You could say it is a summer of education for the farmers in Gujarat. But there are no boring classes in hot, windless rooms.

Looks do matter. This seems to be the conclusion of the J-K Government as far as apple sales are concerned.

It''s a story of one crop''s gain being another crop''s loss. In Punjab''s Malwa region, the traditional cotton crop is set to lose its hectarage...

All''s not well with the horticulture industry in Jammu and Kashmir. Even as the state Government claims to have spent Rs 88 crore...

When Dayal Munda (45), a tribal farmer, first heard the name of Swarna Vasundhra, he never thought it would lead to a bumper crop.

Grapes have lost their allure for the farmers of Bathinda in Punjab, a region that is home to around 70 per cent...

While Punjab''s Malwa belt is witnessing rising incidence of cancer - largely due to addiction to alcohol and tobacco...

For a state that consumes nearly Rs 500 crore worth of bananas every year - one of the highest in the country...

With less than normal rainfall, the farms in Gujarat are grappling with shortage of both power and water for irrigation.

In a situation mirroring the change in the national economy, the tertiary sector in Jammu and Kashmir is fast threatening to overtake the primary sector.

Developed after years of research by agriculture scientists, the much-hyped new RR-564 Basmati variety seems to have proven a failure in its first commercial utilisation in Jammu and Kashmir.

"These machines have become all the more significant with the government declaring support price on the basis of parameters like staple length and micronaire value"

Come December and a rich hue of orange lights up the Punjab villages from Hoshiarpur in the north to the Abohar-Ferozepur belt in the south.

With the Rabi season around the corner, farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are facing an acute shortage of chemical fertilisers.

Commercial cultivation of flowers is gradually picking up in Jammu and Kashmir.

It turned out to be a prosperous 2008 for Punjab farmers as they reaped rich dividends from the bumper wheat and paddy crops. The plentiful season brought some cheer for the state Government as well with Punjab farmers

Nearly 10,000 farmers in Bundelkhand, Azamgarh and Mau in UP growing tulsi for international markets

Even as Punjab struggles to shrug off the tag of a state with the highest use of pesticides in the country, it is faced with another problem...

Scientists at Jammu and Kashmir''s agriculture university claim to have worked out the perfect script to make India one among world''s top walnut producers....

The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme has not found many takers ever though it was launched way back in 1998. A Jammu and Kashmir Government report has pointed out that till 2007-end, not more than 74,301 cards....

A warm winter, overflowing stocks and a rather bleak possibility of private purchase amid falling global prices, all''s not well with Punjab''s wheat crop this year.

An audit scrutiny by the Comptroller and Auditor General has indicted the J-K Government for neglecting the Agriculture and Allied sector...

Call it the paradox of timing clear skies when the farmers looked up for rains and it poured when they wanted the sun....

In an attempt to combat the problem of shrinking farm labour availability, the worse of which is felt during the paddy season...

While a majority of wheat farmers in Punjab and Haryana are ruing the loss of yield, all those who went for organic and natural farming this time are a happy lot.

The G B Pant University of Agriculture at Pantnagar, along with some other premier institutions...

The strawberry crop grown over hundreds of acres in Jammu is threatened by widespread fungal attacks.

After slipping into the league of least-growing states in agriculture, Punjab has made a turnaround in the last two years....

The long dry spell this monsoon has forced farmers to alter their crop pattern and switch over to the kharif cotton crop in several parts of Gujarat....

With the high price of potato becoming another issue in the hands of the Opposition to beat the beleaguered Left Front government with...

After championing a number of innovations in plant breeding and crop research, the Anand Agricultural University (AAU) in Gujarat...

Despite the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee giving its nod to the commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal last week....

While other states are giving out distress signals of foodgrain scarcity, triggered by drought and flood fury, Punjab is not only looking at a good harvest but also hoping to gain from this adversity....

What was once an arid land, now wears a bright orange hue. From Punjab''s belt bordering Rajasthan Abohar in Ferozepur, Muktsar and Bhatinda...

Shajarana village, located some 15 km from Fazilka, is slowly discovering the benefits of aquaculture.

Mulberry tea, which is being relished in some parts of the world, is set to reach our teapots soon. Scientists at Jammu...

The diversification stride in the country''s granary state has reached banana groves. The baby step was taken in 2005 in a small village...

Precision farming practice is scaling new heights in Punjab with net house farming of vegetables picking up not only amongst...

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.

For long, the mulberry silk produced in Jammu-Kashmir Valley was taken to faraway Western countries. As years passed by, silk looms here stopped spinning as fast...

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....

Shortage of farm labour has pushed the Department of Agriculture in Punjab to launch a multi-pronged mechanisation programme for its farmers....

While North India is reeling under heavy rainfall, for the state''s farmers it has brought cheer

Forget the French wine, you can soon have a taste of our very own Punjabi wine.

With the help of technology and a Taiwanese variety of seed, Punjab''s maiden attempt at commercial cultivation of papaya is bearing fruit.

Ladsavangi village in Marathwada''s Aurangabad district has always faced a severe water scarcity, and even clashes over water, for many years.

To take the markets to farmers who now have to reach out to the buyers themselves as one of its key targets

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

Jaggery in flavours of strawberry, mango, others has got the markets smiling...

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