Tag: kharif

India needs a new maize revolution

Maize, the queen of cereals, is becoming a vital source of raw material not only to increase ethanol production but

As the sowing of onion for the key rabi season has begun, an assessment by the Centre points to the

Mandi prices of 5 out of 11 major kharif-grown crops ruled above their respective minimum support prices (MSPs), while soyabean

India is staring at a severe scarcity of cotton seeds next season as, according to industry estimates, there has been

Wheat acreage continues to trail during the oncoming rabi season sowing. The area under wheat was down by 11.4 per

A team of officials from Union Agriculture Ministry and Consumer Affairs Ministry will be visiting Maharashtra and Karnataka next week

The Indian government’s first advance estimate of kharif crops this season has not surprised agriculture experts, industry and analysts in

India’s agricultural production is likely to be affected by the El Nino-induced vagaries in the weather and climate. According to

El Nino-induced vagaries of the South-West monsoon, which ended this month, are likely to have affected the production of kharif

Though late rains and dry spells were a cause of concern in the first few weeks of the kharif season,