Senior Reporter, Down To Earth
Silent famine: What exactly changed in India’s wheat and rice?
The crops gained quantity but lost quality in the quest to feed India’s millions
What ails climate-smart agriculture in South Asia? Limited state resources & incentives, unequal tech dissemination
By 2050, South Asia will be one of the largest food-deficit regions & requires substantial increase in production to meet growing food demand
रबी सीजन: सात लाख हेक्टेयर में अब तक नहीं बोई गई दालें, उत्पादन पर दिखेगा असर
पिछले सीजन की तुलना में चालू सीजन का बुआई रकबा 251,000 हेक्टे…
Rabi sowing update: Wheat gains momentum, pulses continue to lag
Increase in area under pulses important for bringing down food inflation; Rabi paddy acreage reduced over the years
Surface irrigation may encourage monocropping: Evidence from Telangana holds lessons for India
Providing farm households with new irrigation facilities that improve groundwater table also significantly enhances farm profits
नैनो यूूरिया के इस्तेमाल के बाद घट गया उत्पादन और प्रोटीन, पंजाब कृषि विश्वविद्यालय ने किया खुलासा
शोधकर्ताओं ने पाया कि नैनो यूरिया के उपयोग से गेहूं की प…
Dip in yield, low protein content: PAU field experiment finds several problems with nano urea
Production can decrease further year on year if nano urea application is continued
2023 in a blink: How did PM Modi’s biggest 4 ‘castes’ — poor, youth, women and farmers — fare this year
PM Modi first made the statement on November 30, 2023 during Opposition calls for nationwide caste census
Poorest countries are in debt; spent record $443.5 bln in debt service payments
Interest payments by these countries quadrupled to all-time high of $23.6 billion in 2022
DTE Coverage: Green issues in latest NCRB Report
NCRB findings paint worrying picture
COP28: Agrifood most climate-affected sector but finance flows to it fell by 12% in 2021, reveals FAO
FAO reveals global roadmap for food systems; experts say it fails to target fossil fuels
COP28: Emerging alternatives to meat & dairy may help reduce environment footprint of global food system, says UNEP
UNEP report made distinction between developing and high- & mid-income nations; Per capita consumption of animal meat in Europe & North …
Sitting duck
India’s decision to reduce import duties on frozen turkey and duck from the US has raised concerns among domestic poultry producers, who …
Soil matters
Unhealthy soil leads to unhealthy children. India needs to improve soil micronutrients not just to increase crop productivity, but also to …
One farmer/farm labourer dies by suicide every hour in India: NCRB data
An emerging and worrying trend from the NCRB data was that deaths by suicide of agricultural labourers was higher than cultivators
कॉप-28: 2022-23 में 23 देशों ने सूखे को लेकर घोषित किया आपातकाल, 184 करोड़ लोग प्रभावित
करीब 184 करोड़ लोग सूखे से प्रभावित हैं, जिनमें से करीब पांच…
COP28: New report finds agriculture most climate-affected sector; calls for urgent food systems focus in L&D fund
134 countries sign declaration committing to include food in NDCs
Drought emergency declared by 23 countries in 2022-23, shows global drought map
1.84 billion people were drought stricken, out of which 4.7% exposed to severe or extreme drought
खाद्य प्रणालियां और कॉप-28: क्या पक्षकारों के बीच स्थाई दृष्टिकोण पर बन पाएगी आम सहमति?
कॉप-28 ने खाद्य प्रणालियों पर ध्यान केंद्रित करने के लिए …
Food systems and COP28: Will Parties agree on a sustainable approach?
COP28 has set a precedent by dedicating a thematic day to food systems
असम में कीटों के हमले से 28 हजार हेक्टेयर में धान की फसल चौपट, गर्मी से और बढ़ेगा खतरा
असम के 15 जिलों में 28,000 हेक्टेयर धान की फसल फॉल आर्मीवर्मक…
Warm temperatures for prolonged periods may have led to massive pest attack in Assam
28,000 hectares of paddy crop in 15 districts destroyed by armyworm
Climate crisis: Inequality hotspot study shows where women in agriculture are hit hardest
India stood 12th on the climate change risk index in agrifood systems
GWP100 or GWP*: Meat, dairy lobby pushing for new methane metric. How this will enable greenwashing
New method takes current methane emissions as baseline to present minor reductions as negative emissions or cooling
El Nino impact on food security: $160 million needed urgently to support 4.8 million people at risk, says FAO
Releases anticipatory action plan after WMO forecasts El Nino to stay till April 2024