The strawberry crop grown over hundreds of acres in Jammu is threatened by widespread fungal attacks.

With increasing awareness of healthy diets and nutritional security gaining as much focus as food security, Indian researchers are now growing...

A late burst of rains in Madhya Pradesh has given soybean farmers a reason to smile after a long dry period that was...

The Saurashtra Kutch region, popularly known as India''s groundnut bowl, is threatening to fall off the agricultural map.

With the high price of potato becoming another issue in the hands of the Opposition to beat the beleaguered Left Front government with...

It prided itself for being the land of orchards. This year, however, many in Karnikhera village in the border district of Ferozepur in Punjab...

Mulberry tea, which is being relished in some parts of the world, is set to reach our teapots soon. Scientists at Jammu...

Just when the Indian strawberry had begun going places, its journey looks all set to be cut short. Mahabaleshwar, the country''s strawberry capital, is unlikely to export the fruit this year.

Patiasa village in Muzaffarpur district is a hive of activity where Anita Kumari keeps as busy as a bee as she spearheads a revolution of sorts.

With an irrigation project in place, Hesapiri village in Jharkhand is growing even winter crops in summer months....

The honeybee population in Himachal Pradesh has come down drastically, thanks to a mite called varroa....

Assam is counting on boro rice to achieve the target of 46.7 lakh-metric tonnes that it has set for the crop this year.

The fate of the birthplace of famous Dashehari variety of mango, the Dashehari village, is hanging in a balance.

In spite of a bumper mango crop this year, the mango growers of the famous Maal-Malihabad belt of UP are the losers.

Jaggery in flavours of strawberry, mango, others has got the markets smiling...

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will now prepare a list of do''s and don''ts for farmers.

Pineapple farmers are in expansion mode in Kerala.

India needs to prepare itself in advance as acute foodgrain scarcity is likely by 2020.

Three anti-hail guns, part of a Rs 27-cr pilot project , could protect only those areas where they were installed. One gun covers between 80 and 100 hectares

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

But low procurement, no publicity result in marginal benefits for tribals.

Kinnows a citrus fruit considered a half-brother of orange are set to be costlier this season with Punjab staring at a poor yield of the fruit.

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

The inspiration comes from Tripura, which is second only to Kerala in rubber production in the country.

Prolonged monsoon and high temperature led to delay in planting of the fruit saplings in Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani

The potato seeds, said scientists, will reduce J-K''s dependence on other states.

Decent rainfall, coupled with contract farming and govt policies, boosts wine production

ARI has developed a high-yielding variety, to seek Centre''s permission to release it to farmers

Having formed a help society to start group farming and bring down costs, farmers in Punjab''s Ferozepur villages now want to process and sell their farm produces

Orissa plans to raise per-hectare harvest from about 8 tonnes to 33 tonnes in the next decade; to plant Grand Naine banana rhizomes over 1,500 hectares

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

But things may change for one of the largest potato belts of Maharashtra this year.

Ties up with a Japanese agency to share and transfer knowledge, experience and technologies for soybean cultivation

On one side, fear of wipe-out by foreign arrivals. On the other, hopes of better infrastructure

Devkaran Malvi of Habidabad village has been less fortunate. Heavy rains brought down his yield from 15 quintals last year to less than 10, and he may not even recover the cost of cultivation.

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

Kashmir warms up to cultivation of its countless medicinal plants

Hives of the wild rock bee are no longer burnt by beekeepers in Melghat, who have learnt scientific techniques and are extracting enough to export

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen repeatedly said that for the development of the country, primary necessity is primary health and education services. If health is not given importance then a country or a nation cannot prosper. The backbone of a country is the development of these two.

Peru came from behind to clinch a 3-1 win over Bolivia and keep alive their hopes of progressing to the Copa America knockout stage.

Provisioning costs higher than expected; FY21 EPS estimated to decline by 2-4 per cent

Among the 247 actively traded scrips, 17 have shed more than 50 per cent this calendar year. About 40 per cent have slid more than the Sensex, which is down 23 per cent year-to-date

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