Upset over onion export ban, this Maharashtra taluka has shut doors to Lok Sabha campaigning

Farmers in onion belt vow to express resentment during elections, point out opposition parties also failed to offer respite

Cyclic droughts in Marathwada fuels underage ‘gate-cane’ marriages

Practice of 'gate-cane weddings' convert adolescent girls into wives and labourers 

Seeds of solace

Jharkhand’s Pahariya tribe aims to achieve seed independence by depositing native varieties in community-led banks

Bitter end to sweet limes: Farmers in parched Marathwada forced to uproot citrus orchards

Growers grapple with financial burden as water tankers become only lifeline for citrus trees

This Ladakhi village is growing organic watermelons; here is how

Army scientists helped Ladakhi farmers use mulching and changing climate to grow a hot weather fruit in a cold desert

Criollo: This breed of cattle developed in the New World can withstand climate change, say Irish scientists

Descended from Iberian cattle brought by Spanish colonists to the Americas, the Criollo has a myriad of climate-adaptive traits

How Odisha is promoting climate-resilient agriculture through rice fallow initiative

Cultivation of short-duration pulse, oilseed crops in rice fallow is helping maximise land use efficiency, boost farmers’ income and …

Back to farming roots: Odisha reinforced linkages among traditional grains, nutrition, resilience, food sovereignty 

Thousand farmers have been supported by Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) to promote millets through a farm-to-fork approach

Avartansheel Kheti changing lives with periodic farming

The purely organic method of growing food involves dividing the land into zones for cereal crops, vegetables, fruiting trees and animal husbandry

Kishanganj maize farmers at wit’s end as elephant herds from Nepal raid standing crop days ahead of harvest

Although such events have occurred in the past too, their frequency has gone up, say forest officials

West Bengal farmers shift from wheat to lucrative banana, lentils and maize cultivation

Cultivation area of maize has increased eightfold and tripled for pulses in last decade

India’s parched rivers: At least 13 without water, much lower than same period last year

With peak summer days ahead, condition particularly alarming for farmlands that make up 60% of basin

Simply Put: Double U-turn

Nearly 56 million Indians joined back agriculture in 3 yrs: Is it a good sign or an indicator of an economic distress?

The “India Employment Report 2024” by the ILO says the COVID-19 pandemic reversed a national employment transition from farm to non-…

Understanding the recent tomato price spike: What lies ahead?

Before this, record-high prices were observed in July and August 2023

Agriculture in the cold desert of Spiti Valley is difficult, but there are ways to make it easier

Shallow soil, labour intensity, geographical remoteness from major markets and a lack of quality planting materials are some critical issues

Over half of the 21st century irrigation expansion has been in water-stressed regions; India accounts for 36%

Over 90% of humanity’s consumptive water use is used for irrigated agricultural production

Ramlila Maidan Mahapanchayat ends with SKM call to intensify MSP fight

Our resolution a ‘sankalp patra’ against the “corporate, communal, dictatorial regime” at the Centre, says SKM

Scaling sustainable food production in face of climate change is the defining challenge of our times

Localised and climate-smart agriculture can help preserve agrobiodiversity and reshape the larger narrative of responsible food production  &…

COVER STORY | Pulse tales: Import reliant India

Why India is unable to produce enough pulses to meet its domestic requirement?

Not just farmers: Understanding rural aspirations is key to Kenya’s future

Results show only a quarter of rural Kenyan families are full-time farmers

Survey pegs 1.5% of world's farmland under organic cultivation

India has most number of organic cultivators but only 1.1% of acreage

Three ways farms of the future can feed the planet and heal it too

Crops, trees and livestock in harmony; pesticides no more; small tech, big difference

The ignored sector

Post 1991, why has agriculture grown at 1 per cent while the industry at 8 per cent?

Sustainable farming systems of Bangladesh, Japan globally recognised

The sites include Bangladesh’s floating gardens and three areas in Japan