Trade mark for tea

Another step forward for the Darjeeling tea logo scheme

Poignant Images

The Eklingapura experience

A joint forest management initiative succeeded at Eklingapura mainly because foresters were able to respond to the needs of the community.

Plucking out problems

Tea estates in Darjeeling are embracing innovative techniques to combat the impacts of climate change

Over a coffee farm

Aiding agenda

Under attack

Mile-a-minute solution

Fungus to weed out the plague of India's tea plantations

THERE IS NO JUSTICE

E VIJAYALAKSHMI and RUHANI KAUR travel around Padre village, Kasargod district, Kerala and find what living with endosulfan has done to the area …

Coffee - not for birds

Is this a sign?

Rainfall in the Western Ghats has been steadily declining, triggering fears of a drought in one of the world's most water-rich regions

Coffee that will keep the Cauvery flowing

It is time we thought long and deep about the origins of our rivers. Their birth is our life

Pesticide jeopardy

Conduct epidemiological study, says court

Coorg cardamom gets GI status

Uttaranchal tea estates bane for farmers

Bitten by the betel

Paan is the delicacy among all communities in India. Its cultivation and propagation will serve to strengthen not just the various rituals …

Famine in the rainforest

The idea of a desert in the middle of the Western Ghats sounds unbelievable, but it may be on the cards

Jharkhand’s success story of fruit plantation under MGNREGA

The state’s experience in horticulture orchards can serve as a model for the country

Cheap fix

The rush to make profits out of carbon-fixing engenders another kind of colonialism

Uttaranchal farmers upset at upcoming tea estates

Two leaves and a bud

Go-ahead for Indo-ASEAN free trade agreement

Green light for Indo-ASEAN free trade agreement

Crushed and torn

Closed tea gardens of West Bengal are enclaves of death and destitution. Speculative ownership and a callous government have prolonged the crisis,…

Nobody's children

A plantation economy, land grabbing and migrations from neighbouring states have forced Gudalur's tribals into destitution

Tamil Nadu must sustainably manage its rattans

The plants have seen huge commercial exploitation in the state and need restoration to safeguard their survival