Govt may concede to the EPFO proposal for an extra 1% interest rate hike on retirement savings.

Assessments reveal that this year''s crop susceptible to pest attack in March-April would be about 40 per cent less than last year''s

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

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

Despite knowing that its storage capacity was far less, the state government revised its wheat procurement target twice. Procurement shot up due to a populist measure of Rs 100 per quintal bonus

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

In Arunachal''s Lower Dibang Valley, the fruit slips into the hands of middlemen in the stage of flowering itself in the absence of market linkages and storage facilities.

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

As the Coconut Development Board shifts its focus from Kerala to Assam, the state aspires to lead the country in commercial cultivation of coconuts.

A community radio service at Resode taluka of Maharashtra''s Washim dist is disseminating information on latest farming technologies

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

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

Besides, the solvent extraction technology is also not environment-friendly.

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

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

While retail prices of milk in Maharashtra have been hiked thrice in less than a year, the state govt is struggling to keep dairy farmers in business

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

The air is cool and dry in the hills of Himachal Pradesh.

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

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

Punjab''s Citrus Estates help small farmers earn big by providing latest machinery and technical expertise

Over 12 years after a devastating cyclone claimed its coconut forest, horticulture dept programme aims to make Orissa one of the top three states in terms of coconut productivity and area under plantation

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

Crop loss figure already stands at Rs 200 cr

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

Traditionally a hub of wheat and paddy crops, the state is now exporting baby corn to the UK and other European countries in a big way

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

Incessant rainfall and low temperatures have already caused 60-70% crop loss, likely to breed diseases too

NRC-Y is encouraging Brokpas to adopt scientific methods of yak rearing; training them on product diversification for better returns

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

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

Farmers are using innovative trench technique to grow the European vegetable they call 'jugni'', and are earning a good profit; none of them aware of its real name

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

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

Khargone strives to outmatch Guntur, with help from Andhra

India, world''s largest pulse producer and exporter, remains short of requirement; erratic monsion sends projected output below last year''s

Drip irrigation growing year by year in Maharashtra, bringing rich rewards to farmers and helping save water

A projected honey output over 500 tonnes, 7,500 beekeepers and growing, with 29,850 bee colonies between them. Beekeeping has been catching on in Jammu and Kashmir