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Maharashtra Government on Wednesday decided to set aside Rs 470 crore for a micro-irrigation scheme, to be implemented from this year. The decision was taken in today ...

How is climate change going to impact agriculture sector and what could be the strategies to minimise risks?

Efforts should be made to develop Bijapur industrially, mainly in agriculture sector as THE district is known for vegetables, resins and pomegranate. Speaking at the ...

Farmers are not sure if rising food prices will really benefit them. Many see ‘shades of grey'; small and marginal farmers are badly affected by the NREGS, which ...

In order to improve food value chain performance, the Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday asked private firms to help build strong linkages between farm production and ...

Farmers’ leaders and non-governmental organisations have asked the Andhra Pradesh Government to address issues that are dogging agriculture in the State as it ...

The Maharashtra government has decided to launch a project with $85 million funding from the Asian Development Bank, which will augment the agriculture infrastructure ...

The agriculture sector in the country is facing an acute shortage of graduates and scientists in the field, impacting both research and development and business ...

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has called for a greater role for private sector in agriculture during the 12th Plan (2012-17) period to sustain the high growth in ...

President Pranab Mukherjee and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar present the Krishi Karman Commendation Award for higher production of food grains.

Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA), a network of non-governmental organisations and intellectuals, termed poor allocations to agriculture sector ...

The danger today lies in a slowing non-farm economy, leading to distress migration back to the farms. For a country where agriculture is seen as a ‘way of life ...

On a citizen's scale of priorities as also expectations from the Government, security of life figures at the top followed by assurance of nourishment, right to ...

Agriculture and power are the two important sectoral constraints of growth. Even a small shortfall in agricultural production can cause serious distortion in the ...

Agriculture and power are the two important sectoral constraints of growth. Even a small shortfall in agricultural production can cause serious distortion in the ...

They said technology innovations to the seed would play an important role in bringing about an evergreen revolution in agriculture. Focussed approach

The Food and Agriculture Integrated Development Action 3 (FAIDA) report, ...

Forget about urban agriculture that seeks to grow crops over rooftops. India will get a taste of Metropolitan agriculture when a 10-member delegation from Michigan ...

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 ...