Women grow food basket

Maharashtra district revives an old farm practice and tackles drought

Seed restoration

India must focus on rainfed farming

There was a time when it was said that the Indian budget was a gamble on the monsoons. That is not the case any more, with industrial production …

Empty Promises

The high-level conference at Rome was called to find a way out of the global food crisis. A series of consultations with experts preceded this …

Counting grains

Knowledge initiative on Agriculture bad for farmers

Talking agriculture

Man who authored green revolution dies at 95

India needs to overhaul its approach towards agriculture

African leaders discuss improving food security of the continent

Green revolution forum will focus, among other things, on increasing food productivity as climate change presents more challenges

Shift grain bowl status from North to other regions of India

Balwinder Singh Sidhu, agriculture commissioner and chief conservator of soils in Punjab, is known for giving his opinion in a frank and …

Technology interventions that save water

It was early June. Jaspal Ram of Lehra Turkot in district Bathinda of Punjab was busy in his field putting gunny bags filled with mud on a plank …

Bihar launches agriculture roadmap

Dedicated grid for agriculture to increase food grain production

Study identifies genes linked to obesity

The results could provide new insights into weight-loss therapies and help prevent metabolism-associated diseases

Provide farmers with means to salvage wet grains, M S Swaminathan tells states

Agriculture scientist also suggests maintaining seed reserves for growing alternate short-duration crops

Budget pitches for agriculture

No incentives for organic fertilizers and sustainable farming  

Ace swimmer Lewis Pugh swims seven seas to raise awareness

The initiative is to campaign for dedicated Marine Protected Areas across the world

Agroecology is the only way

It is not about farmers

Budget 2013 pushed up allocations for agriculture, but it will not help farmers

Relief given at last to Kerala’s endosulfan victims

Package includes committee to examine need for tribunal to provide compensation; excluded victims, kin and caregivers to benefit

'Contract farming and PPP can rev agricultural economy'

Industry, experts say investments and policy changes are needed

Farmers on holiday

Andhra farmers shun growing paddy this kharif in absence of buyers, storage space

India’s rainfall patterns changing drastically, say Stanford scientists

Longer dry spells and wetter wet spells could spell doom for the Indian agriculture, they warn

Foreign investors perpetuating poverty in Africa, says report

The Annual Progress Report of Africa says the continent is losing 6% of GDP a year, mostly due tto illegal logging and unregulated fishing

New Green Revolution programme has not benefited Jharkhand farmers, says report

The programme does not address challenges that farmers face in eastern states