With pressing population needs and greed, soil productivity is consistently decreasing
One farmer/farm labourer dies by suicide every hour in India: NCRB data
COP28: Global leaders call for transformation of agrifood systems to combat AMR crisis
COP28: New report finds agriculture most climate-affected sector; calls for urgent food systems focus in L&D fund
Easy targets
High-income nations across the world appear focused on agriculture as the sector to enforce emissions cut for meeting national ...
Food systems and COP28: Will Parties agree on a sustainable approach?
COP28 has set a precedent by dedicating a thematic day to food systems
North India can tackle smog using eco-friendly farm practices from the South, say experts
Mulching, nitrogen-fixing have waned in the Indo-Gangetic Plain; but they are still being used in the Cauvery basin, according ...
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
Madhya Pradesh assembly elections: Will MSP promises make a difference?
Madhya Pradesh government at present is buying 36% of wheat produce, 19% of paddy from farmers
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
Deep depression in Bay of Bengal to bring heavy unseasonal rain, strikes fear of crop loss into Odisha paddy farmers
Crops not fully reaped in some districts where government procurement is yet to start
Maharashtra’s project funds for climate-resilient agriculture has gone to just a few districts and types of interventions
The scheme has resulted in a few districts garnering a large chunk of the funds
India’s hidden costs of agrifood systems at $1.1 trillion, third-highest in the world, says new FAO report
Reveals true health and environmental costs of food; total global hidden costs associated with agrifood systems at $12.7 trillion
Urban agriculture needs to be climate smart, say experts at African Conference on Agricultural Technology
Urban, peri-urban agriculture important for food security but greenhouse gas emissions need to be kept in check
Hike in soy production in Brazil linked to higher child cancer deaths, finds study
Notes rise in pesticide use with soy expansion; timely mitigation mitigated link between expansion and cancer incidences
Food production accounts for 15% fossil fuel use, as big oil locks in dependence on petroleum-based pesticides
The fossil fuel usage in fertiliser production is expected to increase significantly through 2050
WWF: 32 million acres of grasslands across US & Canadian Great Plains ploughed up since 2012
Destruction of grasslands across Great Plains continues at an unsustainable pace
India’s cotton yield may be lowest in 15 years, to drop by 20%
Cotton Association of India attributes yield loss to pink bollworm infestation, El Nino climate pattern
Indian farmers taxed $169 bn via export bans or restrictions in 2022: OECD report
India introduced export bans, duties or permits on several commodities in 2022 to stabilise domestic prices following the war ...
Cotton Curse: Pheromone-based mating disruption technology may help control pink bollworm
Experiments show 90% reduction in losses, improved yield
Cotton Curse: Tired of losses, farmers giving up cotton on a large scale
The production of cotton in Punjab has almost halved in the past decade
Yavatmal farmers fight losing battle against pesticide poisoning; pin hopes on Swiss court hearing
There has been an inordinate delay in enacting the Pesticides Management Bill to replace the Insecticides Act of 1968
Only the Gir indigenous cow breed is being promoted under Rashtriya Gokul Mission; here is why
Gir is a hardy, adaptable breed with high milk yield and calm disposition; experts however say genetically superior cows ...
Cotton Curse: How pink bollworm developed resistance to Bt Cotton
Entomologists say early and late sowing, long-duration crops and not planting other varieties against advice may have contributed to ...
Cotton Curse: How pink bollworm evolved to be the biggest threat for Bt cotton
Farmers say the pest has grown to become worse than the American bollworm