`Family farming is not a romantic idea. It is business'

The food price rise of 2007-08 highlighted that investments in the agriculture sector have reduced in the past three decades. One of the most …

Green roofs can help cities adapt to climate change

Dusty Gedge, president of European Federation of Green Roof Association, says growing a garden on roofs gives relief from heat island effect and …

Scheme for promoting home gardens needed: Experts

It can ensure nutritional security of people living in areas where shifting cultivation is practiced

How kitchen gardens are doing wonders in the remote villages of Odisha

Small patches of vegetable gardens at the backyards of the marginalised and resource-poor communities in the remote villages of Bargarh, Odisha …

COVID-19’s important lesson: Living with little

Learning to live with little is not living in poverty, but to cook and eat what is required, reducing gluttony and wasting little

Become iron woman, eat veggies

As government fails to tackle anaemia, NGOs in Maharashtra help women increase haemoglobin by raising kitchen gardens

Rooftop revolution

More and more people in food-deficit Kerala are taking up terrace farming to grow organic vegetables and fruits

Lessons from two cities

Pune aims to become a zero-landfill city by 2015. With a range of solid waste management options, the target does not seem too ambitious. …

Just like a forest

Analog forestry mimics a forest to create an economically productive and ecologically diverse landscape

Rank display

Flowers are unquestionably la mode in India

Savour the lingra

Burundi's sustainability lies in embracing integration in agriculture

Farmer Field Schools help communities manage land better and improve food production

On the wild side

Residents of Garhwal swear by the taste and health benefits of a lesser known vegetable