High altitude, high pressure

Ladakh's leadership is alive to many problems. But, challenges are not easy

Panchayati Raj: A good beginning

But will there be a place for traditional institutions in modern local self-governance?

More energy, Less wastage

Solar is Ladakh's way out of the diesel trap

Re-schooling ladakh

Eight years of reforms have turned government schools around in Leh district

An attractive Place to go

Tourism's footprint is too big for Leh's infrastructure

A farewell to farms

Ladakh survives on its farms. But can agriculture survive government policies?

Reclaiming Simple Clod

More and more loss

More and more water

More yield per hectare

More and more urea

Fertilisers boost plant growth but imbalanced application soon leads to use-fatigue

Ladakh on the move

Ladakh is the one region in India where sustainable development is the only way ahead. Dry toilets, water efficient crops, cooperative farming, a …

India-Pakistan nuclear war can starve humanity: Study

Food supplies may drop over 20% in 70 poor countries with 1.3 bln people, the study estimated  

Agroforestry boosts rice and biodiversity in India

In West Bengal, the adoption of useful trees into paddy fields has boosted crop yields and crop diversity, and has also sparked a movement that …

Meet the Kerala farmer who preserves genetic diversity of rice

He received the National Plant Genome Saviour Award for his efforts towards conserving 45 varieties of rice seeds

How much is the crop loss in flood-hit states?

In Uttar Pradesh, over 30,000 hectares of sown crops have been affected by the floods in 12 districts

Maharashtra approves field trials of GM food crops

Only GM cotton is grown in fields in India as of now

Mark of distinction

Genetic marker for authenticating Darjeeling tea

Science and Technology - Briefs

Field day

India's soils are in a bad shape. T V Jayan investigates

Why climate change studies on rice production are important in Wayanad

Area under rice cultivation has been declining rapidly in north Kerala district between 2004-05 and 2018-19 

Traditional seeds need to be conserved for organic farming

At the 19th Organic World Congress, more than 55 groups have come together to call for the conservation of indigenous seeds and shunning GM crops

Despite having toilets at home, many in rural India choose to defecate in open

Programmes launched to promote use of latrines have failed to influence sanitation behaviours of many people

Outstanding grain

The aromatic enigma makes basmati a clear winner among grains. The lack of knowledge of what traditional basmati is and an inability to take …

The many ways of GM contamination

Doug Gurian-Sherman, a senior scientist in the food and environment programme at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), is among the most …