Total acreage, however, remains below last year’s level, with the shortfall concentrated in coarse cereals, rice and pulses even as weather experts and economists warn that crop yields, not acreage, will determine the eventual harvest amid strengthening El Nino conditions. | India News

The sowing area in on-going Kharif season has reached 787.38 lh as of July 24 compared with 826.19 lh in the year-ago period, down by 4.7%, the agriculture ministry said in its…

Erratic monsoon is reshaping India's kharif sowing patterns this season. Farmers are shifting acreage from staples to hardy crops and vegetables. Sunflower acreage has jumped…