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    Farm matters

    Monsoon’s uneven march may cast shadow on India’s rice production

    Perneet Singh
    4 Aug 2023 12:00 PM IST

    monsoon rice
    Farm matters
    El Nino wheat food supply prices
    Farm matters

    El Nino this year may hit local production, but not impact food supply on global scale

    18 July 2023 12:00 PM IST
    Rice paddy farming farmers climate change
    Farm matters

    Rice farmers must adopt climate-resilient varieties, practices faster: Expert

    10 July 2023 10:46 PM IST
    Rajeev Varshney
    Farm matters

    We need foreign tie-ups for better research: Agri-scientist Rajeev Varshney

    17 May 2023 12:00 PM IST
    Why MSP legislation has become an economic and political hot potato

    Why MSP legislation has become an economic and political hot potato

    25 April 2023 8:37 PM IST
    Crucial farm committee set to meet in Lucknow, but MSP, other issues still not solved

    Crucial farm committee set to meet in Lucknow, but MSP, other issues still not solved

    20 April 2023 12:00 PM IST
    El Nino

    Rainfall deficit-causing El Nino likely in coming months: why India should worry

    4 March 2023 12:00 PM IST
    Millet production in India

    Palatability, shelf life key factors in boosting millet consumption: Scientist

    19 Feb 2023 12:00 PM IST
    Budget 2023-24, Conservation tillage, no-till or low-till agriculture, climate-smart agriculture, regenerative agriculture

    Budget 2023-24 must focus on climate-smart regenerative agriculture: Expert

    29 Jan 2023 12:00 PM IST
    poultry farm

    Poultry sector worried over diversion of maize to ethanol production

    8 Jan 2023 1:40 PM IST
    High prices, robust demand help banana-growers recover from lockdown-time losses

    High prices, robust demand help banana-growers recover from lockdown-time losses

    29 Dec 2022 12:00 PM IST
    Wheat

    Microbial business thrives as farmers realise need to feed soil to feed crops

    13 Dec 2022 2:30 PM IST
    Ethanol is health tonic for sugar industry: Roshan Lal Tamak of DCM Shriram

    Ethanol is health tonic for sugar industry: Roshan Lal Tamak of DCM Shriram

    5 Dec 2022 11:45 AM IST
    Punjab stubble burning solution

    Microbial decomposers don’t avert straw burning; they only give leaders publicity

    28 Nov 2022 5:40 PM IST
    Punjab stubble burning solution

    DON'T PUBLISH: Kejriwal trumpeting alternative to stubble burning, but it’s dubious

    Vivian Fernandes
    28 Nov 2022 12:00 PM IST

    The Pusa Decomposer, when sprayed on straw, will degrade it over three months. That is faster than the normal process but of not much help because...

    Punjab farm fires

    Farm fires will die out in 2-3 years: Punjab Agricultural University V-C

    25 Nov 2022 11:30 AM IST
    Mustard fields

    India's approval for Genetically Modified Mustard upsets RSS affiliate BKS

    1 Nov 2022 1:49 PM IST
    Mustard

    Centre allows commercial cultivation of GM mustard, India's first GM food crop

    27 Oct 2022 2:21 AM IST
    UP sugarcane variety gets fungal disease

    Sugarcane turns bitter for farmers; academic math doesn’t work on field

    26 Oct 2022 12:00 PM IST
    Mustard fields

    Australia has allowed GM mustard; will India clear Delhi University variety?

    25 Oct 2022 12:00 PM IST
    India cotton economy, pink bollworm menace

    Sex scent mating dispensers curtail pink borer damage to cotton

    3 Oct 2022 12:00 PM IST
    farmer

    Kharif acreage down with dual wrath of nature — droughts and floods

    13 Sept 2022 12:00 PM IST
    farmer income

    With government policies, farmers’ debts shoot up while incomes wilt

    23 Aug 2022 12:00 PM IST
    Drought fear in Gangetic plains: paddy sowing hit as rains play truant

    Drought fear in Gangetic plains: paddy sowing hit as rains play truant

    4 Aug 2022 12:00 PM IST
    Vishnu Vilas Shinde

    Farmer producer cos must chase need, not govt targets: Sahyadri FPC

    12 July 2022 12:00 PM IST
    India must trim fertiliser use for fiscal, environmental sustainability: Expert

    India must trim fertiliser use for fiscal, environmental sustainability: Expert

    30 Jun 2022 12:00 PM IST
    Wheat, maize and rice cultivation killing global biodiversity

    Wheat, maize and rice cultivation killing global biodiversity

    23 May 2022 11:50 AM IST
    Farmers wrath: BJP struggles to find civic poll candidates in Punjab, Haryana

    Farmers' wrath: BJP struggles to find civic poll candidates in Punjab, Haryana

    12 Feb 2021 12:00 PM IST
    Crony jeevi: Rahul takes dig at govt in riposte to PMs andolan jeevi talk

    'Crony jeevi': Rahul takes dig at govt in riposte to PM's 'andolan jeevi' talk

    10 Feb 2021 11:19 PM IST
    Farmers

    Farmers need opportunities, not charity or empathy

    7 Feb 2021 11:34 AM IST
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