Agriculture is multi-functional, producing economic goods including food, feed, fibre, and fuel, as well as providing several intangible or non-tradable services to society free of cost. Non-tradable services,
After facing the wrath of drought for three consecutive years, the farmers of Udaigarh (Jhabua), Madhya Pradesh, presently, are bearing the brunt of pest attacks in their fields which has almost
Seedling on one lakh acres of land have been unindated by stagnant rain waters threatening Aus cultivation on 3 lakh hectares of land in the Gopalganj
For its outstanding performance in the all India coordinated rice improvement programme, Hyderabad City based Directorate of rice research at Rajendra Nagar has been selected for the first 'Choudhary
Several far-flung districts across Nepal are currently reeling under acute food crisis, some districts like Salyan, Rukum and Rolpa critically during the last nine months of emergency in Nepal, human
Even as kharif prospects are being assessed in Punjab in the wake of the delayed monsoon, there is a move to frame a basic policy, based on the report of Dr. S S Johl Committee on Agricultural
The Andhra Pradesh State government has launched Desert Development Dryland horticulture programme in Anantapur district. The project will cover an area of one lakh amla, tamarind, custard apple and
Recent changes in US farm policies will depress world commodity prices while plans to reform Europe's common agricultural policy mark an important step towards less trade distorting practices, the
Kissan Board Punjab (KBP) has claimed that cotton growing area has declined by 24 percent due to negligence on the part of provincial agriculture department.This was observed in a general council
Drought looms large in all districts of south Haryana due to the continous dry spell and failure of monsoon so far. Farmers whose fields are parched are having sleepless nights as they see no chance
With inadequate water supply seriously affecting the output of paddy in Bathinda, it is now the turn of cotton, often referred to as white gold, to be affected by the drought like situation
