When he would come home from his modest half-acre farm after sundown, Ramesh Pradhan wouldn''t go near his children and wife until he had bathed and changed his clothes.

Across the Malihabad town of Uttar Pradesh, growers are joyously looking at their blooming trees. This year has seen a record flowering and the blooms are so far not even infested with pests.

Farmers want to return to wheat-paddy cycle as Punjab''s ambitious bid to usher in a citrus revolution has come a cropper....

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.

Cautiously, but convincingly, farmers of Katewadi in Baramati district have embraced organic farming, bidding farewell to pesticides and chemical fertilisers for the sake of their own health and that of their crops.

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....

Even as recent media reports caution that most fruits and vegetables are largely unfit for human consumption due to their high chemical content, pesticides continue to be used recklessly in the fields of Punjab....

The bumper apple crop in Himachal Pradesh this year has failed to translate into good news for growers yet again. Drought and hail have damaged the fruits....

In early April this year, when boro (summer) paddy covering a record 3.25 lakh hectares was just beginning to flower....

Assam has drawn up an ambitious plan to step up its production of spices in the current financial year.

Stop indiscriminate use of pesticide on basmati, antibiotics on bees: Exporters to farmers, beekeepers

According to experts, his produce is effective in gastrointestinal problems and tests show rich curcumin content. Besides, it gives him far higher returns than traditional paddy-wheat crop

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

While the state agriculture department introduced oil palm cultivation in 2001, Mamit rather woke up a little late.

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

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

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

Horticulture department has for the first time sown the crop on three farms, cooperative society procured 1,200 quintals of turmeric seeds from Maharashtra this season.

Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, is looking at partnering with farmers and absorbent cotton manufacturers to promote organic desi cotton as raw material

SKUAST experts teach basics of organic farming to more than 200 farmers, encourage them to take it up on a larger scale

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

To explore markets elsewhere in the country and abroad for its saffron, basmati rice and rajmash among various other agricultural produce, the Jammu-Kashmir government is adopting organic farming in a systematic manner

Madhya Pradesh government says it is set to clock a 10 per cent farm growth this time thanks to both state and Central schemes, steps like bonus over and above the MSP, and its agriculture becoming resilient to the vagaries of nature

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

Fighting odds of floods, small landholdings and depleting agricultural land, state plans to introduce high-yielding, submergence-tolerant paddy varieties, double-cropping

30 bighas to be identified in each of the 126 Assembly constituencies; Rs 20 cr earmarked

Allocates Rs 30 cr for compensation Rs 2 lakh per family; but state-sponsored report of 3 universities that studied suicide-hit districts pegs the number of affected families at over 6,500

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

In Punjab''s Roopnagar district, farmers with small landholdings are shunning costly chemical fertilisers and pesticides to grow wheat, paddy, maize and vegetables, using organic methods

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

In Damla, he began cultivating on his ancestral property of two acres and found it was his true calling.

Organic by default, rich in nutrients, bao-dhaan gets bulk order from California

Kashmir warms up to cultivation of its countless medicinal plants

Says horticulture booming alongside agriculture, but not all are convinced

MP farmers rarely use chemicals but few manage the organic farming certificate to market their produce better

And farmers still managed good prices in the beginning because of better marketing, though these eventually did drop in the glut.

Punjab Agriculture University launches two new varieties each of paddy and basmati; most farmers opt for the paddy option that promises the higher yield

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

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

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

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

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

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

Price starting at Rs 1,22,990, the new lineup of MacBook Pro will be available soon in the country

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 President Donald Trump has announced his choice for Defence Secretary has withdrawn, shaking up the Pentagon at a time of rising Middle East tensions.

US President Donald Trump has formally kicked off his 2020 re-election campaign at a rally in Orlando, Florida.

Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan has quit as reports of a domestic violence incident from nearly nine years ago surfaced marring his chances for confirmation even as Washington readies for a possible confrontation with Iran.

Maria Sharapova defeated Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovakia to make progress in the 2019 Mallorca Open.

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.