The Punjab Government has urged the Centre to provide financial and technical support to the state for scientific storage of foodgrain to be distributed under the proposed Food Security Act.

Up to three million people in Afghanistan are facing hunger, malnutrition and disease after a severe drought wiped out their crops and extreme winter weather risks cutting off their access to vital

Climate Change Of late, farmer Rinchen of Semtokha is seeing some strange behaviour in her garden.

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday asked the district collectors to take necessary steps to prevent possible distress sale of paddy and ensure official support price to farmers du

With the yield of rabi and kharif crops remaining stagnant for the past four years, there is a need for new variety of seeds to improve farming practices or for some seed treatment, experts told a

BHUBANESWAR: At a time when traditional varieties of paddy are fast disappearing due to institutional promotion of high yielding varieties, the State Government chipped in to protect the rights of

Bhopal : A Geo-Special Fair is being organized in the capital from November 06th till November 11th under the joint direction of Indian Society of Remote Sensing and Madhya Pradesh Council of Scien

BHUBANESWAR: In another step towards food security in the state, Odisha has been included in International programme for Roots and Tuber Crops (RTC), initiated by International Potato Centre (known

Indian National Lok Dal secretary-general and MLA Ajay Singh Chautala on Tuesday flayed the Congress regimes at the Centre and in Haryana for “failing on all fronts”, especially so far as the inter