Crop yield

Expressing concern over lower crop yields, renowned farm scientist M S Swaminathan today emphasised the role of "agronomist" in realising higher farm productivity through better agronomic management practice.

India's crop yields are lower than those in the US, Europe and China and the government is implementing several schemes to address this issue, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said today.

According to a new United Nations study, salt-induced land degradation has been on the rise. Salt-degradation is common in arid and semi-arid areas that receive less rainfall because of which there isn't enough water seeping ...

IPCC's forecast of lowered crop yields will ultimately affect us allIt's a human-centric approach, but the prospect of a food scare should be one way to get people--believers and deniers alike--to seriously evaluate the effects ...

Heat waves could significantly reduce crop yields and threaten the global food supply if climate change is not tackled and reversed, a research shows. In a first study of its kind, researchers at Norwich-based University ...