Rainfall in peninsular India may improve by July-end

Monday 21 July '08

The July rainfall has practically disappointed farmers in the southern peninsula, Gujarat, Maharashtra and parts...

Advance wheat yield pegged at a record 78 mt

Friday 20 June '08

All seems to be well on the farm production front. The Government will soon announce the fourth advance estimate of crop production for 2007-08...

Experts call for bio-security as pests, diseases enter India

Friday 6 June '08

There is a shortage of food across the world and experts are trying to come up with ways in which the shortfall in supplies can be made up.

Prepare for an early monsoon

Tuesday 13 May '08

Here is some good news. The South-West Monsoon is likely to hit Kerala coast about five to seven days before the scheduled date of June 1.

First monsoon trend is positive, La Nina means good rains

Tuesday 15 April '08

Ahead of this week’s official April forecast for the monsoon by the India Meteorology Department...

Erratic monsoon: IMD for regionwise rain forecasts

Monday 25 June '07

Concerned over the erratic behaviour of the South-West monsoon, the Met department is planning to make forecasts of regional rainfall distribution patterns. The forecasts are

Learning to share

Friday 8 June '07

The proposed land-share policy will enable farmers to lease land to firms and become shareholders in proportion to their holding size

Monsoon in Mumbai by mid-June

Thursday 7 June '07

The US-based Centre for Ocean Land Atmosphere studies has predicted that monsoon would reach Mumbai by June 13.

News of La Nina current brings cheer

Monday 14 May '07

Prospects of a good monsoon are brighter. The global forecast models are predicting that the possibility of the occurrence of La Nina factor has increased to 50 per cent as against the earlier forecast of a low possibility...

Indian base at Antarctica clears eco norms

Tuesday 8 May '07

India’s effort to set up a new research base in the Antarctica has been cleared for environmental impact.

Monsoon 5% less than average but no cause for concern: Met forecast

Friday 20 April '07

In its preliminary monsoon forecast, the India Meteorological Department, the official weather forecasting agency, has said that the nationwide rainfall this monsoon season will be 5 per cent less than the average of 89 cm.

Shift in monsoon rain pattern, west coast build-up forecast

Wednesday 18 April '07

There’s likely to be a shift in the rainfall pattern this monsoon season with concentration on the western coast.

Investors’ paradise

Friday 13 April '07

The Northeast gears up for change as 128 industrial houses promise to invest in the region

Sea horses on a trot, experts want ban off

Friday 19 January '07

Once at a point of extinction, valuable marine species - sea horses and pipefishes - have now bounced back with sizeable populations.

Monsoon shift top of science congress agenda

Friday 5 January '07

Climate change and its impact on farming dominated the 94th Indian Science Congress this week.

AEZs fail to take off as govt goes slow on investment

Friday 22 December '06

Five years after the government called for agri export zones to be set up across the country, the Centre...

Ahead of 2004 bill, farmers turn up heat over seed rights

Friday 8 December '06

Two years after the government introduced the Seeds Bill in Parliament, farmers have threatened to launch a nationwide agitation if “provisions to ensure rights” are not incorporated.

Mantra for Japan farmers in global trade: Cooperatives

Friday 24 November '06

A network of strong cooperative movement has shown Japan the way to protect its small farmers in the era of liberalisation and globalisation of trade.

Farmers to get international help to market their products

Friday 10 November '06

Marketing of agro products in the country is set to get a boost with international organisations designing an effective plan for the purpose.

Hiking rice yield, biotechnology to the rescue

Friday 27 October '06

Scientists say transgenics or genetically modified crops cumbersome, biotech tools can boost harvest of non-GM crops

Wheat imports

Friday 26 May '06

The government has decided, for the first time in seven years, to import 30 lakh tonnes of wheat as prices rise...

First IMD forecast: monsoon below normal but there’s no need for alarm

Tuesday 25 April '06

Days after US agencies predicted an early monsoon with above normal rains over parts of east and south India, the official weather forecasting agency

There’s good news this monsoon

Saturday 22 April '06

With global forecast models dismissing the emergence of El Nino, India is looking at normal rainfall in the four-month monsoon season beginning in June.