This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study attempts to analyse the growth rates of area, production and yield of various crops in relation to the cropping pattern changes in ...

Farmers standing in long queues to purchase urea fertiliser is an unusual sight in India. Yet, this has become a reality in several States this crop season, most visibly in Telangana. Officials ...

In India’s agrarian landscape, the relationship between irrigation and cropping decisions has long been treated as linear, where expansion of irrigation infrastructure is expected to lead to changes ...

Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday urged farmers to reconsider crop patterns and move toward cash crops like ...

One of the long-standing puzzles confronting agricultural policymakers in India is whether farmers respond to the Minimum Support Price (MSP) while deciding the cropping pattern. The question of price ...

India’s agricultural system is largely based on input-intensive monocropping of staple crops. A study publishing August 18th in PLOS Sustainability and Transformation by Lindsay Jaacks at The ...

Ahmedabad/Surat/Rajkot: Over the past decade, Gujarat has recorded a steady rise in rainfall, with increases ranging from 3% in east-central districts to 25% in Kutch, according to an analysis of long ...

Rabi is India's winter cropping season, spanning from around October to April. Crops are sown in October-December and harvested in March-April. The major crops include wheat, pulses, oilseeds, coarse ...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has recorded a sharp surge in the cultivation of key Kharif crops, particularly oilseeds and pulses, marking a season of broad agricultural expansion across the state. According ...