Singh is one of the hundreds of farmers who have died by suicide in India and the first ... cases were linked to farm-related debts. “In Mansa district, every pind (village) has a farmer who ...

As per the estimates of 2020-21 of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), agricultural mechanisation level varies across different crops and their farm operations in the country.

Indian farmer R Murali opens an app on his phone to check if his pomegranate trees need watering, fertilizer or are at risk ...

I ndia extracts more groundwater than any other country worldwide, even more than the U.S. and China combined. In 2024, the ...

Photo Credit: India will have to create 78.5 lakh new non-farm jobs annually till 2030 to meet rising workforce demand despite India’s labour market indicators having improved substantially in ...

is a grassroots initiative aimed at enhancing farm viability by minimising costs. Over one million hectares in India are currently under natural farming. Natural farming represents an Indianised ...

India’s agriculture sector ... This could revolutionize farming by providing data-driven insights for better crop management. The industry is also advocating a stronger focus on water management ...

India will launch a six-year programme to boost the output of pulse crops by taking measures including directing state ...

India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

Drone technology, sensor based farm equipment, automated tractors, and digital agriculture will help bring in revolutionary changes in agriculture, he said. Rice research institute chief scientist ...

The legal guarantee for MSP is less of a priority in south India, where agriculture is diversified ... groundnut and coconut complement paddy farming. Paddy accounts for only 30 per cent of ...

As darkness fell across a windmill farm in western India, a spiky creature emerged from some nearby rocks to hunt. Its “large ...