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Indian farmers have sown 7% less land this summer

The total area of sowing has been reduced by 63 per cent compared to the national average, according to data published by the Union Ministry of …

Zero Budget Natural Farming: Interview with Subhash Palekar

Subhash Palekar is an Indian agriculture scientist. He has been conferred with 'Padma Shree' in 2016 for his invention and extensive work on an …

Exploiting earthworms for fertilisers

Vermicampost - worm excreta - is emerging as a feasible substitute for chemical fertilisers

Akash Chaurasia, a millionaire farmer from Bundelkhand

Multilayer farming helps this Madhya Pradesh farmer grow a combination of vegetables round the year

How to grow a food forest that will feed you everyday

What does it take to design a permaculture kitchen garden? Peter Fernandes recounts his experience of growing a food forest using permaculture in Goa

Straw manure

Too little of a good thing

The increasing demand for organic food is causing shortages and adulteration

FabIndia School Bali, Pali : How to make your school green

FabIndia School Bali, Pali is a shining example of resource efficiency. It draws 90 per cent of its electricity from solar, harvests rainwater, …

A certified problem

Indian organic movement needs aggressive and long-term government support to ensure nation-wide adoption of organic farming practices

Harming the organic farming movement

The draft regulations will dissuade small farmers from practising organic farming

Baranaja: a climate resilient farming practice

Baranaja is a mixed crop farming practice from Uttarakhand based on traditional wisdom. Millets and pulses are the main crops cultivated through …

Participatory Guarantee System brings credibility to small 'Organic' farmers

Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) is a new initiative for 'Organic' product certification in India. It helps small scale and marginal farmers, …

Organic paradox

Sikkim will be the first Indian state to go wholly organic. But lack of markets can become counterproductive

High-tech boost

Scent of the fruit king

‘Crop residue can boost soil health’

Andy MacDonald, manager, Rothamsted long-term experiments, Rothamsted Research, UK, speaks to Down To Earth on key findings of the Broadbalk …

This 45-year-old makes farming profitable for the entire Soliga tribe

Prakash roped in 30 Soliga farmers and 1,000 other marginal farmers and formed a collective to set up a millet processing unit in Karnataka's …

Why farmers in Uttarakhand prefer indigenous seeds over hybrids

In Uttarakhand, farmers are slowly shifting away from hybrid seeds to traditional varieties.  They find the traditional seeds better …

Biopesticide: an organic and eco-friendly alternative to chemical pesticide

Harendra Singh Lodhiyal is a farmer who promotes sustainable and eco-friendly farming in Ramgarh block of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. He …

Can farming mean a permanent renewal of life?

For the past three decades, the practice of permaculture has found acceptance from not just rural communities in India but also from urbanites …

Waking up to old ways

Organic farming has found favour with agriculture officials and scientists.

Organic farming is the answer

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Deep-rooted benefits

Organic farming boosts biodiversity of all species