Punjab's depleting groundwater stagnates agricultural growth
Water starved village caught in Bt debate
Bhamb Raja rues Bt seed major Monsanto and farmers activists exploit its plight to achieve their own goals
$4.5 billion question
Where does Afghanistan go from here? Does it have the capacity to utilise the funds? There are too many players, too many interests and too much …
The Die Hards
Despite marathon wars, Afghan resilience is intact. So is their affiliation to localised independence
The politics of inefficient irrigation technology
Barind's three crop revolution
Unique irrigation model developed for Bangladesh's arid region is helping farmers grow as many as three crops a year
Back To Beginning
Afghanistan, the badland of international politics, faces its toughest challenge: life and peace. Two decades of war, six months of non-stop …
Sardar Sarovar Project faces its toughest challenge
For more than 56 years, farmers in Gujarat have been waiting to get water, but work on the most crucial aspect of Sardar Sarovar dam—…
A home-grown drought
Monsoon this year has failed most of India, causing drought in even well-irrigated and rainfed areas. Ravleen Kaur reports how our food …
Punjab's paddy dilemma
In 2009, Punjab became the first state in the country to enact a law banning the sowing of rice before a stipulated date. The aim was to arrest …
In deep water
Rivers Krishna and Mahanadi are in crisis. In the race to industrialise, states have drawn plans to exploit their last drop. For four decades, …