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Run-up to COP26: Wonder rice may help reduce emissions, offer good yield

Scientists in Manila are developing new varieties offering this & much more

CM Yogi Adityanath to compensate 200,000 UP farmers for crop losses

To give prompt relief, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to provide compensation to about 2 lakh farmers for their crop loss due to rains and floods.

Patchy monsoon rain raises growth and inflation worries for India

The monsoon has now revived, but the delay and poor precipitation will hurt the sowing of crops such as rice, cotton and soybeans.

Crop sowing lags in India, raising concerns over food grain output

Farmers typically start planting summer-sown crops on June 1, when monsoon rains usually reach India. Planting then continues until early August.

Summer crop acreage sees 15.34% growth over last year, shows data

Sowing for these crops largely starts around March and the crop is harvested in June to coincide with the advent of the southwest monsoon.

Farmers should get more avenues to sell crops, says PM Narendra Modi

The prime minister laid emphasis on the effective and timely implementation of these Budget provisions so that benefits reach to the maximum people

Provide for jail term for people buying crops below MSP: BKU chief Tikait

Bharatiya Kisan Union national president Naresh Tikait on Thursday demanded a provision for jail terms for corporates and businessmen seeking to purchase farmers' produce at a price below the MSP.

Amid Covid-19 crisis, locusts pose another threat to kharif crops in India

As many as 23 swarms of locusts had entered India from Pakistan and experts said they were unlikely to move out before July-end.

Uneven rains impact rice sowing, area under crop shrinks by 2 mn hectares

Rice has been sown on 50 million hectares as on August 23, about 23% lower than area covered during same period last year

Development dilemmas, at home and abroad

The confluence of an impossible trinity at home and natural, economic, technological and geopolitical disruptions globally raises major concerns

Future of food: Feeding 10 bn by 2050 requires genetically modified crops

Not only must crops be more productive, but the agricultural challenges of climate change-including disease, pests and periods of both drought and flooding-mean they must be more resilient as well

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra assess effect of hailstorm on standing crop

Madhya Pradesh is among the largest wheat and chana growing states in the country