Assurances from the Centre has failed to dispel the mounting concerns of Kerala home to lush expanses of coconut, cardamom...

The delayed and weak monsoon hasn''t ushered in much hope. Ranjani Raghavan visits Sangmaner in Nashik and Sinnar in Ahmednagar only...

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

In a year characterised by the aftershocks of economic slow down hitting almost every sector, apple orchard owners in Himachal Pradesh still have reason to smile.

After championing a number of innovations in plant breeding and crop research, the Anand Agricultural University (AAU) in Gujarat...

Farmers of Mankulam village panchayat in Kerala''s Idukki district are nursing their soil to reverse the damage done to it over the years.

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

For long, the mulberry silk produced in Jammu-Kashmir Valley was taken to faraway Western countries. As years passed by, silk looms here stopped spinning as fast...

After isolating two exotic species of farmer-friendly insect bio-agents, Assam''s State Bio-Control Laboratory is sharing them with farmers to control pests....

Demand of flowers in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, the price of Himachal apples in Delhi markets, a new subsidy scheme for polyhouses, or new varieties of maize developed at a research centre....

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Agency (NREGA) scheme meant to provide minimum employment of 100 days per year has had in many places a ripple effect labour shortage leading to farm mechanisation....

As rubber trees replace coconut plantations and labour becomes scarce in Kerala, neighbouring states, particularly Tamil Nadu, look set to reap benefits of the crop better

Ladsavangi village in Marathwada''s Aurangabad district has always faced a severe water scarcity, and even clashes over water, for many years.

Finally, there''s hope for the shrinking saffron fields of 226 hamlets in Pampore along the Srinagar-Jammu National highway close to the summer capital.

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

Even as India and Pakistan deliberate on a 'corridor'' for Sikh pilgrims to pay obeisance at Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara.

Partha Chatterjee and Mukul Roy have submitted an audio CD containing the speech

A doctor in the Valley gave up a career in medicine to cultivate lavender. Eight years on, she has won a state award with many following in her footsteps

Assam has drawn up an ambitious plan to cultivate jatropha to boost farmers'' income and produce bio-diesel

Early this year, the farmers had fetched more than Rs 1,200 for cardamom.

ICAR''s Krishi Vigyan Kendras are helping farmers of Vidarbha region''s Gondia district turn lac cultivation into a profitable venture

Tea mosquito bug is the most serious pest of cashew plantation.

Upper Assam''s Singpho tribe will soon enjoy the exclusive right for commercial production as well as cultural promotion of two traditional varieties of rice.

With subsidy from govt, sugar factories have placed orders for harvesters from abroad.

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

Farmers told crop will be procured at the MSP from only those who register in advance

Meghalaya is not only the abode of the clouds but also home to one of the tastiest and best oranges in the country

State accounts for nearly 40% of total area under certified organic farming in India.

The feat has inspired other villagers to write history.

Imported power tillers, mini-tractors to mechanise hill farming in Himachal Pradesh

BARC technology to considerably increase shelf life of the highly perishable fruit

With farm workers abandoning the climbing job, Coconut Development Board has launched a trained army of climbers, calling them 'friends of coconut tree''

Dairy Development Board of Punjab is promoting milk substitute for better growth of calves

US-returned businessman sets up modern dairy farm, shares equipment and know-how with locals

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

Its consumption puts other states to shame, govt sets out to boost production with training but struggles with marketing outside

Says horticulture booming alongside agriculture, but not all are convinced

Encouraged by CBRTI director M T Wakode, Vivek, 28, applied for a credit-linked subsidy scheme under the Prime Minister''s Employment Generation Programme.

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

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

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

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

The Karnataka Congress suspended its senior legislator from Bengaluru R. Roshan Baig for anti-party activities, a party official said late Tuesday.

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.

US President Donald Trump has formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign at a rally in Orlando, Florida, and called on his supporters to deliver a metaphorical "earthquake" at the ballots against his Democratic Party rivals.

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.

Following Pakistan's dismal performance in the ongoing World Cup so far, the country's former skipper Intikhab Alam has questioned the presence of chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq in England and said it was the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) mistake to allow him to stay in England at its expense.

The Republican Sena has approached the Delhi Police complaining that some people tried to spread rumours that its party President Anandraj Ambedkar, grandson of B.R. Ambedkar, joined the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.