Delayed monsoon: Centre asks districts to be ready with contingency plans in case of drought-like conditions

The Union government maintained there is no need to panic yet

Antimicrobial resistance: How biosecurity in livestock can be a tool to improve animal health, reduce antimicrobial use 

Inability to measure biosecurity and hygiene status of a farm has been a major obstacle

GM mustard will obliterate honey bees: Apiculturists protest Central decision in Bharatpur

Mustard is the only natural crop that bee farmers depend on

Climate change: How India's desert states will be affected

Around half the population in these areas depend on agriculture

Water, Marathwada women’s woe: Inclement weather affecting farmers’ mental health, social standing

Market does not support the farmers even if they manage to harvest the crops

Simply Put: The great divider

Farmers in Odisha protest Centre’s agri laws

Bargarh gathering pledges solidarity with those sitting in at Delhi borders

Simply Put: (Un)welcome Capital

These farmers in Bikaner, Rajasthan have faced locusts 3 times in one year

They face an uncertain future as many have not received any help from the government

Simply put: Why pesticide

Erratic rain to hit agri, livestock in Mauritania, Senegal

Food and Agriculture Organization warned west African countries

Simply Put: In a foreign land?

Runup to Interim Budget 2024: It should show a road map for the next 5 to 10 years

The budget needs to recognise the long-term threat to food security from climate change even if it is not an election issue in short term  

The lure of 10 million jobs a year

Employment in agriculture has increased. Will it lead to shed the belief that agriculture will not be able to employ further?

No buyers, shut units: How COVID-19 hit farmers in Bengal’s pineapple hub

Several in Bidhannagar in Bengal’s Darjeeling district resorting to distress sales to pay off loans; others migrating to other cities to …

Recognising the role of pastoralists in agrarian development

The farmer-herder relationship of mutual benefit and care is threatened by commercialisation of agriculture

Pasture posture in time of climate change

The United Nation’s latest appeal for national support to protect mobility of pastoralists brings focus to this ancient, climate-resilient …

Come back holy cow

Cow, from being an axis of a farmer’s economy to being abandoned, is too big a change people would bargain for

Food security: Climate change is affecting the seeds that India depends on

An increase in number of days with extreme temperatures or rain has caused a decline in quality and size of seeds across India

Return of pastoralism: How villagers fought a long battle to regenerate grazing lands, assist herders

With help from civil society organisations, India’s rural population managed to increase their profits from raising cattle

International year of millets: Centre to work on decentralised processing & marketing

Themes for a comprehensive plate-to-farm millet food system proposed the People’s Convention on Millets for Millions

Transforming lives: The job creation potential of a just livestock transition

The growth can revitalise rural economies and mitigate the adverse effects of urbanisation

Plant protection authority sets right its potato blunder

A public campaign forced it to revoke registration of PepsiCo’s potato variety, but the agency needs to reset its priorities

Jawad shatters hopes of paddy farmers in Odisha’s coastal districts

Many farmers in coastal Odisha were expecting a bumper harvest; however, rains due to Cyclone Jawad inundated fields, destroying crops

Value in the weed: Profit potential of green and leafy bathua

Bathua is in demand for its nutrition and taste. Improved varieties of the weed can make it popular among farmers