ASHOK B SHARMA
The July rainfall has practically disappointed farmers in the southern peninsula, Gujarat, Maharashtra and parts...
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...
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.
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.
Ahead of this week’s official April forecast for the monsoon by the India Meteorology Department...
Concerned over the erratic behaviour of the South-West monsoon, the Met department is planning to make forecasts of regional rainfall distribution pat
The proposed land-share policy will enable farmers to lease land to firms and become shareholders in proportion to their holding size
The US-based Centre for Ocean Land Atmosphere studies has predicted that monsoon would reach Mumbai by June 13.
Prospects of a good monsoon are brighter. The global forecast models are predicting that the possibility of the occurrence of La Nina factor has incre
India’s effort to set up a new research base in the Antarctica has been cleared for environmental impact.
In its preliminary monsoon forecast, the India Meteorological Department, the official weather forecasting agency, has said that the nationwide rainfa
There’s likely to be a shift in the rainfall pattern this monsoon season with concentration on the western coast.
The Northeast gears up for change as 128 industrial houses promise to invest in the region
Once at a point of extinction, valuable marine species - sea horses and pipefishes - have now bounced back with sizeable populations.
Climate change and its impact on farming dominated the 94th Indian Science Congress this week.
Five years after the government called for agri export zones to be set up across the country, the Centre...
Two years after the government introduced the Seeds Bill in Parliament, farmers have threatened to launch a nationwide agitation if “provisions to ens
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.
Marketing of agro products in the country is set to get a boost with international organisations designing an effective plan for the purpose.
Scientists say transgenics or genetically modified crops cumbersome, biotech tools can boost harvest of non-GM crops
The government has decided, for the first time in seven years, to import 30 lakh tonnes of wheat as prices rise...
Days after US agencies predicted an early monsoon with above normal rains over parts of east and south India, the official weather forecasting agency
With global forecast models dismissing the emergence of El Nino, India is looking at normal rainfall in the four-month monsoon season beginning in Jun
