After 10 years struggle, Mendha gets separate Panchayat status under Gramdan Act

Development means struggle of Mendha’s residents for self-rule & sovereignty over their forests & land seems to be finally coming …

Women, youth incur higher farm income losses due to heat stress, floods: FAO report

This happens because their capacity to react and adapt to extreme weather events is unequal

Rural poor lose 5% of income to heat stress every year, more vulnerable to future climate risks

Every day of extreme precipitation causes poor households to lose 0.8 per cent of their incomes relative to non-poor households

DTE Coverage of Abu Dhabi WTO meet

Negotiations on fisheries “came close” to a deal but one or two or two matters could not be reached

WTO talks end with no consensus on agriculture support

Negotiations on fisheries “came close” to a deal but one or two or two matters could not be reached

How accurate long-range forecasts of monsoon onset can be climate adaptation tool for farmers

Study looks into farmers’ behaviour based on forecast information, insurance in 250 Telangana villages

India, South Africa block attempt to include ‘investment facilitation for development’ agreement at WTO meet

New issues should not be considered for ministerial mandates unless past decisions and unfulfilled mandates were acted upon, states India

Undue detainments, confiscations & restrictions: Shut out of normal participation at WTO, civil societies claim

Write to director general about WTO’s failure to ensure safety and rights of participants

Agriculture, fisheries take spotlight at WTO meet in Abu Dhabi

India backs permanent solution for public stockholding of food grains even as developing nations attack it

India’s richest 5% spent 8-10 times its poorest; agri household expenditure lower than rural avg for 1st time: NSSO

Household spending increased since 1999-2000; disadvantaged sections in rural, urban India spent lowest

An index for monitoring effectiveness of climate-smart agriculture practices: How it can help

Awareness and training was the highest weighted dimension among the five that were used to develop the index

लगातार दूसरे साल घाटे में सरसों बेचने को मजबूर किसान, तेल उद्योग ने सरकार से हस्तक्षेप को कहा

किसानों को डर है कि अगले महीने तक सरसों की नई फसल आने से क�…

Mustard prices continue to stay below MSP; industry body urges government intervention

Farmers fear that prices will slip further with arrival of new mustard crop by next month, as they expect record harvest

Farmers reject Centre’s new MSP proposal; demand guarantee for all 23 crops

Offer limited to pulses, maize and cotton crops, key demand on MSP calculation left out

आवरण कथा: देसी किस्मों और जंगली प्रजातियों से ही बची है उम्मीद

अगर भारत को कुपोषण, सूक्ष्म पोषक तत्वों की कमी और रोगों स…

आवरण कथा: गेहूं चावल की पैदावार तो बढ़ी, लेकिन साथ ही जहरीले तत्व भी बढ़ गए

अनाज की पैदावार बढ़ाने के लिए पौधे कुछ खास पोषक तत्वों क�…

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

Alexander Muller, former FAO assistant director-general talks about how the impacts and cost of natural capital as well as social …

आवरण कथा: क्या हरित क्रांति ने भारत की पोषण सुरक्षा को कमजोर किया, कौन से खनिज की मात्रा हुई कम

देश में जब कम ऊंचाई वाली ऊंची पैदावार वाली फसलें लाई गईं,…

आवरण कथा: अनाज से गायब हुए पोषक तत्व, अब शरीर को पहुंचा रहे हैं नुकसान

पहली बार भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद (आईसीएआर) के वैज्ञा�…

किसानों को जिला स्तर पर मौसम की सलाह देने वाली 199 इकाइयों को बंद कर रही है सरकार

जलवायु परिवर्तन के इस दौर में बढ़ती बेमौसमी चुनौतियों क…

Come March and 199 district agromet units will wind up, as per Centre’s order

Scientists associated with agriculture advisories in different states express concern over decsion

Union government launches framework to promote voluntary carbon markets in agriculture

Minister Arjun Munda requests full cooperation from all quarters to promote carbon markets in the interest of farmers

Work capacity of farm labourers in key food-producing areas to reduce with rising temperatures, shows study

Physical work capacity begins to decline around 20°C ambient temperature & further diminishes as temperature, humidity & exposure to …

DTE Exclusive: Did focus on yield cost India nutrition?

Down To Earth special report on how the wheat and rice that the country eats have lost their nutritional value

Silent famine: Can India halt its own weakening nutritional security?

If India has to have any chance in arresting malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency burden, nutrition has to be made a priority at par with …