The fire-fighting children of the Khasi Hills and the decline of traditional farming in north-east India

In North-east India, children of the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) learn slash and burn cultivation, an intergenerational yet controversial indigenous …

Plagued plantations

Farmers in the Peruvian highlands learn that all's not well with their produce, land and health

Seeds of failure

Soybean does not sprout in 40,000 hectares in Maharashtra, state blames farmers

Fertilizers acidify soils

Crop yield drops, plant biodiversity is impacted as a whole  

Locust repellents

The insect dislikes crops rich in nitrogen and proteins

Now farmland reservation

Rural development ministry suggests land reservation for agriculture

Measure of tolerance

New way to calculate capacity of soil to resist erosion

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Ground works

Wastewater treatment plant that also functions as a garden

Technology needs stewardship

Keshav Raj Kranthi, an entomologist by training, is director of the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur. He has developed an extensive …

World Soil Day: Tackle soil pollution and do away with food insecurity, says FAO

The UN agency says that addressing this issue will also help bring down soil degradation, stem rural migration and adapt to climate change

A new programme aims at increasing Africa's soil productivity by 30%

Poor soil fertility is a major constraint to improving farm productivity and farmer livelihoods in Africa

N2O emissions from Arctic soils not as low as previously thought: study

Until recently, scientists assumed that nitrous oxide emissions were negligible in colder climate regions like the Arctic and sub-Arctic

Sustaining terra firma

Scientists in New Zealand have developed a low-cost technology that can clean contaminated soil

Fruits of doing nothing

Two young farmers of Karnataka prosper by overcoming tiller instinct  

That's rich!

Sugarcane cultivation and manure production can go hand in hand

A glut of nitrogen

Brickbats for farmlands

Kilns reduce soil nutrition, stunt vegetation

Indore’s soil is malnourished

Vital nutrients missing: study 

Neem-coated growth

The Union government's decision to produce neem-coated urea will not only improve soil health and agriculture, but also halt its illegal …

Lest mountain slips

Wireless sensor network to predict landslides

Modified to work

Salinity of black cotton soils can now be measured easily

To recharge groundwater, give due attention to soil: conservationist Vijay Borade

India, according to him, witnesses 15 tonnes of soil loss for each hectare every year due to erosion

Smart farming

How to improve yield in organic farming

Soil as seismic radar

Chemical changes in the soil hold clues