Scheme for promoting home gardens needed: Experts
It can ensure nutritional security of people living in areas where shifting cultivation is practiced
How digital revolution in farming systems can boost productivity
Adopting precision farming techniques could be a paradigm shift in farmer’s perception from production to productivity and to profitability
Invasive weed found in Haryana wheat crop
The weed, considered harmful in wheat-growing countries, can reduce the productivity of wheat crops if not controlled
Private and government: Who is investing how much on agriculture?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants more private investment in agriculture, but it is already sustaining on private investment
NDA trounces agrarian crisis to win rural areas
Despite the rural hinterland being in the throes of agrarian distress, the incumbent coalition has won handsomely in these very areas
It’s a hot potato for PepsiCo and farmers
The corporate giant claims that the farmers are cultivating their proprietary FC5 potatoes without permission
Damning allegations: India's fields still have Bt brinjal
Coalition for a GM-Free allege it found the banned genetically modified crop in Haryana
Himachal apple growers left high and dry as commission agents dupe them
The farmers are organising themselves to press for a key law supposed to protect them, to be implemented properly
Fall Armyworm attack: 'It is the biggest pest attack ever'
The worm prefers maize, but its diet comprises up to 300 plant species, including vegetables and ornamental plants
Drought but why: The agricultural wasteland that is Bihar
Below-normal rainfall and drought-like situation for 7 years pushing out youth for livelihood
How safe is your food. Not much it seems
Contaminated food leads to the death of 2 million people around the globe annually and is responsible for more than 200 types of diseases
New web-based platform to help with micro irrigation
Researchers have come up with a web-based application that helps design customised micro-irrigation systems for individual agricultural fields
India’s cow crisis: A rebuttal to Sunita Narain
Down To Earth's Editor wrote how it is brutal to kill India’s ancient Uber economy: PETA India director offers a counter-point
India's Cow Crisis Part 2: Threat of decline looms over livestock economy after 35 years’ growth
The circular economy of cattle has ruptured, threatening livelihoods of India’s poorest. The value output of the livestock economy is Rs 9.…
European wheat not prepared for climate change
A group of European researchers found that the current breeding programmes and cultivar selection practices are not sufficiently resilient to the …
MGNREGA’s information system flawed, misguiding
The scheme's Management Information System destroys local accountability, promotes centralisation and administrative control and gives out wrong data
Gujarat declares drought after months of delay
While other states had declared drought months ago, Gujarat govt kept calling it a “scarcity of water”
You may pay a steep price but does the farmer make any money?
A farming household of five earns Rs 221/day, less than a person’s daily minimum wage
It's time we shift farmers' economic burden
Assured net income, including assured minimum support price for crops, can put an end to farmer suicide cases in India
The zero budget farming discord
There is unease over the crusader of natural farming, Subhash Palekar, for renaming the technique after himself
Scientists develop transgenic rice that can grow under high salinity, drought
A team of Indian and international scientists hit upon the idea while studying a wild rice variety, Pokkali, grown in coastal regions of Kerala
'Achieving zero hunger requires agriculture to be sustainable, climate smart'
FAO India representative Tomio Shichiri talks to Down To Earth on whether current government policies are effective to achieve the Zero Hunger …
Kisan Kranti Yatra: Another farmers’ protest goes awry
Around 30,000 farmers, who had been walking to the national capital for 10 days, were welcomed with lathis, water cannons and tear gas shells
Early sowing can increase cotton yield: study
It was found, through simulations, that early sowing (mid May) always yielded better cotton production as compared to late sowing (June)
‘Rationalising subsidies, improving infrastructure could revive agri-sector’
For every million rupees spent on agricultural research, 328 people are pulled out of poverty. In contrast, the same amount spent on power …