Crops & Farming Practices

KRIBHCO supplies around 80,000 quintals of certified wheat seed annually to Uttar Pradesh farmers and offers seed growers Rs. 200 per quintal above MSP, alongside fertiliser distribution and farmer training.

A new SABC study estimates that unauthorised HTBt cotton covers 65–72 lakh acres in India, fuelling a Rs. 1,500-crore informal seed market and raising concerns over seed quality, resistance and regulation.

On World Cotton Day, we look at how Bt cotton transformed Indian farming. He argues that 20 years after the last GM approval, it is time to revisit the case for crop technology.

Bangladesh has approved the import of 70,000 tonnes of DAP and TSP fertilisers from Morocco to support fertiliser availability during the Aman rice season.

A total of 70,652 fruit and vegetable samples were tested for pesticide residues during 2023-26, with 2,223 samples found above FSSAI-prescribed limits.

Rs 5,714.80-crore programme to focus on irrigation efficiency, canal rehabilitation, water conservation and sustainable water management

Government says procurement under MSP continues to expand, with total purchases of 22 notified crops reaching 12,819 lakh tonnes since 2014 and payments to farmers touching ₹27.80 lakh crore.

Sowing reaches 86 percent of the targeted area as improved rainfall accelerates planting of soybean, cotton, pulses and paddy across the state.

India has adequate seed stocks for the ongoing kharif season, but the Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) says timely last-mile delivery to farmers will be crucial, especially in regions affected by delayed monso...

Punjab has sufficient urea stocks to meet the fertilizer requirements of the ongoing Kharif 2026 season, according to the Centre. The state has received 10.71 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of urea against a pro-rata requireme...