Pakistan faces a water crisis ahead of the kharif crop season as the Mangla and Tarbela dams run low and India restricts ...

Although monsoon rainfall does play an important role in India’s kharif foodgrain production, data shows that it is not the only factor influencing the summer crop output. Onions prices are ...

MUMBAI: Kharif crop production this year is likely to cross the previous season's level if the rainfall pattern during the rest of the monsoon season remains similar to that seen till mid-July ...

Rice is the main kharif crop, besides bajra, arhar, urad, moong, groundnut and soyabean. Authorities are worried that millions of locusts may enter India along with monsoon winds from the Arabian ...

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said that his ministry's resolve is to increase the Kharif crop production while reducing the production cost. He added that the synergy ...

Premium While rice, the main kharif crop, has been sown in 21.6 million hectares, 2.4% higher than the planting by this time last year, overall sowing of pulses is higher by 7%. Photo: Pradeep ...

Kharif crop prospects look bleak this time in view of inadequate and delayed monsoon in different parts of the country, but government said on Monday it is too early to jump to any conclusion.

New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Kharif crop sowing is at its advanced stage with farmers in India having sown crops across 1,031.56 lakh hectares so far this year as against 1,010.52 lakh ...

The country’s foodgrain production in the 2019 kharif season is expected to be ... estimate of 2019-20 foodgrains and commercial crop production has revealed. However, the estimates could ...

Rice, the main kharif crop, has been planted in 36.3 million hectares so far, nearly 4% higher than the as-on-date normal area. Photo: Mint New Delhi: Boosted by ample rains, sowing of Kharif ...

The MSP for paddy, the key kharif crop, is fixed at `2,183/quintal, up 7% on year. MSP of oilseeds and pulses have been hiked by 7–10%. Elevated MSPs, backed by procurement, could potentially ...

Rice happens to be the main kharif crop and its sowing starts in the rainy season. The state aims to achieve 102 lakh metric tonnes of rice production in 2018 by bring 34 lakh hectares of land under ...