Agriculture
Govt scraps minimum export price for onions as prices crash
26 Dec 2015
Wholesale prices of onions are ruling at Rs10-14 per kg at Asia's biggest wholesale market for onion at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, much lower than its peak of Rs57 per kg in August
Centre to encourage states to procure foodgrains
16 Dec 2015
Climate-friendly rice recognized as a top science development of 2015
25 Nov 2015
The new kind of rice grows in a manner that nearly eliminates the production of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Rice is a big source of methane
Northeast monsoon on its way; rains lash TN
28 Oct 2015
GM seed companies back in action in Maharashtra
20 Oct 2015
GM seed companies back in action in Maharashtra
20 Oct 2015
GM seed companies back in action in Maharashtra
20 Oct 2015
Sikkim to be declared India's first "organic state"
15 Oct 2015
Pesticides or chemical fertiliser will not be used in farming, and crop and vegetables will be grown with organic manure throughout Sikkim
Pest attack destroys GM cotton crop in Punjab, Haryana
10 Oct 2015
Pest attacks have destroyed crops of genetically modified cotton across Punjab and Haryana in the first major pest infestation since the country shifted to genetically modified cotton in 2002
Project afoot to make tea estates climate-smart
06 Oct 2015
What worries the industry most is that although it has so far not experienced any major crop loss due to climate change, tea quality is suffering and pest attacks are increasing
Maharashtra seeks RBI help in lending to Marathwada farmers as co-op banks turn illiquid
08 Sep 2015
Monsoon begins pullout; leaves 13% rain deficit
05 Sep 2015
Scarcities loom as 40% of India sees rain deficit
04 Sep 2015
For Indian households already struggling with high food prices, there is more bad news – the deficient rainfall has raised the spectre of a drought over large parts of the country
Maharashtra may stop sugarcane growing this year
31 Aug 2015
Maharashtra government may disallow cultivation and crushing of sugarcane this year owing to the severe water shortage in Marathwada and the western regions
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