Venkatesan Sundaresan, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and plant sciences at the University of California, Davis, ...

One of the most glaring concerns flagged by the survey is India’s persistent underperformance in crop yields compared to ...

Budget 2026 should drive transformative growth in Indian agriculture through structural changes and enhanced support for ...

India’s largest indigenous edible oil source, mustard, is facing a serious menace from a parasitic weed. What is it? How is ...

Extreme weather is disrupting Indian agriculture, forcing farmers to adapt through crop diversification, technology, and climate-resilient farming practices.

Farmers are often characterised as risk-averse. In actuality, they are responding to a policy framework that mitigates price ...

The year 2025-26 has been a bumper crop year thanks to moderate temperatures acting in tandem with surplus monsoon rainfall.

Crop protection innovation is science-intensive, capital-heavy and inherently long-term. Developing a new molecule can take ...

RAMPUR, India - Pleas by local Indian officials for farmers to switch from rice to oilseeds and pulses and protect dangerously low water levels are falling on deaf ears, and may be further undermined ...

Republican senators have urged President Donald Trump to push for lower Indian tariffs on American pulse crops ...

India's agricultural system is largely based on input-intensive monocropping of staple crops. A study suggests that while COVID-19 disrupted agricultural labor, supply chains, and farmers' access to ...