveda.

Gold medalist sets up farmers'' club in Muzaffarpur, motivates villagers to cultivate land they had left untouched for fear of Maoists.

Private-public business model aims to make saline water in south-west Punjab useful for fish farming, biogas, dairy farms and more.

Govt has little role to play as farmers move to cotton, sugarcane, maize, pulses. Paddy acreage set to fall by 1 lakh hectare

If successful, it would save paddy growers from depending on erratic monsoon and rapidly depleting ground water.

Acute shortage of agricultural labour in Punjab earlier forced farmers to use paddy transplanters.

Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, is for the past one year, trying to find a way to control the gall disease that has affected almost 50 per cent of the eucalyptus trees.

Even as monsoon is late by a month and less than normal, the state is hopeful of a record yield of Sali variety.

Two consecutive years of drought in the state had hit kharif crops paddy, millet and oilseeds

The state was chosen for the India-UK study as it is most vulnerable to adverse impacts of climate change

With several mills closing down and sugarcane crop unable to fetch good price, farmers of Champaran''s sugar belt have started cultivating turmeric

The feat has inspired other villagers to write history.

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

Govt efforts get a boost with NABARD deciding to increase credit for dairy sector

Area under the paddy crop has gone up to more than 2 lakh acres in 6 years; private firms coming up with processing plants

Late rains make Punjab opt for more basmati while Haryana moves towards paddy varieties with assured minimum support price

Paddy harvests coming at a high cost, state prepares blueprint for shift towards other crops

Having drawn up a plan to diversify from paddy, Punjab''s challenge is to find a way to market fruits and vegetables, especially when they come in a glut

Says horticulture booming alongside agriculture, but not all are convinced

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

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

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