State of Agriculture: Increasing output

While India’s overall economic output shrank in 2020-21, agriculture and allied sector recorded an almost 10% annual growth rate. As a …

Wheat crisis: Will the February heat cause a steep decline in output this year?

This season, early seeding of wheat in October was promoted among farmers to escape the heat in March. However, the high temperatures began even …

Fungal toxins are widespread in European wheat – threatening human health and the economy

It is likely that changes in farming practices, climate change, and the dwindling effectiveness of fungicides are all contributing factors

Why are lemon prices so high in India, the largest producer of lemons in the world?

Heavy rains last September and October and a hot March have caused two successive lemon seasons to fail

She sells cow dung products but not milk to save India’s desi cows

Meet Aparna Rajagopal, a lawyer-turned-organic farmer who has created a business from the dung of native Indian cow breeds

Rice-fish farming system in India is in urgent need of conservation and promotion

Along with reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, co-culture systems have beneficial effects on farm income and improving the livelihood of …

Higher agency helps small farmers reap globalisation benefits: Study

A new study examined how flow of goods, resources and people in global market facilitated farmers’ livelihoods 

Applying modern tech to agriculture

Farmers today can use the benefits of the technological revolution to increase their yields from farming and livestock rearing

Indian farmers have sown 7% less land this summer

The total area of sowing has been reduced by 63 per cent compared to the national average, according to data published by the Union Ministry of …

No shortcuts to crop diversification

Pricing policies, market infrastructure and technologies that make cultivation of alternative crops viable are crucial

Green Revolution lab Jaunti shows agriculture in crisis now

Five decades after the green revolution, Down To Earth visited the village from where it all started, to assess the agrarian crisis …

The minimum support price conundrum and Indian farming

MSP had no legal sanction when it was conceived and can also be challenged now

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 …

Rural poor lose 5% of income to heat stress every year, more vulnerable to future climate risks

Every day of extreme precipitation causes poor households to lose 0.8 per cent of their incomes relative to non-poor households

An index for monitoring effectiveness of climate-smart agriculture practices: How it can help

Awareness and training was the highest weighted dimension among the five that were used to develop the index

New report outlines pathways to transform food systems

Most countries are yet to realise the full potential of including & implementing action on food systems in their climate strategies and …

Sustainable agriculture: Choosing compost with precision can ensure food security

Precision composts will be created by identifying the configurations that produce either unsatisfactory or good results

60% wheat remains ‘unlifted’ from Punjab mandis

Amritsar and Tarn Taran Sahib have the highest amount of unlifted wheat in Punjab, 13 days after procurement started

PM-KISAN: Agriculture ministry tells Parliament Rs 23,727 crore yet to be used

 Rs 2,326.88 crore of Rs 139,370.15 crore was disbursed to those ineligible for the scheme; Rs 231.76 crore has been recovered

Eighth round of talks between farmers, Centre ends in deadlock

Both sides refused to stand back from their positions; next meeting on January 15  

Africa's agri-productivity growth only 2% for 2019: Report

The six-year progress report highlights less than half of development measures were made on several other indicators

Farmers give a thumbs-down to day-long talks, even as govt says progress made

The government agreed to talk about seven major objections of farmers in new farm laws; farmers not satisfied with talks

Centre launches pilot project to reduce emissions from agriculture

The project will be implemented in Mizoram, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Uttarakhand  

Food production will need 165-600 million hectares more land to meet demand by 2050

Need to halt deforestation while ensuring food security, says report by FAO

High fertiliser prices shock farmers even as ministry denies shortage reports

Farmers in different states have protested against unavailability of fertilisers