Seed saviours: These Telangana women preserve native seeds; here is why

Doing so ensures nutritional security of their families and helps them survive changing weather conditions 

Scope of farmers’ movement greater than MSP, farm laws: Rakesh Tikait

“The movement is not limited only to Punjab-Haryana, farmers of entire country involved”

As Bihar’s Kishanganj gets digital fertility map, farmers sound alarm

Farmers at the mercy of corporates if digitalisation of agriculture is allowed to go on, they say

Petrol > Rs 100: Forget doubling income, farming now way costlier in Bihar

Ploughing turns expensive; price of seeds, fertilizers and insecticides increase as transportation costs rise 

Collective response: Group farming helps small, landless farmers amid COVID-19 pandemic

Putting a new twist to an idea can provide a much-needed cushion to India’s bottom-of-the-pyramid farmers in trying times

Farmers’ organisations plan blockades, protests against 3 new agricultural laws

All-India road blockades on Nov 5 to be followed by state-level protests, march to Delhi

Organic farming: How Indian states are stepping up the act

Organic farming is in a nascent stage in India. Some states have taken the lead in improving organic farming coverage, but a major part of the …

State of India's farmers: Lost crops, lost resources, lost lives

After much delay, the Centre reluctantly released the data on farmer suicide. While the overall numbers have dipped, farmer suicide cases are …

Jammu and Kashmir farmers suffering due to rain, snow and lockdown

Unseasonal weather has destroyed apples in Kashmir and paddy in Jammu even as government promises to procure crops have rung hollow

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

Universal Basic Income explained in less than two minutes

With an eye on the 2019 elections, the BJP-led government may announce a Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme. Under UBI, every citizen, …

Gujarat declares drought after months of delay

While other states had declared drought months ago, Gujarat govt kept calling it a “scarcity of water”

Frost bites apple in Kashmir

Freak snowfall in the Kashmir Valley has destroyed around half of the apple economy and exposed an ill-prepared government

Why farmers in Punjab and Haryana continue to burn rice stubble?

Every year during October and November, farmers in Punjab and Haryana are blamed for polluting the Delhi air by burning stubble

Sugarcane farmers' crisis: bumper harvest turns bane

Thanks to a high yield sugarcane variety, India witnessed bumper harvests in the last 3 seasons, but sugar prices have fallen and sugarcane …

Community-led strategies offer hope for east Himalayan biodiversity

Local farmers and communities are succeeding to conserve crops and wildlife where government has failed in one of the world’s biodiversity …

Agriculture the biggest earner and biggest victim of climate change in Zambia

While droughts and floods have wreaked havoc on the sector, change in farming practices can bring about a better tomorrow

Study highlights dismal condition of women farmers

Women farmers, whose contribution to agriculture is equal or sometimes even more than their husbands, are often ignored

Tamil Nadu declared drought-hit in view of deficient rain, farmer deaths

Most districts in the state witnessed deficient rainfall from October 1 to December 31, 2016

How is Centre making skewed projections to show success of agri-insurance scheme?

The non-loanee farmers from Maharashtra, Kerala and Telangana are shown in loanee category to project the insurance scheme as a success

Fall of the poplar

In the backyard of Asia's largest poplar market, farmers are being forced to quit growing the soft wood as its price crashes because of overproduction

Parliamentary panel finds tobacco harmful for forests

The panel found that financial benefits due to tobacco cultivation were negligible as compared to losses suffered in terms of deaths 

These farmers use paddy straw for income

Instead of burning paddy straw, farmers in Haryana's Panipat district are using it to farm mushrooms. This has eased pollution, too

Land for ladies

Rural women in Uttar Pradesh join hands to end gender bias in agriculture and claim joint ownership of land

How to inspire India's youth to take up farming?

Arguably, reviving India's agriculture is the country's most important agenda. But who will carry forward this primary livelihood activity? There …