Global food security has clearly been under strain in recent years with fluctuating output, weather aberrations, rising production costs and of course food inflation ...

Yet, 2011 saw significant gains in support of agriculture, food and nutrition security, and global poverty reduction. Agriculture moved to the forefront of the ...

NCML has acquired 216 acres at tier-II and tier-III cities in 40 locations across 12 States to construct own warehouses, which will be in close proximity to agriculture ...

More small farmers will emerge, as agriculture labour will be a scarce commodity. Farm mechanisation has not penetrated, since the cost of servicing the debts will not be ...

“Driven by the changing consumption pattern, the future of agriculture and food sectors will lie in crop diversification to high-value crops and higher value addition.

The targeted four per cent growth in the agriculture sector could be achieved if agricultural schemes such as System of Rice Intensification and Dryland Farming ...

The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, on Monday announced that an Institute of Agriculture Marketing would be set up at Panchkula for providing the ...

The central and most essential fact about Indian agriculture is that it suffers from either the caprices of Nature or, when Nature is benign, by the tyranny of ...

Emphasising the need to educate farmers for making the right use of fertilisers, noted agriculture scientist M. S. Swaminathan today said the wave of organic farming ...

Prof M.S. Swaminathan, the father of Green Revolution and Chairman of National Commission on Farmers (NCF) that called for revamp of policies to revitalise agriculture ...

The Tamil Nadu Government is focusing on efficiency and productivity in agriculture to increase output, against the backdrop of decreasing land availability for ...

Continuing its focus on agriculture as a priority sector, the Union Budget has enhanced allocations to various schemes in the sector. The success of spreading the ...

Aided by strong growth in agriculture, mining and financial services, the Indian economy grew 8.2 per cent in the third quarter of the current fiscal, up from 7.2 per ...

The role of Krishi Vigyan Kendras in revolutionising agriculture cannot be overemphasised, as the country is gearing up for major changes in the sector, according to ...

Pitching for decontrol of the sugar sector, Minister of State for Agriculture Tariq Anwar today said the Government will take an “appropriate” decision on the ...

The Andhra Pradesh Government faced embarrassing movements in the State Assembly and Legislative Council on the nomenclature of agriculture budget, as it faced ...

It is possible to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture and yet ensure that farmers are better off. Farming produces food; and also greenhouse gases ...

The annual economic survey, tabled in the Maharashtra Legislature on Tuesday ahead of the presentation of State budget for 2013-14 on Wednesday , reveals a decline in ...

Aided by strong growth in agriculture, mining and financial services, the Indian economy grew 8.2 per cent in the third quarter of the current fiscal, up from 7.2 per ...

The share of agriculture and allied sectors in India’s GDP is likely to decline to 13.7 per cent in 2012-13 on account of higher growth in the non-farm sectors ...