General Mills chief sustainability officer Jerry Lynch has revealed how his company is working with Walmart to accelerate innovation in sustainable agriculture down the supply chain. Both companies are
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled the roadmap for putting agriculture on high-growth trajectory with intensive use of technology in farming to scale up land productivity. In a bid to
The Haryana Government on Wednesday approved a comprehensive agriculture policy aimed at attaining inclusive growth exceeding four per cent in the farm sector, but deferred the agenda item on concessions
The Haryana Government on Wednesday approved a comprehensive Agriculture Policy aimed at attaining inclusive growth exceeding four per cent in agriculture. The policy envisions that the State Government
Punjab -- famed as the granary of the country -- continues to be troubled by suicides in the agriculture sector. The latest to join the victims was one Jugraj Singh of Hassanpur village near Budhlada in Mansa district. His brother, who is admitted to a hospital at Mansa, also made an attempt to end his life. Thirteen years ago, their father had died in the same manner. There are so many similar stories.
The six-acre plot in Jangalahalli village near Bommidi in Pappireddipatti taluk belongs to farmer J Arun, whom everyone in the village knows, as he is the only one who tries his hand at organic farming.
The state government officials said that Gujarat in the overall horticulture production, which was ranked at eighth positions in the country in 2011-12, has jumped to the fifth spot. The horticulture
The Farming System Research (FSR) Centre, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences (SKUAST)-Jammu, organised a day-long field training programme in "Integrated farming system (IFS)" at the newly
This new IFPRI paper identifies how climate change affects approach to transform agricultural systems (including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry) to support global food security and poverty reduction in a sustainable way.
Farmers in Kashmir have gone hi-tech, using precision farming methods to boost the production of vegetables, and poly houses to facilitate early sapling production leading to a surge in the sale of vegetables.
