Rs 11,607 crore, the cost of feeding unproductive cattle in India

An unproductive cow can incur a loss of Rs 60 per day, and stray cows are millions in number

World Camel Day: Rearing as an art of healing

The relationship between camels and their rearers continues to be pronounced by centuries-old customs 

Pasture posture in time of climate change

The United Nation’s latest appeal for national support to protect mobility of pastoralists brings focus to this ancient, climate-resilient …

‘The Amazon recycles water’

Down To Earth speaks to environmental scientist Deborah Lawrence on the Amazon blazes

Drought in Bikaner: Cattle die of starvation, fodder costlier by over 150%

West Rajasthan stares at drought, records rainfall deficit of 24% till September 7

UP Assembly Elections 2022: Why stray cattle is a poll-issue this time

Cattle protection legislations have not only destroyed the circular economy in UP but also let loose animals onto roads and fields

Chhattisgarh’s Godhan Nyay: How it aims to revive rural economy, organic farming

A significant number of beneficiaries of the scheme are women and from backward community. Balod, Dhamtari, Durg, Raipur and Rajnadgaon districts …

The magician farmer

How a farmer from Bihar used magic tricks to convert others in his village to organic farming