The forecast of inclement weather for the next couple of days is sending shivers down the spine of farmers who are in the process of harvesting their wheat crop.

Small and marginal farmers in this district are going back to the old days of environment-friendly manual harvesting of wheat to reap the benefits: dry fodder for cattle and assorting the best grai

Karnal, April 13: Scientists have developed seven high-yielding varieties of wheat to combat with the issues of yellow rust and increasing demand for the crop.

Sunday night’s showers and the prevailing overcast sky has left Surinder Doda of Nigdhu village worried, much like other farmers of the state.

Rising carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is lowering protein in key dietary crops which may affect the nutritious value of foods, a new study has warned.

For the first time, a field test has demonstrated that elevated levels of carbon dioxide inhibit plants' assimilation of nitrate into proteins, indicating that the nutritional quality of food crops is at risk as climate change intensifies, researchers said.

Parts of M.P., Rajasthan hit by rain, hailstorm

The Centre will provide an assistance of Rs. 352 crore to farmers for replanting horticulture crops that were hit by untimely rain and hailstorm earlier this month in parts of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan.

As IPCC report warns of climate impact on food security, researchers are looking at whether talking about food could break political deadlock on global warming

Asia is facing the brunt of climate change and will see severe stress on water resources and food-grain production in the future, increasing the risk of armed conflict among India, Pakistan, Bangl

With temperature likely to rise in the coming years because of climate change, essential food crops such as wheat are likely to witness a drastic fall in production, according to a report by the In