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Stubble burning season begins; Madhya Pradesh ranks first, Punjab second and Uttar Pradesh third

Stubble burning season begins; Madhya Pradesh ranks first, Punjab second and Uttar Pradesh third

07 Oct 2026

2 min read

Favourable weather gives Kashmir’s paddy farmers their best harvest in years

Favourable weather gives Kashmir’s paddy farmers their best harvest in years

06 Oct 2026

4 min read

Dewas' former district collector Umakant Umrao (extreme left) with the farmers of Kharda village

How ponds brought prosperity in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas

Amarendra Kishore

01 Oct 2026

5 min read

News

Stubble burning season begins; Madhya Pradesh ranks first, Punjab second and Uttar Pradesh third

Stubble burning season begins; Madhya Pradesh ranks first, Punjab second and Uttar Pradesh third

07 Oct 2026

2 min read

Favourable weather gives Kashmir’s paddy farmers their best harvest in years

Favourable weather gives Kashmir’s paddy farmers their best harvest in years

06 Oct 2026

4 min read

Dewas' former district collector Umakant Umrao (extreme left) with the farmers of Kharda village

How ponds brought prosperity in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas

Amarendra Kishore

01 Oct 2026

5 min read

A farm in Kurla village, Beed district, Maharashtra, where the cotton plants had not even reached knee height.

Maharashtra earmarks Rs 6,728 crore for rural employment as drought grips nearly three-quarters of state

Himanshu Nitnaware

30 Sep 2026

3 min read

Residents of Patalbagh village in Pampore tehsil observe the landfill that has sprung near their saffron farms since 2022

Why Kashmir's saffron farms are under siege

30 Sep 2026

4 min read

Farmers in Sidpur village of Devbhumi Dwarka district say check dams have proved ineffective in improving the water table as the wells in their fields have run dry

Perpetual shortage: Why water scarcity persists in Gujarat

30 Sep 2026

2 min read

Drought-damaged crops in Dharashiv district, Maharashtra.

India sets lower food production target for 2026-27 as El Niño clouds Rabi season

30 Sep 2026

4 min read

A drought-impacted farm in Dharashiv district, Maharashtra.

Twin crises in a year: Drought forces families to leave Maharashtra‘s Beed district, months after devastating floods

Himanshu Nitnaware

28 Sep 2026

5 min read

Farmers wait for Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and state officials to inspect drought-affected crops in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.

Maharashtra reels under drought-like conditions, nearly half of tehsils likely to be classified as affected

Himanshu Nitnaware

25 Sep 2026

3 min read

Eucalyptus monoculture plantation in Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley linked to water table drop of 4.5 metres in 45 years

Eucalyptus monoculture plantation in Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley linked to water table drop of 4.5 metres in 45 years

Himanshu Nitnaware

24 Sep 2026

4 min read

More than half of India under dry or drought conditions as monsoon withdrawal begins

More than half of India under dry or drought conditions as monsoon withdrawal begins

23 Sep 2026

4 min read

‘Half of world’s smallholder farmers, using just 12% of arable land, could meet additional food needs’

Half of world’s smallholder farmers, using just 12% of arable land, could meet additional food needs

21 Sep 2026

3 min read

Interviews

'Community animal health workers are our first line of defence against the next zoonotic outbreak'

‘Community animal health workers are our first line of defence against the next zoonotic outbreak’

17 Jul 2026

7 min read

“Return of so many people to farming is a failure of labour market”

“Return of so many people to farming is a failure of labour market”

17 Jul 2026

3 min read

The institution of Langar predates Sikhism. But only in Sikhism does it become a religious tenet: Yogesh Snehi

The institution of Langar predates Sikhism. But only in Sikhism does it become a religious tenet: Yogesh Snehi

04 Nov 2025

6 min read

Safron being grown hydroponically

Indoor farming techniques like hydroponics are the future of sustainable agriculture: Vivek Raj

07 Oct 2024

4 min read

Ilse Kohler Rollefson with Raikas, the pastoral camel herders of Rajasthan

The world does not need industrial camel production: Ilse Kohler Rollefson

13 Jul 2024

3 min read

Illustration: Yogendra Anand

‘FAO acknowledges that it neglected costs of food systems in its accounting’

07 Feb 2024

7 min read

Blogs

Women farmer producer companies can redefine gender roles and champion agri-entrepreneurs

Women farmer producer companies can redefine gender roles and champion agri-entrepreneurs

Ashok Kumar Nayak

29 Sep 2026

5 min read

Now that India can see its farms, what next?

Now that India can see its farms, what next?

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

25 Sep 2026

5 min read

The harvest before the harvest

The harvest before the harvest

Nannapaneni Maneesh

12 Sep 2026

5 min read

Kutch’s drought is drying more than fields; a livelihood and pastoral crisis is unfolding

Kutch’s drought is drying more than fields; a livelihood and pastoral crisis is unfolding

11 Sep 2026

6 min read

Bleached coral on the Great Barrier Reef.

A record‑shattering El Niño is almost here. Here’s what that means for the world’s weather

07 Sep 2026

3 min read

Who will grow India’s food in the future?

Who will grow India’s food in the future?

Puli Nageswara Rao

05 Sep 2026

5 min read

India needs a human-centred and farmer-centred model of agricultural AI

India needs a human- and farmer-centred model of agricultural AI

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

03 Sep 2026

6 min read

India’s weakening southwest monsoon is a multi-sectoral challenge

India’s weakening southwest monsoon is a multi-sectoral challenge

03 Sep 2026

3 min read

Videos

Drought in 265 talukas: Maharashtra farmers face mounting crop losses

Drought in 265 talukas: Maharashtra farmers face mounting crop losses

With 3/4ths of Maharashtra under drought, farmers reel from soybean and onion losses while officials survey fields for compensation

29 Sep 2026

2 min read

Explained: Why are sugar prices rising in India?

Explained: Why are sugar prices rising in India?

30 Aug 2026

1 min read

Food vs Energy: Can agrivoltaics solve India’s solar conflict?

Food vs Energy: Can agrivoltaics solve India’s solar conflict?

08 Aug 2026

1 min read

El Niño 2026: How it could trigger a global hunger crisis by 2027

El Niño 2026: How it could trigger a global hunger crisis by 2027

08 Aug 2026

1 min read

Rice yield loss with every 1°C temperature increase

Rice yield loss with every 1°C temperature increase

01 Aug 2026

1 min read

India-US trade deal explained: Why farmers protested

India-US trade deal explained: Why farmers protested

23 Jul 2026

1 min read

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