-The Indian Express This July, I spoke with a farmer in Angul district, Odisha. During the kharif season, most of his 45-acre farm is devoted to paddy, but during the rabi season, he grows a variety of pulses, oilseeds and vegetables. He is currently president of the village watershed committee, working to implement an impressive programme to halt soil erosion and water runoff. He pointed out newly constructed contour and farm...

-Deccan Chronicle Karimanagar: Paddy crop being cultivated in an extent of 1.61 lakh hectares is on the verge of withering due to scanty rainfall and erratic power supply. A significant amount of the crop, which is presently reaching ripening stage, is likely to be affected by low rainfall and inadequate power supply. Consequently, the yield of the crop is likely to get reduced remarkably. Despite low rainfall, farmers managed to sow...

-The Economic Times Dinkar Patil, a farmer from Buldhana district in Vidarbha, Maharashtra, normally cultivates cotton on his 13-acre farm land. This year, however, he has skipped the cotton crop and opted for soyabean and tur dal. "The rainfall started late. I did not cultivate cotton because of the delayed rains and the huge increase in cost of cultivation of the crop," said Patil. He is expecting a fall of about...

-Business Today   India's agricultural output this year is expected to be lower than in recent years because of delayed and deficient rainfall and lesser sown area, the government has said. Erratic rains and dry spells in several parts of the country have impacted the production of crops. Due to coverage of lesser area and low productivity, the production of most crops is expected to be lower than the record levels achieved last...

-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Agriculture The 1st Advance Estimates of Production of major Kharif crops for 2014-15 have been released by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation on 19th September, 2014. The assessment of production of different crops is based on the feedback received from States and validated with information available from other sources. The estimated production of various crops as per the 1st Advance Estimates for 2014-15 vis-à-vis the...