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Thursday, August 13, 2026
TopicAgriculture

Topic: Agriculture

UP, Punjab, Haryana facing below-normal rainfall. Deficit will deepen

The IMD said that India is expected to receive below-normal rainfall in August, averaging less than 94 per cent of the long period average.

ICAR has made the world’s first complete map of pigeonpea genome. Big in pulse research

This is not the first time ICAR is studying the pigeonpea genome. The National Institute for Plant Biotechnology began studying pigeonpea in 2011.

From drought & debt to 2026 Food Planet Prize: Inside Andhra’s women-led natural farming revolution

Launched in 2015, AP’s Community-Managed Natural Farming programme or APCNF has cut costs, restored soils, won recognition & is being considered for replication in other states and nations.

Rice, maize, or sugarcane? India’s ethanol push triggers debate over agricultural concerns, subsidies

As grain-based ethanol leads the government's biofuel programme, questions are being raised over water use, foodgrain diversion and hidden subsidies.

200 Indian districts declared in the ‘red zone’, a 38% monsoon deficit reported

Officials told ThePrint that a multi-agency taskforce, led by the agriculture ministry, was formed immediately after the IMD forecast warned of a possible monsoon deficit.

In Assam’s ‘Wakanda’, a company is bringing women farmers to the supply chain

In Umpanai, women have always been central to farming. Yet they have been kept outside the actual business of agriculture — pricing, negotiations and market access.

Why India’s irrigation reforms must go beyond landowning status

Cabinet has cleared Modernisation of Command Area Development and Water Management sub-scheme under PMKSY, but it should not be centred on landowners.

Vaisakhi celebrates the harvest, but farmers remain in distress

Even today, Vaisakhi continues to be celebrated, with fairs, gatherings, and cultural vibrancy, but its economic core has weakened.

World’s largest fertiliser importer India issues tender as war hits domestic production

India is seeking to buy about 2.5 mn tonnes of the key crop nutrient ahead of the monsoon sowing season as the West Asia conflict disrupts domestic production, tightening availability.

Farmers’ agitations started in developed states like Coimbatore & Ludhiana: Sharad Joshi

Unlike many parts of the country, these districts, by the late sixties, had already become heavily market-oriented, wrote Sharad Joshi in 1999.

On Camera

The tank isn’t dead. It just needs a robotic army around it

Russia's 22 July mechanised assault southeast of Dobropillia deserves closer scrutiny than another declaration of the tank's death.

Dalit finance body beneficiaries nearly halve as House panel flags funding drought, board vacancies

NSFDC beneficiaries fell from 1.18 lakh to 61,394 in a year as a Parliamentary panel flagged no fresh equity, nine board vacancies and weak state agencies.

India seeks 60 new transport aircraft for IAF, invites bids for a $10 billion deal

It is reliably learnt that Airbus, which had initially offered its A400M, is likely to sit it out since its aircraft outweighs requirements with payload capacity of 37 tonnes.

Guru RSS is cautioning shishya Modi govt. Bhagwat’s endorsement of Gen Z has an Indira lesson

It’s evident Bhagwat was watching from a distance and was worried about youth’s anger towards Modi govt. The first thing he did was to demolish any criticism of Gen Z protesters as anti-national.