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International Seed Day 2026: The women behind Odisha’s millet revival

International Seed Day 2026: The women behind Odisha’s millet revival

Susanta Sekhar Choudhury

37 minutes ago

4 min read

Farm workers are 35 times more likely to die from heat exposure, with women at added risk as unsafe conditions and lack of sanitation force them to restrict water intake and work longer hours.

Extreme heat could make farm work unsafe for up to 250 days a year by century’s end, FAO and WMO warn

2 hours ago

6 min read

Most Rabi crops being sold at prices lower than the minimum support price

Most Rabi crops being sold at prices lower than minimum support price

4 hours ago

2 min read

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Farm workers are 35 times more likely to die from heat exposure, with women at added risk as unsafe conditions and lack of sanitation force them to restrict water intake and work longer hours.

Extreme heat could make farm work unsafe for up to 250 days a year by century’s end, FAO and WMO warn

2 hours ago

6 min read

Most Rabi crops being sold at prices lower than the minimum support price

Most Rabi crops being sold at prices lower than minimum support price

4 hours ago

2 min read

Women’s participation in sub-Saharan Africa’s agrifood systems presents a $53 billion economic opportunity: FAO

Women’s participation in sub-Saharan Africa’s agrifood systems presents a $53 billion economic opportunity: FAO

22 Apr 2026

2 min read

Gobar Times: All about Farmer Producer Organisations

Gobar Times: All about Farmer Producer Organisations

Rajesh Krishnan

19 Apr 2026

1 min read

A closed petrol pump in Shravasti.

“Machines are standing still”: Fuel shortages disrupt wheat harvest in Uttar Pradesh

17 Apr 2026

3 min read

Unfinished business

Unfinished business

16 Apr 2026

2 min read

Short, intense hailstorms are increasingly damaging apple orchards across Kashmir.

Half-hour hailstorms, season-long losses: how climate change is reshaping Kashmir’s apple orchards

Irfan Amin Malik

14 Apr 2026

4 min read

Wildlife damage to crops not monitored: ASHA calls for data systems, specific action plans

Wildlife damage to crops not monitored: Experts call for data systems, specific action plans

10 Apr 2026

3 min read

Farmers now face two high-risk seasons a year and rising threats to food security.

Pre-monsoon season emerging as new high-risk period for crops, analysis shows

09 Apr 2026

4 min read

New crop loss season? Unseasonal hailstorms, rain wipe out entire fields in Rajasthan, Punjab days before harvest

Caught off-guard: Unseasonal hailstorms, rain wipe out entire fields in Rajasthan, Punjab days before harvest

07 Apr 2026

4 min read

A farmer in Punjab spreads urea across his field

Fertiliser shock looms as Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption ripples through supply chains, warns UNCTAD

01 Apr 2026

3 min read

Forever dependent on fertiliser

Forever dependent on fertiliser

01 Apr 2026

2 min read

Blogs

International Seed Day 2026: The women behind Odisha’s millet revival

International Seed Day 2026: The women behind Odisha’s millet revival

Susanta Sekhar Choudhury

37 minutes ago

4 min read

Woman picking pods of legumes in a Maharshtra farm.

International Seed Day 2026: Why red gram matters in Maharashtra’s drylands

23 Apr 2026

5 min read

International Seed Day 2026: How pastoralism quietly protects India’s seeds

International Seed Day 2026: How pastoralism quietly protects India’s seeds

23 Apr 2026

5 min read

How supply-chain cruelty drives hidden costs for farmers, workers, and consumers

How supply-chain cruelty drives hidden costs for farmers, workers, and consumers

21 Apr 2026

4 min read

MSP in India: It’s not just about price

MSP in India: It’s not just about price

20 Apr 2026

5 min read

Solarising farms, stressing grids: What are the challenges for PM-KUSUM 2.0?

Solarising farms, stressing grids: What are the challenges for PM-KUSUM 2.0?

15 Apr 2026

3 min read

3 years into scheme to cut chemical fertilisers, Rs 0 released & disbursal mechanism not set

3 years into scheme to cut chemical fertilisers, Rs 0 released & incentive disbursal mechanism not set

13 Apr 2026

5 min read

South Africa’s farmers aren’t yet replacing chemical fertilisers with sustainable alternatives — this is why

South Africa’s farmers aren’t yet replacing chemical fertilisers with sustainable alternatives — this is why

Mokgadi Miranda Hlongwane

13 Apr 2026

3 min read

Videos

Beyond The Plate | The science of cravings and the policy gaps that sustains it

Beyond The Plate | The science of cravings and the policy gaps that sustains it

The first episode of conversations on food, farming and its politics explores why ‘junk food’ cravings are so hard to resist

02 Apr 2026

The Sunita Narain Show: Why we need to scale up India’s dairy cooperative model

The Sunita Narain Show: Why we need to scale up India’s dairy cooperative model

05 Mar 2026

1 min read

India-US Interim Trade Deal explained: Agriculture, tariffs and farmer concerns

India-US Interim Trade Deal explained: Agriculture, tariffs and farmer concerns

10 Feb 2026

1 min read

India launches gene-edited rice: Promises and perils of innovation

India launches gene-edited rice: Promises and perils of innovation

13 May 2025

1 min read

Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewall ends 4-month hunger strike, MSP demand continues

Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewall ends 4-month hunger strike, MSP demand continues

09 Apr 2025

1 min read

Government to remove 20% onion export duty

Government to remove 20% onion export duty

28 Mar 2025

1 min read

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