Worries over El Nino conditions have eased and there are indications of another year of robust monsoon rains, according to the latest assessment by the country’s weather office. Officials in the India Meteorological Department said El Nino conditions have weakened considerably and the assessment is that this is unlikely to pose any threat to the […]
India’s monsoon is likely to be a robust and healthy one this year provided there isn’t a surprise El Nino phenomenon, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Monsoon rains, the lifeblood for India’s farm-dependent $2.6 trillion economy, arrive on the southern tip of Kerala state around June 1 and retreat from the desert state of Rajasthan […]
Rabi sowing started in the country with farmers planting crops across 8.49 million hectares, down by 8.7 per cent from the same period last year. A slow start of rabi sowing in the country can be attributed to low moisture content in the soil following weak and patchy distribution of rains during the crucial southwest monsoon […]
India’s kharif groundnut production is likely to fall by 29.2% from a year ago to 3.74 million tonnes, as scanty rainfall hit yields in the top producing western state of Gujarat, a leading trade body said. The drop in output could force the world’s biggest edible oil importer to raise overseas purchases in the 2018-19 […]
Sugar production in India’s western Maharashtra state is likely to be 10 per cent lower in the 2018-19 season than the earlier estimates of the government and industry due to deficient rain and incidence of white grub, which are expected to reduce per hectare sugarcane productivity. “The overall sugar production of the state can decline […]
India said a near normal monsoon, which brought substantial rains across most of the country, should help output of food crops hit new records in 2017-18 and projected an all-time high foodgrain harvest of 284.83 million tonnes, 3.5 percent higher than the previous year. According to the fourth advance estimates released by the agriculture ministry, […]
Despite portents of a good monsoon in the country this year, inflation in India is expected to average 4.7 per cent in the current fiscal, up from 3.6 per cent last year, while the Reserve Bank of India is likely to tighten the key interest rates in the coming months, says a DBS report. According […]
Sowing of crops in Gujarat is yet to pick up because of the deferred monsoon. With almost half of the state facing deficit rainfall this year, the state government has begun a survey to assess the damage in areas where sowing is complete. According to the latest figures, sowing is over in 38.71 lakh hectares, […]
Coffee growers in India’s southern Karnataka state are worried about fall in international Coffee prices and heavy endless rain, which could lead to black rot disease and increase in berry droppings. This year’s intensified monsoon has raised concerns among coffee growers who find it virtually impossible to spray fungicide. Black rot is considered the second […]
Soybean planting is nearing completion in the key growing areas of Central India aided by a surge in rains over the past week. As on July 6, soybean was planted on around 5.1 million hectares – about 4 per cent lower than the corresponding period last year. Except for Karnataka, all other soybean growing States […]