Senior Reporter, Down To Earth
सावधान! 'सूखे' पड़े हैं भारत के 78 फीसदी जिले, गर्मी की फसलें हो सकती हैं प्रभावित
अनुमान है कि इस बार मानसून कुछ देरी के बाद चार जून के आसप…
Arid conditions in 78% of India; may affect summer crops
Southwest monsoon season in Kerala expected around June 4; 80% chance of El Niño event in May-June-July
Latest in farmer woes: Heavy unseasonal rain, pending payouts from Centre’s crop insurance scheme
523,000 hectares in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh affected by untimely rains in March, April
बेमौसमी बारिश: खेतों और मंडियों में रखा हजारों क्विंटल गेहूं खराब होने की आशंका, जायद को भी नुकसान
अप्रैल के मध्य से भारी बारिश का सिलसिला चल रहा है। इससे प…
Unseasonal showers, crops lying in mandis: Farmers across India fear the worst as IMD predicts more rainfall
Around 46% of wheat purchased this season is lying unlifted at the mandis and are at risk of water damage
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट: बीज उत्पादक किसान भी हो रहे हैं जलवायु परिवर्तन का शिकार
बीजों के परिपक्व होने से पहले ही यदि उच्च तापमान का तनाव…
Bluewashing: Report flags how corporates have wormed their way into global food governance
Experts called the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit a watershed moment in drawing attention to corporate influence over public food governance
Heavy sway: Big corporations with power over farmer producer companies is diluting their purpose
Cluster-based business organisation were started to hand-hold small farmers’ businesses, but now control the FPCs instead
Andhra mining agency told to ‘go back’ by Nimmalapadu tribals at public hearing
First hearing since 1997 Supreme Court judgment, Kept out of mining lease decisions at least five times despite legal win, say villagers
Why this Maharashtra village is fighting for the long forgotten Gramdan Act?
In a society that is moving towards hyper-individualism, the community here takes a collective approach
Not just green: Natural farming in Andhra yielded more produce than conventional methods, shows study
Apart from the higher yield, nutrient availability was also unaffected in Zero Budget Natural Farming
Return of pastoralism: How villagers fought a long battle to regenerate grazing lands, assist herders
With help from civil society organisations, India’s rural population managed to increase their profits from raising cattle
Food security: Climate change is affecting the seeds that India depends on
An increase in number of days with extreme temperatures or rain has caused a decline in quality and size of seeds across India
Himalayan plunder: How hydropower projects in the hills have increased disasters there
There has been a mushrooming of hydroprojects in the Himalayas despite the fact that they are prone to landslides and earthquakes
Nano fertilisers: Parliamentary report suggests close audit of field trials to see long-term effects
An audit by Department of Fertilisers found 25-50% variation in saving nitrogen use after applying nano urea
Department of animal husbandry & dairying surrendered over Rs 1,500 crore in last 3 years
Till February 2023, the department had spent less than 60% of budgetary allocation for 2022-23
Temperature rise in India’s northern plains unlikely to impact wheat: Centre
With February being abnormally warm, farmers have been worried about a repetition of last year’s impact of heat on the staple crop
IPES report highlights global hunger crisis amid high debt
World’s poorest countries saw the costs of servicing their debt increase by 35 per cent in 2022
Global food emissions alone can push warming beyond 1.5°C
Around 80% of future warming from food consumption will be from meat, rice and dairy products
High production, palmolein imports to blame for low market price of rapeseed?
Mustard is a key oilseed crop for boosting domestic oilseed production and reducing the country’s dependence on import of edible oil
International year of millets: Centre to work on decentralised processing & marketing
Themes for a comprehensive plate-to-farm millet food system proposed the People’s Convention on Millets for Millions
No elixir for rural India: Union Budget 2023-24 has very little to offer the rural population; here’s why
The last full budget before the incumbent party seeks re-election in May 2024 should have targeted India’s suffering rural folk to enable …
Centre confirms bird flu in Jharkhand government farm after hundreds of chickens died last week
H5N1 strain is known to be more infectious and fatal to poultry and more persistent in wild bird populations
Wheat crisis: High heat in February cause of worry for critical Rabi crop
Temperatures have started increasing even earlier than in 2022; may affect wheat approaching reproductive growth period and lower yield
लुटता हिमालय: एक साथ कई चुनौतियों ने बढ़ाई मुश्किलें
बेहद नाजुक माना जाने वाला भारतीय हिमालय क्षेत्र बेतहाश…