For more than a decade, Tejinder Singh Virk, a farmer in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district, had been planting paddy twice in the year. First, in February, he would grow saplings in his nursery ...

Paddy fields in the high ranges of Idukki and Wayanad districts have been witnessing a rare phenomenon this year where panicles fail to emerge from their sheaths, causing large-scale crop damage. The ...

The Prayagraj region continued to reel under intermittent rains for the third consecutive day on Friday, causing widespread distress among farmers due to significant damage to paddy crops. The showers ...

Farmers from M. Saveriyarpattanam and surrounding villages near Kadaladi demanding relief assistance for damaged crops submitted a petition to District Collector Simranjeet Singh Kahlon during a ...

Paddy procurement in Odisha has slowed significantly this season, sparking widespread farmer protests. Despite record yields, bolstered by a high minimum support price (MSP) and state bonuses, a ...