But yields from rice, India's main crop, experience larger declines during extreme weather conditions. Kyle Davis is an environmental data scientist whose research seeks to increase food supplies ...

Speaking on the topic 'Transforming Small-holder Agriculture in India in the 21st Century: Challenges and Strategies', he said the issue of smallholder agriculture needs to be addressed in order ...

But a new study shares a brighter outlook: replacing some rice with less thirsty crops could dramatically reduce water demand in India, while also improving nutrition. India will need to feed ...

Farmers in India have teamed ... “Given the importance of agriculture and the limited resources available, we need to find ways to make better use of what we have and become more efficient,” said V.

The launch of more than 100 new high-yield, hardy and nutritionally dense plants marks a shift in Indian ... crops are vital, says Janila Pasupuleti, crop breeding leader and principal scientist ...

NEW DELHI/BAMNOLI, India - India has just suffered back-to-back drought years for only the fourth time in over a century, summer crops are wilting and reservoir water levels are at their lowest in ...

NEW DELHI — An invasion by swarms of desert locusts has devastated crops in India’s heartland, threatening an already vulnerable region that is struggling with the economic cost of coronavirus ...

Rice, soybean and corn crops in India urgently need rainfall as the strongest El Nino in almost two-decades parches vast tracts of farm land. Parts of the southern, central and western regions are ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian institutions are "deeply engaged" in the development Of genetically modified seeds for 13 crops, including rice, wheat and sugarcane to improve their yield and quality ...