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The monsoon variability will impact the food grain production, and in turn, food security for the country if the rain dependent farmers are not provided timely weather inputs along with guidance on technical inputs for better farm practices, ...

Lack of payment of dues, no change in MSPs and creaking infrastructure has caused farmers in AP’s Godavari delta region to refrain from sowing paddy

The monsoon accounts for around 70 per cent of the country's annual rainfall and irrigates 60 per cent of its net sown area. Nearly half of the population depends on agriculture directly or indirectly.

NEW DELHI, June 19: Already reeling under the after-effects of tormenting heatwaves, India cannot afford to have a poor monsoon which could spell disaster for its agriculture-based economy, experts have said, hoping a revival of monsoon rains will ease food inflation and ensure food security. The monsoon accounts for around 70 per cent of the country’s annual rainfall and irrigates 60 per cent of its net sown area. Nearly half of the population depends on agriculture directly or indirectly...

The early onset of high temperatures in March resulted in an estimated 10%-35% reduction in crop yields in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Hardeep Kaur, 36, and her husband Chamkaur Singh, 39, owned two acres of agricultural land in the Bathinda district of Punjab, a northern Indian state. With a fierce heatwave in March and April, the yield of wheat crop on their land reduced. At the time, the couple had a loan of Rs. 800,000 and with […]

In 2021-22, the government had raised the minimum support prices of over a dozen kharif crops by just 1-7 per cent

At a time when farmers across the world are struggling to recover their cost of production, an Oxfam report says 62 new food billionaires have joined the super-rich club in the last two years. The report, of course, talks of 12 billionaires in the Cargill family, up from eight before the pandemic, t

A recent heat wave caused India to ban wheat exports. Experts say adapting farming practices and growing more millets can ensure India's food security.

India’s wheat export curbs may ensure food security but deny farmers and traders profits.