foodgrain

NEW DELHI: Government on Thursday said the country's total foodgrain production may touch a record 216.13 million tons in 2006-07 season, with an estimated increase of 5.5 million tons in wheat output. Releasing the fourth advance estimate of crop production, Agriculture Secretary P K Mishra...

PM announces Rs 25,000 cr plan; Maha CM points out that there are more farmers than can be supported New Delhi: Rising food prices are now bringing the Centre and states on one platform to check the nearly out-of-control prices of essential commodities and sustain higher economic growth. The...

The availability of foodgrains including cereals and pulses has fallen to the lowest level in the past two decades (from per capita availability of 190 kg per year during 1976-80 to 186 kg during 2004-07), reflecting the slow growth in the country’s agriculture sector, according to a...