Govt drones to verify farmland cropping
By Sanjeev Kumar Verma Patna: Plans are afoot to use drones for collecting authentic data about cropped areas in Bihar to help farmers in case they fail […]
Agriculture
India’s foodgrain output to touch new record of 284.83 mn tonnes in 2017-18: Agriculture ministry
New Delhi: India’s foodgrain production is estimated to grow to an all-time high of 284.83 million tonnes in the 2017-18 crop year ending June, driven by […]
Digital disruption in Indian agriculture
By Girija Shankar While digital forces are reshaping industries ranging from retail to telecom to entertainment, the value chain in agriculture has remained rather untouched. Over […]
Further liberalization can help double rural income faster in India: Rajiv Ranjan Singh
Even as the government is making efforts to double rural income in the country by 2022, there is a need for further liberalization to attract […]
Why reports of agriculture’s demise are greatly exaggerated
By Dipti Jain & Sayantan Bera Farming activities comprise more than half of the total average monthly income for agricultural households, as per the latest survey by […]
India’s gross value added in allied activities, agriculture surges to 5.3%
By Sanjeeb Mukherjee Growth in livestock, forestry and fishing also seems to have played a big role in pushing the growth in the first quarter of […]
Sowing nature back into agriculture
By Nahla Nainar Organic farming gets a boost through the efforts of these New Age farmers While the monsoons have created havoc this year with […]
The concerns of the Indian agrarian sector
By Abhinav Raj Indian Council of Agriculture Research in its annual report 2017-18 said that they have developed 209 new varieties/hybrids with potential for higher yields […]
Digitizing agriculture with geospatial technologies
By Shilpi Chakravarty Agriculture has the power to give maximum employment to people in India. This can be only done by digitizing the sector and geospatial […]
FLOOD DAMAGE MAY SLASH INDIA’S COFFEE OUTPUT BY 20 PCT -TRADE BODY
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI : India’s coffee production in 2018/19 is likely to fall by at least one-fifth from a year ago as floods in […]