Farming

India is hoping that a new weather model can significantly help boost its capabilities by forecasting at a resolution of roughly 6 kilometers (3.7 miles), doubling the level of detail previously possible

Hot Docs winner Vivek Chaudhary’s ‘I, Poppy’ is a potent telling of farmers trapped in the opium paradox

After Nishtha Jain's 'Farming the Revolution' last year, Vivek Chaudhary's 'I, Poppy' is the second Indian non-fiction film on Indian farmers to win the top jury prize, Best International Feature Documentary, at the prestigious Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto this month.

MIT develops swarms of tiny robotic insects that fly 100 times longer to aid pollination

MIT scientists are developing robotic insects that can help with pollination, potentially boosting crop production without harming nature, with designs inspired by real insects.

Farming needs new ideas, funds to act as a booster to economy

Farmer Producer Organisations are critical to improving agriculture

National Startup Day 2024: 5 interesting AI applications for farming and agriculture

In the food and agriculture industry, AI is reshaping processes such as intelligent spraying, producing classification, and automated pest and plant disease detection.

Stubble Burning: How regenerative farming, biochar and generous financing can solve many problems in one go

From air pollution to degrading soil nutrients to depleting groundwater levels, North India is facing ecological disasters on multiple fronts. This is where India needs to make the shift to regenerative farming sooner than later. It will also help both the soil and the air if, instead of stubble burning, farmers are taught techniques to produce biochar

PM-Kisan instalments may be increased by one tranche

While there has been no proposal yet on the government leveraging its savings under the PM Kisan Yojana, it does make room to increase the number of payment instalments

Mahindra launches new range of lightweight tractors

Mahindra & Mahindra has introduced seven new tractor models for the Indian market on the compact and small utility platforms, all equipped with standard 4WD

Help farmers throw away the MSP crutch

The road ahead needs to be defined by better farming practices which deliver higher productivity and margins so that farmers can earn more and thereby improve their standard of living 

The success of PM PRANAM depends on reducing urea usage by farmers

The government has rightly emphasised the need for shifting away from chemical fertilisers, reducing imbalance in nutrient use and rejuvenating the soil. But this won’t be possible till the existing policy framework is changed

Farmers in Nepal celebrate rice planting day with special feasts and festivities

The Nepal government has declared National Paddy Day a holiday and tried to encourage people to continue or return to farming rice, as many increasingly look to take up other professions.

India’s basmati exporters in geopolitical hot soup

The abandoned US-Iran nuclear deal has left Indian rice exporters gasping for working capital, as their dues from Iran are mounting

How Farmers In India Harvest Wheat | Tracking The Journey of Wheat From Farm To Plate | Short Documentary

As the season of wheat harvesting came to an end, Moneycontrol traveled to villages of Haryana and Punjab- two states together called the food bowl of the country to get you an insight into how the wheat from farmlands, reaches your plate.

AI-guided drones are opening a new future for farming

Many US farmers are now turning away from tractors and toward AI-guided precision drones with computer vision to adapt to the rising cost of chemicals, hotter temperatures, heavier rains, heartier weeds and prolific pests

Can farming in developed countries become a feasible employment avenue for Indian youth?

Countries like Japan facing a paucity of agriculturalists and farm labour are opening their doors to skilled Indian farmers. Numbers may be low now but in the future, many developed countries looking to sustain food security have no option but to hire from labour excess countries like India

Horticulture project in Himachal gives new lease of life to farmers

About 6,000 hectares of land has been identified in 28 development blocks of seven districts of Sirmaur, Solan, Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra and Mandi, which will benefit more than 25,000 farmer families under the main project.

Small farmers to benefit from this Budget: Agriculture Minister

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the overall budgetary allocation for his ministry has been increased to an estimated Rs 1.25 lakh crore for the 2023-24 financial year, which includes Rs 60,000 crore for the government's ambitious scheme PM-KISAN.

In view of climate change, cow-based natural farming need of hour: Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath was addressing the farmers on the second day of the three-day international seminar 'Suflam' organised at Swatantrata Bhawan of Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

Meet the couple growing strawberries, oyster mushrooms and other exotic vegetables in arid Jodhpur

They also curate open-to-sky dining with tables perched in a guava orchard and meals carved using fresh vegetables from the field. The bucolic scenery also includes appearances by peacocks and other birds.

Rising input costs send wholesale milk prices up 10.2% in flush season

Various factors such as the onset of the lumpy skin disease in cattle and a fodder shortage have raised the input costs for milk production which in turn has increased the cost of milk and dairy products.

Farmer grows restricted opium poppies by mistake: 'Absolutely no idea'

She showed off her new flowers on Instagram and soon, the authorities came knocking on her door.

Fertilizers | India has nimbly tackled rising costs, but subsidy outgo remains a concern

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the fertilizer market. India has managed to tide over the initial challenge, but more lie in wait

Subsidy bill may top $67 billion in risk to PM Modi’s budget goals

Subsidies on food, fertilizer and fuel will cost at least 5.4 trillion rupees ($67 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 2023, against the budget estimate of 3.2 trillion rupees, the people said, asking not to be identified as the discussions are private.

Bangladesh farmers revive floating farms to fight climate change

With prolonged waterlogging posing an increasing threat to families growing their own food, more have turned to using the rafts as secure platforms to start seedlings and grow vegetables and fruit including cucumbers, radishes, bitter gourds, papayas and tomatoes.

Stubble burning is back, smothering north India with concerns for the upcoming winter

While authorities claim they are all set to deal with what is now a yearly crisis, stubble-burning cases reported so far are much higher than last year.