Nano urea in field trials: Farmers disillusioned, say no payoff on crops
Nano urea was touted as a better substitute that could cut urea costs for farmers, import bills for the Centre and increase farm yields
Voice of hope: Radio Bundelkhand’s Varsha Raikwar is using communication tools to help farmers cope with climate change
The channel hosts live discussions with agricultural experts and also seeks solutions from farmers who call in
How green is the urea sector?
A comprehensive environmental assessment of India’s urea industry reveals that despite Kafkaesque bureaucratic hurdles from sourcing to …
Vignettes from Sri Lanka's cloud country
In Sri Lanka, organic farmers draw inspiration from endemic practices such as home gardens or analog forestry, and have also adapted ‘…
A rupee's worth
Jyotika Sood reveals how cooperative societies believe in taking an extra rupee from farmers but not sparing 78 paise
Human excreta can make good fertiliser, but prejudice and laws stand in way
There is a need for tests and experiments to validate the efficacy of human excreta derived fertilisers, suggests a research by UK scientists
Smart technique can increase crop yields without harming environment
New method matches crop strains to local soil and climate conditions and makes efficient use of fertilisers
Soil mapping in sub-Saharan Africa for better use of fertilisers, improving food security
UN's FAO to digitally map soil nutrients in central American countries too
New study maps how much energy, nutrients and water are locked in world’s wastewater
Efficiently treating wastewater can help meet SDGs: UN-backed research
Soil carbon sequestration may help fight climate change
New agriculture modelling study shows atmospheric carbon dioxide can be captured, stored in soil
8% FOREVER
Per capita emissions will remain competitively low
Some sectors will struggle to be the best, some can’t as they operate in tropical India
Global fertiliser use to surpass 200 million tonnes in 2018: FAO report
Overall fertiliser use in sub-Saharan Africa projected to grow the fastest in the world, Asia as a whole is the largest consumer of fertilisers
The dirty dozens
Smokestacks lightening?
Emissions are bound to increase. The power sector improves, but others will spew more, especially iron and steel
South Africa topples Tunisia as most food secure — what are the lessons for sub–Saharan Africa
Governments must employ multi-pronged approach to ensure affordability, availability, quality and safety of food
Some sectors perform at the global best levels, others can reach there
Resource war India after 2020
If the developing world today is the locus of climate change mitigation, including reduction in emissions, then there surely must exist a …
We have crossed the line on climate change, says study
Report reveals that we have breached four of nine limits and threatened the planet’s health
Union budget 2020-21 - explained in 15 charts
Nirmala Sitharaman's budget has little to offer rural India. Allocation to several schemes were slashed below 2019-20 revised estimates&…
The magician farmer
How a farmer from Bihar used magic tricks to convert others in his village to organic farming
Andhra to promote chemical free cultivation
State's rural development and agriculture departments to work together to encourage organic farming