COVID-19 incidence in India, impacted the food market, wheat in particular, as the crop harvest coincided with the lockdown disrupting the supply chain and prices posing a few researchable issues - the lockdown effect on wheat supply chain; how the state intervention bolstered the sector to...

Biofortification is a promising strategy to reduce the persisting micronutrient deficiency. Biofortifying wheat grains has the potential to alleviate malnutrition as it is one of the major staple crops. In this study, we examine the research progress and impact of agronomic and genetic efforts...

Value chain consists of stakeholders and their collective actions including input and support services for production, marketing and distribution of the product till it reaches the final consumer under enabling environment. In the recent years, value chain is gaining momentum particularly in the...

Wheat production has undergone rapid strides in India, mainly attributed to the widely cultivated high-yielding varieties (HYVs) and other technological interventions and innovations. Adopting such HYVs increased public welfare, especially in fulfilling food and nutritional security. Globally,...

Income is the most relevant measure to assess farmers' economic well-being and sectoral transformation. The crises and distresses plaguing the sector endanger the very livelihoods and welfare of the farmers. Indian Government with the intention giving enough policy thrust on income security,...

Wheat is an important staple food grain in India ensuring food and nutrition security accounting for 21 per cent of calorie and 20 per cent of protein intake. The nutri-rich cereal is under cultivation in around 30 million hectares with an annual production over 100 million tonnes in the recent...

Climate change is a serious concern affecting the wheat production prospects. In the recent past, yield sensitivity to climatic variables has been noticed and it has to be addressed in the perspective of climate smart farming. The present study has tracked the perception of farmers on climate...

Data analysis is an ever-evolving subject and is of utmost importance and priority for research as well as researcher. It encompasses inspection, coding, transformation, and modelling to draw scientific conclusions. In the recent past, data mining and use of quantitative techniques has been...

Wheat, a major Indian staple food crop is largely prone to rusts infection. Inter alia, wheat producers have been advocated to adopt the recently released innovative technologies (rust resistant high yielding wheat varieties) developed under the All India Coordinated Research Project to counter...