How to inspire India's youth to take up farming?

Arguably, reviving India's agriculture is the country's most important agenda. But who will carry forward this primary livelihood activity? There …

READ MORE 20 Jan 2017

Parliamentary panel finds tobacco harmful for forests

The panel found that financial benefits due to tobacco cultivation were negligible as compared to losses suffered in terms of deaths 

READ MORE 24 May 2016

Model law on contract farming on the cards this year

According to experts, the law must address dependency that farmers can develop on the private parties for seeds and farm equipment

READ MORE 01 Feb 2017

42% of India’s districts use 85% of its chemical fertilisers

A parliamentary standing committee blamed Agriculture Ministry’s skewed policy for the inequality in fertiliser usage

READ MORE 11 Aug 2016

Odisha’s corn push

State rolls out scheme to reimburse fertiliser cost of maize farmers

READ MORE 16 Jul 2011

Combating drought

READ MORE 15 Jul 1997

Neem-coated growth

The Union government's decision to produce neem-coated urea will not only improve soil health and agriculture, but also halt its illegal …

READ MORE 05 Jul 2015

Participation or takeover?

Private companies now dictate terms in Maharashtra’s agriculture sector. Punjab follows suit

READ MORE 15 Jul 2013

Too costly to grow

High input cost and erratic weather take toll

READ MORE 14 Mar 2011

Climate smart agriculture proposed at COP 22 raises concerns

Climate smart agriculture has not been defined, giving way for industrial agriculture to be promoted under its name

READ MORE 18 Nov 2016

Nutrient paradox

Fertilisers upsetting natural nitrogen, phosphorous flow

READ MORE 29 Mar 2013

Desi cotton to the rescue

CICR banks on traditional solutions to Vidarbha’s cotton crisis

READ MORE 29 Jun 2012

Maize Mania

Maize has become the queen of cereals, courted by state governments, seed companies, farmers and the feedstock and starch industries as the crop …

READ MORE 05 Jan 2012

Paan loses flavour

Iconic paan no more appeals to farmers, traders and common people. They say the contagious spread of chewing tobacco, especially gutkha, is fast …

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The Monsanto way

How the US multinational won state governments and influenced policy

READ MORE 30 Jul 2011

Wasted wealth

Organic composting is filthy business. Facilities flout norms, produce poor quality manure

READ MORE 14 Aug 2013

Contaminating millets

There is disquiet over government scheme to wean traditional millet farmers on chemical inputs

READ MORE 14 Aug 2012

Organic thread

Even as Bt cotton invaded Indian fields in the past few years, some farmer groups kept pushing for organic cotton. In 2009-10, production in …

READ MORE 14 Feb 2013