Alarmed by the growing discontent among farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions in the wake of the recent suicides, the Sena-BJP Government has waived interest on loans taken by 20 lakh farmers in

The state government has announced a relief package for the farmers of the state who have suffered extensive crop damage this year, which has led to suicides by 45 farmers so far.

The government offered to conduct a CBI inquiry into the recent import of 1.5 million tonne wheat worth Rs 950 crore from Australia but made it clear that the inquiry would also cover the wheat

India's cotton crop is facing increasing damage as pesticies fail to contain the spread of caterpillars. The last cotton harvest in India was a poor one, with a drop in the national yield from 16.8m

The Centre has sought the views of the state governments on the existing crop insurance scheme as it begins a process to review the scheme, possibly to replace it by a new

Monsanto (India) Pvt Ltd. has initiated a national awareness campaign to eradicate parthenium, a noxious weed known to cause asthma, skin irritation, rashes and other nasal and respiratory allergies

About 7.30 lakh tonnes of paddy worth crores of rupees which is lying in open spaces of six districts of Ferozepore and Faridkot divisions, has started discolouring, official sources said. According

"Biofertilizer" - biologically fixed nitrogen (BNF) has increased grain yields by up to 500 per cent and brought sizeable savings compared to artificial fertilizers on farms across Zimbabwe. For the

The Tala Energy Research Institute (TERI) has strongly criticised the government for backtracking on the issue of urea price hike and said this would further aggravate fertilizer consumption ration

A reseearcher at the University of Florida, Daniel Gorbet, has claimed to have developed a new variety of peanut. The new nut has properties which will help consumers fight high blood and serum