With three dams, five ponds and thousands of trees, Simon Oraon has changed lives in six Chhotanagpur villages

Growing silently since early 1980s, small gardens have now come to contribute over 20 per cent to the total tea output of Assam

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

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

Globetrotting farmers, NRIs come together in Punjab to sell exotic and high-value vegetables in domestic and offshore markets.

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

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

Mango growers of Marathwada region fear more than 50 per cent losses this season.

A Rs 9.5-cr ICAR project sanctioned to SKUAST aims at reviving the lucrative industry

Experts say that even if the weather turns unfavourable, the state may lose only 1 to 1.5 per cent of the crop and still be the highest wheat producing state this year

New norms to bring in safety regulations at each link of the food chain

In Gumla district''s rice belts, which remain barren for six months in a year, a social worker has introduced farmers to fruits and horticultural plants

Giant Noor Jahans grow only on three trees left in the Katthiwara area of MP''s Alirajpur district

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.

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

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

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

With govt doling out lavish incentives, a total of 72 wineries came up in Maharashtra by 2008. Three years on, around 30 have shut shop with production exceeding demand

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

Central Institute for Cotton Research has come up with high-density plantation system for Maharashtra and MP

Farmers in Assam, who have traditionally remained content with a single crop per year, now have reasons to go for two or more crops beginning the current rabi season

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

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

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

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

With the average wholesale onion price crashing to Rs 3-4 per kg across the country, the growers in Maharashtra and elsewhere have got little or no returns

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

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

Prices too low, middlemen eating up profits, say farmers; govt blames it on glut

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

From cotton and soyabean in rainfed conditions, farmers in Wardha district have taken a bold shift towards shade-net and poly-house farming, and are reaping benefits

Successful installation of a solar pumpset in Nitish Kumar''s village shows way to farmers to look for cost-effective irrigation

Crop loss figure already stands at Rs 200 cr

World Economic Forum has chosen the state for its New Agriculture Initiative

Struggling with a severe drought-like situation, Maharashtra has a group of smiling farmers who had built farm ponds for irrigation

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

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.

Under an ICAR project, NRCM in Nagaland is working on increasing population of mithuns a milch animal referred to as the 'ship of the highland'' or 'cattle of the mountains'' through embryo transfer technology and has recently seen its first success

The Centre has sanctioned a special irrigation scheme worth Rs 3,250 crore aimed to meet a new micro-irrigation target of 1,43,500 hectares in the Vidarbha region still coping with reports of farmer suicides

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

High-density planting system of non-Bt cotton varieties aims to provide farmers with a 'low-cost, low-risk and high-yielding'' alternative

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

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

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

Area under contract farming heads downward as govt looks at new policy for diversification