There has not been a large impact of untimely rain and hailstorm so far in several major wheat-growing areas, and those might have damaged around 3 per cent of the standing crop -- not enough to......
In the first of a two-part series, Sanjeeb Mukherjee examines the impact of the upcoming summer on agriculture and drinking water supply. Summers have set in and if weather predictions and current......
Experts claim impact of breather limited as most hybrid vegetable seeds are sold by private companies. With sowing in the rabi season slowing down because of acute cash crunch in rural areas......
Centre could ban wheat import from Bangladesh, apart from restricting cultivation in West Bengal and Assam On an average, every Indian eats about four kilos of wheat every month. But India’s......
Since 2000, India has had three serious droughts. The World Bank has estimated that the 2012 drought reduced the country's gross domestic product by half a percentage point, even though it was not......