Nitrogen sensor

Can limit the polluting fertiliser run-off in waterbodies

Bank on people

What a new minimum livelihood programme must do, at the least

High-yield, low agro-diversity

Green Revolution crops have also snuffed out farmers' wisdom in the Western Himalaya

Spur to militancy?

Investments in the Northeast fail to generate employment

Ebbing away

There's a way

How do we bring economy, and equity, to water supply?

Let people do it

Involve communities in the distribution process

Check wastage

Put a price to water

A partial success

Private sector-community collaborations need more inputs

Make it different

For the rich and for the poor

Be cautious

Privatisation can do more harm than good

It's often a disaster

South Africa's experience with privatisation

Limited

The private sector's role

What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change – and how political power influences success or failure

Depending on how they are used, ancient agricultural practices can either reinforce social inequalities or create more equitable food systems

Simply Put: Minimum Support Price

Bangladesh adopts climate-resilient cotton farming to fix trade deficit

One of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change, Bangladesh is examining climate resilient ways to boost domestic cotton …

New study can help develop wheat varieties with high zinc levels

Indian and foreign scientists have identified regions in the wheat genome responsible for concentration of zinc in wheat grain

In Kerala, paddy farmers are becoming the worst victims of rainfall deficiency

There will be a minimum drop of 30 per cent in paddy cultivation during the present season, according to preliminary estimates

Can India forecast drought in the long term?

The country has a long experience of managing drought but it is time it evolved its long-term forecasting mechanism

Why is Telangana asking the Centre to procure its excess stock of parboiled rice?

The Telangana government is asking the Centre to buy more than 90 per cent of its stock of parboiled rice at Minimum Support Price, some of which …

Is organic farming responsible for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis?

Analysis shows that it is not organic farming, but poor economic policies that are responsible for the economic crisis

How this woman changed the lives of children by nurturing an organic farm in Faridabad

Veena Lal’s organic farm and mud house located next to her organisation and children’s home in Faridabad near Delhi …

Peepal Farm: An organic ‘No-till’ farm that sustains people and rescues animals

Robin Singh and Shivani Bhalla’s end goal is the welfare of their animals. But they have set up structures around their farm which …

Uttarakhand farmers fall back on traditional food processing methods to boost earnings

Marketing of local varieties of food products can also increase farmers’ income

Bihar farmers block roads over fertiliser shortage

Agitating farmers September 12 stole 60 bags of urea from a truck in Nawada district; allege local agencies creating an artificial crisis