Sikkim will be the first Indian state to go wholly organic. But lack of markets can become counterproductive
Potato test for government
People's cure to climate woes
High on nectar
On wrong wavelength
Twenty years after the Supreme Court asserted that people have a right over radio waves, community radio continues to ...
So long, Suvin
The finest and longest staple cotton in the world, and part of India's cotton heritage, is on the verge ...
Rogues tamed
In a unique operation, forest departments of two states use trained elephants to capture crop-raiding tuskers in the forests ...
India's climate dilemma
Will India toe the US line of capping carbon emissions from farming?
Whose budget is it, Mr Jaitley?
Being the first full year budget of the National Democratic Alliance government, there was expectation that the finance minister's ...
Is sewage farming safe?
Madhya Pradesh's order to destroy crops cultivated using sewage has triggered a debate over the age old practice of ...
Sweet cruelty
Sugar plantations were run by African slaves who were tortured, but they also revolted against their masters
At market's mercy
The government's decision to phase out procurement of rice from millers for its public distribution system may increase small ...
Delhi University's gene mystery
Department of Science and Technology has no idea where GM lines in a high-profile case came from and ...
Lost in plantation
Millions of growers and workers are in distress in Kerala, the plantation capital of India, as domestic and international ...
These farmers use paddy straw for income
Instead of burning paddy straw, farmers in Haryana's Panipat district are using it to farm mushrooms. This has eased ...
Into the abyss?
The situation of India's farmers has only become grimmer in the past decade, according to the latest National Sample ...
Cotton quandary
As China, the world's biggest cotton buyer, restricts imports, the US aggressively competes with India for global market. Can ...
It's trust vs certification
For farmers, trust sells more than organic licence
Digging their Destinies
Villages in arid areas of Vidarbha and Marathwada fight back drought by reviving natural depressions along stream beds
Cop-out
Hopes were pinned on the latest UN climate summit at Lima. It was supposed to prepare the ground for ...
Desperate to relocate
Chetty communities living in the core area of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve have been demanding that they be shifted out ...
Shit, it's profitable
Bengaluru farmers have revived the practice of using human excreta as manure. This has created an informal economy that ...
Out of favour
Focus on Alphonso has resulted in neglect of native mango varieties grown in the Western Ghats, some of which ...
Bitter sweet
Who should have the first right over sugar produced by Uttar Pradesh's sugar mills - the banks who ...
Cashew apple jinx
Maharashtra farmers do not earn much from the 1.2 million tonnes of cashew apple they grow every year. But ...