The Latest Breaking News on Agriculture

At the UN Climate Change Conference, Bihar's initiatives in soil conservation, climate-resilient agriculture, agriculture road map, and organic agriculture have been praised. Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, highlighted the State's initiatives, such as the Soil Health Card scheme, soil testing, soil fertility mapping, and Climate Resilient…

The shells, once a sought-after raw material for the manufacture of cement, calcium carbide, paper, etc., had some 800 members harvesting them at Muhamma from the bottom of the Vembanad. Over the years, the demand has dwindled, and there are just six people who now harvest the shells

A joint initiative from the United States and United Arab Emirates is announcing an additional $9 billion of funding to tackle agriculture’s role in the climate crisis

Winter on the Farm takes us back to the much-loved Cannon Hall Farm to showcase the hard work that goes on over the colder months.

The NFU warned Britain had been left for years without proper checks and balances on food imports from EU

Centre bans export of onions till March 24; farmers in Nashik protest, halt auctions. Farmers, traders to meet CM to express concerns.

Narayanappa, a farmer from Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, has become a beacon of hope for sustainable agriculture in India. His journey, documented by Vishy, earned them global recognition at the Karmaveer Chakra Award. The 'Any Time Money' (ATM) model developed by Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS) has demonstrated the potential to revolutionise…

Deleting a single base-pair from the genome of plants like cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, tomato, and rice can make them male-sterile, leading to an abundant harvest of hybrid seeds. This is due to a process called heterosis, which is enabled by the fine balance of the Ms-cd1 protein's levels. The mutation's…

A light rain barely moistens the soil in the drought-stricken region of Junin in central Peru.