Intensive paddy cultivation in India has long supported millions of livelihoods, but today this very lifeline is hindering the nation’s progress towards sustainability. As of 2023-24 ...

TIRUCHY: Encouraged by the recent unseasonal rains across the district, farmers have taken up summer paddy cultivation on a scale nearly 50 per cent higher than the agriculture department's estimate.

Tirunelveli: Tirunelveli district collector R Sukumar on Thursday released water from Manimutharu dam through the Perunkal channel for the cultivation of the kar season of paddy in the district.

Akhilesh Yadav alleges large-scale corruption in paddy and wheat procurement in UP, claiming BJP officials benefited without actual purchases. Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav has ...

There was a steady increase in rice production as seen in the table below. For Mrs. Lorrimer, I will further explain the table. As of 2024, Guyana had the highest paddy production since 1960.

"Many farmers skipped the second round of cultivating black gram and sesame, and are getting ready for kuruvai paddy cultivation," the farmer leader said, adding that the government needs to stock ...

Farmers in Thoravalur in Avinashi taluk have taken up paddy cultivation after a five-decade gap, owing to the groundwater recharge through Athikadavu-Avinashi Irrigation, Ground Water Recharge and ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...

Trichy: Many farmers in Trichy and delta districts with access to fresh groundwater resources have begun their kuruvai paddy cultivation. More than 1.2 lakh hectares out of a total 2.1 lakh ...

In eastern India, where water tables are still high and paddy cultivation less efficient, the policy might have some influence. But across large parts of the Indo-Gangetic plains and southern ...

As the world is shifting its attention to sustainable agriculture, millets are gaining limelight as a promising alternative to paddy production in India. The 6.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR ...