Partnerships and investments in marginal farming will be crucial in determining the sustainability of the future of Indian agriculture ...

As late as the 1960s, India was one of the world’s largest importers of food aid. Today, with more cropland than any other nation on earth, it’s a leading global producer of rice, wheat, milk, sugar ...

Decades of chemical-heavy agriculture in India have exacted an enormous price: declining soil fertility, erosion, and increasingly fragile ecosystems.

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Experts say Direct Seeded Rice and next-generation seed technologies could transform Indian agriculture by cutting water use, lowering costs and improving sustainability in rice cultivation ...

India’s agriculture is shifting under climate risk and fragmented landholdings, with bamboo-based agroforestry emerging as a ...

Coimbatore, Nov 20: Emphasising that the expansion of natural farming is the need of 21st-century agriculture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the goal should be to make it a fully ...

Direct seeded rice shows encouraging results and may cover 60% of India’s rice area. Experts say DSR reduces water use, labour demand and greenhouse emissions significantly. Officials urge faster ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Images of thousands of farmers streaming into India’s capital on tractors and carrying banners to decry potentially devastating changes in agricultural policy can seem a world ...