The spike in demand for coconuts for local consumption has inevitably caused lesser copra conversion, eventually leading to the price-rise for the product in the local market

Traffic was disrupted on the Addanki-Narketpally highway as farmers stopped movement of the vehicles

Congress candidate in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency addresses voters at Mampad

Plans promoting the State’s produce as unique brand, says director Patil

Highlighting the rapid growth of the fisheries sector, the Minister said the Centre has outlined several schemes dedicated to strengthening the fisheries sector

Time to follow ancient belief of sun and farm produce to help improve economics of agriculture

The shifting from pulses and cash crops towards stable paddy and maize has thrown challenges before policy makers on how to align the crop pattern as per the country’s needs

Area under paddy this year surged to record 43.37 million hectares (mh) from 40.73 mh year-ago.

Experts predict an increase in India’s exports, including tea, coffee, and spices, while imports of American farm products like tree nuts and fresh fruits are also likely to rise

With proper investments and policy support, this sector could deliver even greater benefits

Building genuine connections and understanding the intrinsic motivations of farmers can create a vibrant ecosystem

Realising its full potential in digital farming requires addressing certain critical challenges

Under the Price Support Scheme (PSS), purchases will be conducted over 90 days from 3.7 lakh farmers who have registered for this scheme

Cotton Corp assures to procure all fair-grade cotton from growers

In the last 9 months alone, 1,933 Maharashtra farmers took their lives, a stark testament to the ongoing agrarian crisis that remains untouched by political promises 

JJP leader says it was a mistake that he did not understand farmers’ sentiments but that he does not regret allying with the BJP in 2019

With no water in the irrigation canals salinity was causing problems for the crop in the coastal region, farmers’ body leader said

Sri Venkateswara University and Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam establish organic vegetable gardens at their respective premises, where vegetables like brinjal, chilli, tomato and lady’s finger, roots like carrot, beetroot, and radish are planted

The Coordination Committee of All Farmers’ Associations of Tamil Nadu says the State government has created a situation where industries can acquire fertile lands

The Birsa Harit Gram project serves as a potential model for agro-forestry, which is gaining ground because the buyers of carbon credits prefer — pay a premium — for credits based on Nature Based Solution, as opposed to offsetting projects like renewable energy or projects like carbon capture.

Despite the reduction in stubble burning over the years, farmers say the lack of incentive, plus the high cost of machines, pushes them to set fields on fire after harvesting paddy at the start of every winter.  The Hindu reports on the practice in Punjab and Haryana that causes smoke to drift across north India’s Gangetic plain

“The conference aims to promote the sharing of cutting-edge knowledge on gender and inclusion in agri-food systems.”

Locally-grown vegetables find their way to My Farm, a farm-to-table set-up near Visakhapatnam, that adopts permaculture to promote sustainability as a way of life

Vishy, a Rex Karmaveer Chakra Fellowship awardee advocates popularising the farming practices and the broader promotion of natural farming and popularising his co-award winner Narayanappa’s farming practices

In 2017, reports of pesticide poisoning emerging from Maharashtra drew global criticism against India’s pesticide regulation policies, yet not much appears to have changed since then

Hundreds of farmers from different districts brought native varieties of paddy, pulses and vegetables and exchanged traditional knowledge

Possibility for mechanised processing for value addition and export being studied

Fill your baskets with juicy strawberries at the farming fields this season at Pedalabudu village near Araku in Andhra Pradesh

Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda cautioned protesting farmers about some elements usurping their protest for political benefits

The Andhra University Avani Organics Gardening Hub in Visakhapatnam has grown into a thriving natural farm and is building a community of urban dwellers that is transforming a wasteland into a patch of green

It can hamper national food production, say authors, who cite contrasting results from two studies

Some trivia from prisons across the country