‘Govt is cheating us, destroying traditional agriculture’

Farmers living in tribal areas in Jharkhand alleged that industrialists and the government are conspiring to ruin diverse traditional seeds and crops

We don’t know much about air pollutants that cause every eighth death in India

Researchers at Yale University find that molecular makeup of a pollutant varies despite it being from the same environment

Farmers demand law for guaranteed income

Participants voice concern on drought, farmers' suicide and water conservation, among other issues

Pitching for sustainability in agriculture

Two films, shown recently in the Capital, focus on alternative farming strategies as a counterbalance to the ecologically destructive Green Revolution

Foot in mouth disease

Only a sea change in farming techniques will help save the European agricultural sector from disasters like the foot-and-mouth disease

The great experimenter

For ages, Indian farmers have practised ecofriendly farming by using local resources to improve soil fertility and control pests and diseases. …

Alternatives to endosulfan

FAO to give suggestions on the pesticide to committee on persistent organic pollutants

Groundwater quality can be improved even when mixed with nitrate-laden surface water: Study

Samples containing nitrate had higher microbial activity than those without it

Rantal: A settlement’s journey from invisibility to identity

Displaced from Bihar in 1980, a group of 42 Munda families have collectively established the organic village in Odisha

Himachal's farm success story at risk of going awry

Controlled-atmosphere farming shows a way of bucking agrarian crisis

With help from worms

Shekhawati farmers in Rajasthan go organic

Germany goes green

Environment friendly farm policies will be the new paradigm

Natural shield

Organic diet increases pesticide tolerance in children

An index for monitoring effectiveness of climate-smart agriculture practices: How it can help

Awareness and training was the highest weighted dimension among the five that were used to develop the index

Complementarity begets productivity

ORGANIC farming technologies involve adaptation to local environments. Continuing the series on organic farming (See Down To Earth, November 30, …

Market access critical for India’s sustainable agri transition: CSE report

The existing ecosystem is not in favour of small and marginal farmers

New report outlines pathways to transform food systems

Most countries are yet to realise the full potential of including & implementing action on food systems in their climate strategies and …

Climate resilience: Kenyan farmers are adapting to extreme weather by growing indigenous crops

Exotic and commercial vegetables still form the bulk of Kenyan diets; campaigners for indigenous foods hope to reverse the trend

Organic takeover: How 10,000 farmers of Telangana, Andhra are steering a silent movement

A federation of farmer-producer organisations has tapped into the growing organic market to help members raise incomes 

Breaking new ground: World’s longest running farm study adds to organic-inorganic debate

The aim of the Broadbalk experiment is to test the effects of different organic and inorganic fertilisers on soil fertility and study the optimum …

Budget 2018: Time for promoting sustainable agriculture with focus on improving productivity of major crops

Continuing huge spending on major irrigation projects will not contribute to doubling of farmers’ income

Grow food anywhere

With innovative use of space, people in cities are reclaiming their right to safe food

The magician farmer

How a farmer from Bihar used magic tricks to convert others in his village to organic farming

The future of Indian agriculture lies with ‘atmanirbhar' farmers

Paradigm shift needed: Policy makers must shift focus to sustainability from production

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