Lost in plantation
Millions of growers and workers are in distress in Kerala, the plantation capital of India, as domestic and international prices of cash crops …
Rooftop revolution
More and more people in food-deficit Kerala are taking up terrace farming to grow organic vegetables and fruits
Andhra government fails to present much-hyped agriculture budget
It presents only an action plan for agriculture; Rs 25,962 crore earmarked for agriculture and allied sectors
Sugarcane farmers’ suicides: national rights body urged to intervene
Unscientific pricing of sugarcane, harassment by money lenders and delay in receiving payments are plaguing cultivators
Deadly promise
Poll promise to waive crop loan led farmers to default and incur debt in the nascent Telangana state. About 100 of them commit suicide
Kerala regularises paddy field reclamation and conversion up to 2008
The government expects to make additional revenue of Rs 200 crore; activists say it has yielded to mafia pressure
High on nectar
Demand for neera, the fresh sap of young coconut flowers, is rising with advances in food preservation technologies. It's time Kerala stopped …
Orchards in desert
A simple technology assures continuous moisture supply to plants, helps grow orchards in water-scarce areas
What led to forest officer’s killing
In Andhra Pradesh, revenue department gives land to poor, forest department wants it back
Civil society groups appeal against sacrificing biosafety for biotech companies
Urge governments to implement biosafety protocols and adopting cautious approach towards risky technologies like genetic engineering
Crop of debt
Surplus sugar production in the country has brought down sugar rates. As mills stop purchasing sugarcane, farmers are driven to suicide
Big idea
Monsoon vegetable jackfruit has caught the fancy of entrepreneurs in India, one of its biggest producers
RBI rejects Andhra's request for farm loan reschedule
Apex bank finds no reason to waive farm loans or loan restructuring after independent verification of the state's official data on farm yields
Some nets and sunshine
Fishers in a Tamil Nadu village save cost and improve catch with solar panel-fitted boats
Distressed handloom weavers seek bailout
The allocation for handloom sector was reduced to Rs 620.5 crore in 2014-15 from Rs 2,960.5 crore in 2012-13 budget
‘The fight for Telangana is to regain control over its resources and restore cultural identity’
The Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) has been at the forefront of the demand for a separate Telangana state. Its chairperson M Kodandaram …
A people’s festival to protest CBD conference
Non-profits to represent united resolve to protect the country’s natural wealth and bio-cultural heritage from powerful economic interests
Into the ginger trap
Farmers from Kerala make big bucks by growing ginger in Karnataka but leave behind a trail of pollution
Rice at risk
Growing paddy is not viable for small farmers of Kerala. Will the state be able to preserve the crop which delivers a number of ecological …
Green energy takes toll on green cover
A forest generated by residents in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district is being destroyed to set up windmills
Desperate to relocate
Chetty communities living in the core area of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve have been demanding that they be shifted out of the forest for three decades.…
Andhra Pradesh plans separate budget for agriculture and allied sectors
It would include a Rs 100-crore pilot project to introduce solar pump sets
Flooded, by drains
It was not just cyclone Nilam that ruined paddy in Andhra
Stadium in deep water
Kerala cricket association clears wetland trees to build stadium
95 farm suicides in a month in Andhra Pradesh
State authorities hide actual number of deaths