The installation of 2,000 solar-powered lights in Palamu Tiger Reserve aims to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts by ...

Famers have been urged to embrace indigenous crops as a way of increasing access to diversified diets and ensuring ...

Cotton is a crucial raw material for the apparel industry. But pests, diseases and falling yields are pushing farmers away ...

The Odisha State Civil Supply Corporation plans to procure 85,308 metric tonnes of paddy from farmers in Kendrapada district, ...

Agriculture CS Andrew Karanja declares mung beans and cocoyams as scheduled crops, requiring registration of all growers, ...

NREGA represented a constitutional commitment on the part of the Indian State to guarantee the “right to work” by providing ...

In the new changes, the government will oversee aspects such as production practices, crop marketing, and post-harvest ...

In a world that is swiftly shifting towards green living, people are choosing locally-made organic products and luckily for ...

The production of jute and mesta is estimated to be 84.56 lakh ... on the basis of information received from states. The crop area received from the states has been validated and triangulated ...

However, cash crops like sugarcane, cotton, and jute/mesta are estimated to see declines in output. Notably, the ministry utilized Digital Crop Survey (DCS) data for area estimates for the first time, ...

DCS-based crop area estimation has been done for all ... estimated to be 29.93 million bales (170 kg each). Production of jute and mesta is estimated to be 8.46 million bales (180 kg each).