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Soil is the next Gold!

Soil is the next Gold!

24 Oct 2026

4 min read

A farmer stands amidst a field devastated by an extreme weather event

Climate resilience is essential to India’s economic stability

Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra

21 Oct 2026

4 min read

England records worst harvest in 42 years as extreme summer weather hits crops

England records worst harvest in 42 years as extreme summer weather hits crops

21 Oct 2026

3 min read

News

England records worst harvest in 42 years as extreme summer weather hits crops

England records worst harvest in 42 years as extreme summer weather hits crops

21 Oct 2026

3 min read

Shepherds from pastoral-nomadic communities move up and down the Himalayas round the year in search of fresh grass and optimal weather conditions

Disrupted rhythms: How climate change affects Himalayan pastoralism

Irfan Amin Malik

16 Oct 2026

2 min read

World Food Day: Why indigenous seed preservation knowledge matters

World Food Day: Why indigenous seed preservation knowledge matters

16 Oct 2026

4 min read

Cheruvayal Raman

Cheruvayal Raman, keeper of Wayanad’s vanishing rice heritage, dies at 74

14 Oct 2026

6 min read

A grape vineyard impacted by drought.

Maharashtra drought: Grape farmers fear 40% losses, onion growers weigh next crop

Himanshu Nitnaware

12 Oct 2026

3 min read

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

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

A farmer stands amidst a field devastated by an extreme weather event

Climate resilience is essential to India’s economic stability

Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra

21 Oct 2026

4 min read

A traditional Akkadi mixed-cropping field in Raichur, Karnataka, where pearl millet grows alongside crops such as green gram, cowpea and moth bean.

World Food Day: What we lost when we simplified farming

16 Oct 2026

5 min read

International Day of Rural Women: Free to make farming choices, this woman revives family land and transforms fortunes

International Day of Rural Women: Free to make farming choices, this woman revives family land and transforms fortunes

15 Oct 2026

5 min read

Food warfare is on the rise as a conflict strategy

Food warfare is on the rise as a conflict strategy

15 Oct 2026

3 min read

Bambara groundnut.

Bambara groundnut: new maps show where southern African farmers can grow this drought‑tolerant crop

14 Oct 2026

4 min read

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

Videos

Soil is the next Gold!

Soil is the next Gold!

Soil holds the key to many of the changes our world needs, from boosting productivity to grow more food to sequestering the carbon driving temperatures towards catastrophic levels

24 Oct 2026

4 min read

Drought in 265 talukas: Maharashtra farmers face mounting crop losses

Drought in 265 talukas: Maharashtra farmers face mounting crop losses

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

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