One of the most glaring concerns flagged by the survey is India’s persistent underperformance in crop yields compared to ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and plant sciences at the University of California, Davis, ...

Agriculture always remains the backbone of the Indian economy, which supports nearly half of the Indian population and ...

The Economic Survey 2026 highlights Indian agriculture's resilience, with the allied sector driving significant growth.

Yet agriculture remains badly in need of a shake-up. Though yields have risen steadily for 60 years, they remain poor. Indian rice-growers harvest about a third less than their Chinese peers. Pulses ...

Budget 2026 should drive transformative growth in Indian agriculture through structural changes and enhanced support for ...

The forthcoming Union Budget must recognise regenerative agriculture not as a peripheral environmental concern, but as a central pillar of national economic strategy, climate action and social resilie ...

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s agricultural policy has moved decisively away from short-term ...

Reflecting on the negotiations, Sefcovic highlighted his close working relationship with Commerce and Industry Minister ...

In a 2017 article, I asked what might a future India look like and concluded that, if current neoliberal policies continue, there could be dozens of mega-cities with up to 40 million inhabitants and ...

India is the world's second-largest producer of wheat and rice and is home to more than 600 million farmers. The country has achieved impressive food-production gains since the 1960s, due in part to ...