Winter Crops News

Industry

How farmers in India are adapting to climate change

Farmers in India are using both intra-crop and inter-crop adaptations to tide over the grave impact of climate change on agriculture in India

1 min read28 Nov 2018
Industry

Wheat sowing lower by 6% from last year, shows agriculture ministry’s data

Wheat sowing is lagging behind last year's numbers despite a hike in support prices and doubling of import duties to encourage domestic growers

1 min read9 Dec 2017
Industry

India’s winter crops at risk as muted monsoon hits water storage

The area under winter-sown crops, including wheat, pulses and mustard, is likely to be lower than last year as water level is lower by 13% in India’s 91 main reservoirs

2 min read4 Oct 2017
Industry

Wheat planting completed in 96% area

At 29.2 million hectares, the area sown with wheat is 2% more than what is usually sown by this time of the year and 7.7% more than last year

2 min read31 Dec 2016
Politics

Farmers’ union demands rollback of decision to scrap wheat import duty

Bhartiya Kisan Union demanded that the centre reinstate the wheat import duty and raise it to 40%, on fears that cheaper imports may hurt domestic growers

2 min read21 Dec 2016
Industry

Near normal sowing of winter crops, planting completed in 74% area

Planting of wheat is still lagging by 2.2% when compared to the area by this time of the year, sowing of pulses is 6% more and that of coarse grains nearly 5% less than normal

1 min read9 Dec 2016
Politics

Close to normal winter crop plantation despite cash crunch fears, shows govt data

While wheat sowing was 8% less than normal, plantation area under pulses is 8.6% more than the normal area sown by this time of the year

1 min read3 Dec 2016
Industry

Cash crunch in rural India hits planting of winter crops

While planting of the main winter crop of wheat is 14.7% lower than normal, sowing of rice is 26% lower and the area under coarse grains is down by 19.4%

1 min read26 Nov 2016
Industry

India receives 19% more than normal rainfall during 1-16 March: IMD

Also, two spells of heavy rainfall and hailstorm between 11 March and 18 March led to damage of winter crop across central, north and western India

1 min read22 Mar 2016
Industry

Untimely rains hit India’s winter-sown crops, delay harvest

The untimely rain and hail could reduce the yield of the crops as they ripen and force country to raise imports of edible oils, pulses and wheat

1 min read7 Mar 2016
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