All you need to know about Fall Armyworm attack on India, Africa
Here’s a round-up of what’s being touted as the biggest ever pest attack
Climate change may cause 160,000 deaths in India every year by 2050
Impact on food supply could be one of the most important consequences of climate change
Govt needs to address policy ambiguities affecting shifting cultivation: NITI Aayog
The NITI Aayog report recommends doing away with the practice of having divergent approaches towards shifting cultivation
क्या टिड्डियों को मारने का आखिरी रास्ता कीटनाशक ही हैं?
टिड्डियों को मारने के लिए इस्तेमाल किए जाने वाला ऑर्गेनोफॉस्फेट पानी में मिल जाता है और वातावरण को नुकसान पहुंचाता है
Microplastics in soil threatens earthworms’ growth: Study
Earthworms exposed to plastic chemicals from bottles and carry bags lost on average 3.1% in weight, while those without added microplastics had a …
Why is north India suffering from a fodder crisis
The rise in wheat straw prices is a combined consequence of an unrelenting summer, water shortage as well as better prices for other crops like …
State of India’s environment: Why farmers kill themselves
The back of the Indian farmour is against the wall amid rising costs of inputs, climate change-induced risks and faulty market mechanisms
किसान प्रदर्शन: आखिरकार दिल्ली प्रवेश की मिली इजाजत
नए कृषि कानूनों को किसान विरोधी बताते हुए किसानों ने 26-27 नवंबर को दिल्ली चलो का आह्वान किया था
Germany to phase out glyphosate by 2023
The country took this step to protect insect populations that play a pivotal role in ecosystems and pollination of food crops
सियासत में पिसता गन्ना-5: चीनी उद्योग के राजनीतिकरण से किसानों की बदहाली बढ़ी
संदीप सुखतंकर, वर्जीनिया विश्वविद्यालय (यूएसए) के अर्थशास्त्र विभाग में एसोसिएट प्रोफेसर हैं। उनके शोधपत्र “स्वीटेनिंग द डील? पॉलिटिकल कनेक्शंस एंड शुगर मिल्स इन इंडिया” ...
How Africa can benefit from Earth observation technologies
The first Global Monitoring for Environment and Security and Africa Forum explores innovations and sustainable development using Earth …
Punjab, Haryana and west UP facing severe nitrogen pollution: Down To Earth expose
Nitrogen pollution can destroy soil health, contaminate water, lead to serious health problems, and trigger climate change
Agricultural biotechnologies necessary to defeat hunger, poverty in Asia-Pacific
The United Nations food agency is urging Asia-Pacific countries to consider both low-tech and high-tech solutions present in the biotechnology toolbox
Insurance companies have not paid 83% of farmers' claims
As farmers' protests demanding loan waiver pick up across the country, there are other people who owe them huge amount of money: the insurance …
How currency ban negated the effects of a good monsoon
Agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan thinks that the timing of demonetisation is proving worse for farmers
India declares itself free of bird flu
No episode of the disease has been reported after an outbreak in Karnataka was contained
Kenya enacts law to give land titles to marginalised communities
The Community Land Bill lays down steps for communities to acquire titles to their ancestral land
EU votes down countries’ proposal to opt out of GM imports
Half of the European Union’s 28 countries had decided to go against the cultivation of genetically modified crops
Pest attacks continue to threaten Africa’s food security
Amidst crop losses, researchers call for using genetically modified maize
IPR claims by big companies; farmers' food security under threat
Patents on seeds by corporations leave farmers unable to save or share seeds
As told to Parliament (December 3, 2021): Diabetes prevalence to grow almost 70% by 2045
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Union Budget 2019-20: Income support for farmers drives historic allocation for agri ministry
Rs 75,000 crore for income assistance to boost rural consumption, claims government
उत्तर प्रदेश में चुनावी मुद्दा बना आवारा गौवंश
किसान रात दिन जागकर अपने खेतों की रखवाली लाठी डंडे से कर रहा है और सरकार को कोस रहा है
Fall Armyworm attack: Deadliest pest epidemic grips India
In nine months, the pest has spread to 10 Indian states causing widespread crop damage
Interim Budget 2019: Farmer leaders criticise PM Kisan Samman Nidhi
Say it adds insult to the injury of farmers