Mango trees are flowering well this season; why then are farmers worried?

Traditional beliefs say mango flowering brings unpredictable rainfall; rising temperatures have a dominant role to play, say experts

Global warming will reduce maize yields in Africa in the near future

Maize is a staple crop in Africa and many farmers are consumers are heavily dependent on it

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

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

No shortcuts to crop diversification

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

Interview: Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister of Agriculture

Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare talks about a contingency plan to tackle the current drought and new crop …

J S Parihar talks about Usage of Technology in Crop-loss Estimation

J S Parihar is former scientist from SAC-ISRO, and author of many studies on use of technology in agriculture. He talks about crop loss …

A question of labelling

Atlantic divides

WTO ruling on EU-US spat over GM could impact South

Seeds of doubt

Gearing up for Bt cotton

Farmers ready to sow GM cotton in Andhra Pradesh

In short

Young entrepreneurs help India curb air and plastic pollution

IIT graduates come up a with a solution to India's crop residue burning problem

Climate change mitigation: Flood insurance scheme launched to protect small farmers in Kenya

Farmers, experts welcome move, call it ‘game changer’

Joint retaliation

Wealth in waste

Power from husk

Will contract farming law relieve agrarian distress?

Although the proposed law promises to alleviate the suffering of India’s farmers, it needs a research-backed approach 

Indian olives: The most under-utilised fruit crop

Jalpai, the Indian olive, is an under-researched fruit which is used to make sweet and sour recipes

Bihar to give subsidy to farmers who could not cultivate crops due to waterlogging

It has approved Rs 550 crore for farmers whose standing crop was damaged this monsoon season

Gene study shows how to get more out of sorghum without affecting natural resources

The sorghum variety jowar is one of India’s most important food and fodder crops

Odisha’s deadly farmlands: Another farmer commits suicides due to crop loss

Between 2001 and 2010, over 2,600 farmers committed suicide in Odisha and this year, drought has already broken their economic backbone

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is a good scheme with flawed execution, says CSE

Agriculture insurance is recognised as an important part of the safety net for farmers to deal with the impacts of extreme and unseasonal weather

Hope in a heap

Farmers benefit as a factory in Maharashtra fuels its turbines with different types of agrowaste

Rabi crops wheat, gram, peas and lentils damaged due to hail, frost and cold in Madhya Pradesh

Preliminary survey shows crops of more than 3,000 farmers in 34 tehsils damaged; farmers say inspections not completed