India’s farmers expanded planted areas for rice and pulses, helped by higher-than-average rains during the first half of the four-month monsoon season. Rice has been planted on about 27.7 million ...

Agriculture produces 17% of climate-heating emissions Farmers generate carbon credits with green methods Credit developers to share revenues with farmers KARNAL, India, Nov 21 (Thomson Reuters ...

As groundwater levels decline, labour costs rise and climate plays havoc, policymakers and scientists are increasingly ...

Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) technology is gaining traction in India and could significantly cover rice cultivation areas. It promises water efficiency and cost reductions amid a groundwater crisis.

CR Dhan 310, India’s first high-protein biofortified rice from ICAR-NRRI, is helping farmers and scientists tackle hidden ...

The area allocated to monsoon-sown rice crops has increased 7.4% from a year earlier to 6.93 million hectares (17 million acres) as of Friday, according to India’s agriculture ministry. Farmers have ...

A girl harvests rice in the East Khasi hills of Meghalaya in north east India. India is the world’s second leading paddy producer— responsible for 27% of global rice production and well over 145 ...

AMBALA, India, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Indian farmers' unions have rejected five-year contracts for minimum support prices (MSPs) proposed by the Indian government, one of their leaders said in a video ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Farmers blocked highways and held demonstrations in many rural areas in northern India on Friday to protest over a range of grievances that have also led tens of thousands to march ...