Debt in half: Left or right

Simply Put: Half-life of Indian farmers

Simply Put: Indian farm income & all that gas

Locust attack: How swarms pose a threat to Indian farmers

Simply Put: Farm income

जग बीती: प्याज नहीं खाना चाहिए?

खेती-किसानी का यह नायाब तरीका आपको निहाल कर देगा

Simply Put: Potato FC-5 variety

'The Satnami rebellion was a rare anti-caste movement in South Asian history'

Author Amita Kanekar speaks to Down To Earth about her latest book 'Fear of Lions'

Not just loan waivers, farmers need a new deal

Government approves proposal to scale production and sale of compost

Will provide financial assistance of Rs 1,500 for every tonne of compost sold

Rebranding: an exercise in futility

Security begins in the stomach

Super cassava

Farmer-friendly

Rethink the way we grow food

The world has enough food to feed people; the problem is that much of this food is going into feeding livestock or just to waste. This is what …

‘FAO acknowledges that it neglected costs of food systems in its accounting’

Alexander Muller, former FAO assistant director-general talks about how the impacts and cost of natural capital as well as social …

India’s facade of agricultural insurance

Since its launch in 2016, India’s flagship crop insurance scheme has seen a consistent fall in acreage and number of farmers covered

This startup is making fiber from stubble so that farmers don't burn it and cause pollution

A young startup formed by IIT Delhi students have found a novel way to take care of paddy stubble

Will Paul Ehrlich's prediction finally come true?

The Green Revolution may have prevented the fate that was forecasted for a world bursting at the seams and unable to feed itself. But unlimited …

State of farmers' protests

Farmer protests continue to be at the centre stage with farmers in at least 15 states taking to the streets. There are three broad reasons for …

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 …

High resolution rice maps can help boost production

The maps for Northeast India and Bangladesh will help study cloud-prone rice paddy cultivation regions in South Asia.

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 …