As the water table falls further, only one crop, bajra, seems to have potential. But unlike southern states, where millets can be grown in the rabi season as well, Rajasthan’s climate restricts ...

In the dry heartland of Rajasthan, a transformative rural water conservation model is set to benefit farmers in the upcoming ...

Sonu, who bet on an unfamiliar crop and saw success ... Her biggest concern was growing apples in the scorching heat of northern Rajasthan's Shekhawati region, where temperatures soar up to ...

Farmers in 10 border districts in two key agricultural states of Rajasthan and Punjab, who grow Kharif crops such as paddy (Basmati and non-Basmati both), moong and bajra in about 30 lakh hectare ...

Chandigarh:Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday interacted with a group of farmers in Patiala and ...

The principal rabi crops grown in Rajasthan are barley, wheat, gram or desi chana, and oilseeds such as mustard and rapeseed. Rabi crops are sown between October and November, after the monsoonal ...

The three top water-intensive crop growing states have mixed results. In Rajasthan, over half of the soil samples showed deficiencies in both iron and zinc, while 8 per cent also displayed a lack ...

In absolute terms, the highest increase in MSP over the previous year has been for niger seed (Rs 820 per quintal) followed by ragi (Rs 596), cotton (Rs 589) and sesamum (Rs 579).