The rise in prices of vegetables and pulses may remain on the higher side in the next four months.
The forecast suggests that the monsoon onset over Kerala in this year is likely to be slightly delayed, the weather office said...
The court has pointed out a lot of loopholes in current drought management practices and shows how the existing mechanisms have failed...
A good monsoon is important for India as two-thirds of the population depend on farm sector.
A strong El Nino usually results in droughts due to poor rainfall as like the monsoon season of 2015.
The collection of water has become the day’s main job for millions of poor people in rural areas of the state.
In 2015, India not only produced more cotton but narrowed yield gap with China and USA.
It is estimated that farmers in up to 28 countries have reaped over US$150 billion in benefits from biotech crops since 1996.
The Vidarbha region that covers Nagpur witnessed most of the farmer suicides. IPL matches will be played in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur.