Agriculture in India has always been governed by variables – weather, quality of soil and seed, availability of water, skilled labour, etc. Additionally, the increase in food production in India ...

According to the 2016 Economic Survey, the average annual income of a farming family in more than half of India's states was a paltry 20,000 rupees ($271; £203). "How will people have faith in ...

In investigations in Egypt, Ecuador, India, and the United States, Human Rights Watch has found that the children working in agriculture are endangered and exploited on a daily basis. Human Rights ...

In India, where farming is often fragmented and diverse, precision farming has the potential to tackle significant issues like resource inefficiency and low productivity. Q: How does precision ...

"The culture of pearl farming has increased in India but I think the pearls grown in every nook and corner are not of very good quality" says the owner of Babla Enterprises, based in Mumbai.

It’s been 200 years since the British introduced exotic vegetables such as potato, carrot, cauliflower, and plantation crops like tea, coffee in the Nilgiris district. Gopalakrishnan, who has ...

India's Agriculture Secretary advocates for promoting traditional seed varieties in rainfed areas to enhance climate ...

Japan has become a front runner in urban farming, which is in turn helping the country cut food import costs. India too needs to plant the idea of urban farming. Why? Here is the reason.

HYDERABAD: Some victims of the alleged fraud by the promoters of ‘The Donkey Palace' have sought the intervention of the govts of the two Telugu states to nab the fraudsters and help them ...