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Will rice spoil India’s inflation math?
A look at how rising prices of cereals, particularly rice, are turning out to be a major concern.

Haryana: As floodwater recedes, protecting standing paddy crop an uphill task for farmers
After the water receded, Haryana farmers are facing another challenge of protecting the crop from the impact of floodwater. They are now digging roads, pumping out excess water and using fertilisers to protect the crop from sand.

Seeds of brotherhood: Kurukshetra farmers clear their land to sow paddy for flood-hit farmers
Joginder Singh Kajal, Sukhwinder Singh Khangura, Prince and Gurlal Singh of Pehowa of Kurukshetra, whose area was spared from the nature’s fury, have cleared a part of their land to prepare a paddy nursery for flood-hit farmers.

The veggie with mass a-peel: Swetha Sivakumar on the potato
It can grow where not much else does, is easy to harvest and cook, ably supplements a diet.See why else the gnarly spud eventually found takers around the world

Cherry cheer for Himachal growers as high demand pushes prices up
Cherry yield 35% lower due to dry winter this time; premium quality of fruit grown in Nankhari area of Himachal’s capital Shimla fetches record ₹400 to ₹900 a kg
