Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan unveiled 184 new crop varieties, including 122 cereals and 22 Bt cotton, ...

Backbone of Indian Agriculture: Rice is called the Backbone of Indian Agriculture because it is India’s most important food crop, supports millions of farmers, ensures national food security, and ...

Brinjal is known as the King of Vegetables due to its wide cultivation, high nutrition, long history and economic importance.

Over the past few decades, it has become obvious that climate change, and consequent extreme weather events, can wreak havoc on crop yields. Concerningly, there is a large disparity in agricultural ...

In India, 70% of rural households depend on agriculture, of which 80% are smallholder farmers, owning two hectares or less. About 6 million cultivate cotton, a cash crop that’s India’s third-largest ...

Researchers found that the yields from grains such as millet, sorghum, and maize are more resilient to extreme weather in India; their yields vary significantly less due to year-to-year changes in ...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Aug 16 (Reuters) - India, one of the world's leading producers and consumers of farm commodities such as rice, sugar, corn, cotton and soybean, is facing its first drought in three ...