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The government needs to midwife Indian agriculture to an organic revolution

Instead of making it difficult for the organic farmers, government should devise methods to reduce the complexity of the certification process

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Gandhi at 150: He believed in natural self-rule

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Pollinator Sanctuary: A new sustainable solution model from Canada

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Monsanto must review its glyphosate-based herbicide

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Breaking silos in disaster management

An integrated approach involving all concerned stakeholders can help farmers combat the ill-effects of climate-induced natural disasters

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How IT, communication can boost sustainable farming in India

Use of messaging services, web-based applications, capacity building and encouragement of public-private partnership can enable farmers to get fair price for their produce and understand the ease of doing business

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Why companies are lobbying to push for hybrid paddy seeds in India

Most of India still cultivates rice from pure-bred seeds, something which prevents companies backed by multinationals from expanding their market

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Desertification in India: A livestock keeper says how his stock has plummeted

‘I dream of gardens in the desert sand, I wake in vain’

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Will climate change bring back the age of famines in Kashmir?

A quick glance at government data shows that climate change has eaten into the output of top food crops in Jammu and Kashmir

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Farmers in this Nepal district struggle to cope with crop raiding by wild animals

Almost all farmers in Aiddhungra, Budechaur and Bagargot villages have abandoned maize and millet farming due to increasing incursions by wild animals

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How digital revolution in farming systems can boost productivity

Adopting precision farming techniques could be a paradigm shift in farmer’s perception from production to productivity and to profitability

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Applying modern tech to agriculture

Farmers today can use the benefits of the technological revolution to increase their yields from farming and livestock rearing

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How big data can boost agricultural growth

Data tools can help determine changes required to maintain yields and meet food demands

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Farmers ageing, new generation disinterested: Who will grow our food?

Reviving India’s agriculture is the country’s most important agenda

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Remote sensing can resolve food crisis

It can help understand time-varying meteorological parameters for sustainable use in irrigation and crop management in the Indo-Gangetic basin

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Huanglongbing: Curse of the yellow dragon

As it goes global, here is a primer on what exactly is Huanglongbing, a deadly disease affecting citrus trees

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No shortcuts to crop diversification

Pricing policies, market infrastructure and technologies that make cultivation of alternative crops viable are crucial

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Dantewada’s organic farming model promising for sustainable livelihood

The district also plans to support forest-based livelihood through DMF in the coming months

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Trichomes the real heroes in natural farming

These small, smooth hair protect plants from insects and stop fungal spores from germinating

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India’s non-agrarian rural economy struggles for sustenance

Farmers and farm labourers, who want to quit agriculture, are stuck in the non-remunerative work since other sectors are not generating jobs at the required rate

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Stubble burning: A problem for the environment, agriculture and humans

Although the actual amount of fines charged was not available; farmers continue to burn residues every season

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Agrarian crisis one of the biggest challenges for new govt

Sustainability, more than anything else is agriculture’s biggest challenge. Whoever can manage water can claim to be Indian agriculture’s saviour

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This monsoon is different

It is one of the few years where a monsoon is entering at a time when half of India’s districts are facing drought; some are facing the fifth consecutive spell of drought

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Why farmers today need to take up precision farming

The century’s most valuable innovation in farm management is based on using Information and Communications Technologies

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Decolonising the ‘idea of the farmer’ through the eyes of Munshi Premchand

A critical analysis of the Hindi author’s stories can help policymakers empathically tear into the cobweb that has the Indian farmer trapped at the intersection of poverty, migration, deprivation, and despair