A new breed of farmers in India are going beyond the lure of paddy and wheat MSP, and sowing unconventional cash crops that ...

The high-level inter-departmental committee will comprise officers from the Agriculture, Horticulture, and Agricultural Marketing Departments, the Rajasthan State Seeds Corporation, Rajasthan ...

In Rajasthan's Thar Desert, farmers in Sikar and Jhunjhunu have successfully cultivated apples, a fruit typically grown in cooler climates. Using the HRMN-99 apple variety, which thrives in extreme ...

According to the agriculture department, mustard production is estimated at 5.5 million tonnes (mt) this season, down from 6.2 mt last year ...

The Modi government’s grand millet campaign promised prosperity for small farmers, but Rajasthan’s Bajra growers feel ...

using just over half of its agricultural land to grow crops like sweet potatoes, walnuts, nutmeg and oilseeds. Gujarat and Rajasthan follow with about a quarter of their land under cultivation for ...

Barring a few districts in Rajasthan, there is no concern over the condition of the wheat crop so far this year in all the growing States. Farmers are expecting the yield to be at least 10 per ...

Jaipur: As several regions of Rajasthan, including Bharatpur ... from the district collectors regarding the damage caused to crops by the hailstorm in the affected districts.

In December 2024, Shahbudeen spent Rs. 4.5 lakh - almost his entire annual farming income - to dig a borewell for irrigation. After hours of labor, the digging reached 600 feet, only to end in a ...

In Rajasthan's Thar Desert, farmers in Sikar and Jhunjhunu have successfully cultivated apples, a fruit typically grown in cooler ... innovation could transform agriculture in arid regions ...