NEW DELHI: Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday released 184 new varieties of 25 different crops to increase productivity, reduce input costs and address the challenges of ...

A Moradabad farmer’s lifelong mission to revive extinct seeds transformed sustainable agriculture and empowered generations ...

Backbone of Indian Agriculture: Rice is called the Backbone of Indian Agriculture because it is India’s most important food crop, supports millions of farmers, ensures national food security, and ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and plant sciences at the University of California, Davis, ...

Yet agriculture remains badly in need of a shake-up. Though yields have risen steadily for 60 years, they remain poor. Indian rice-growers harvest about a third less than their Chinese peers. Pulses ...

Introduction India is the second-largest producer of food in the world with heavy reliance on agriculture, the primary livelihood for its rural population. The sector faces a number of challenges to ...