Soil scan

Soil testing can help farmers decide on the right mix of fertilisers and maximise benefits

For a terra firma

Earth, the cradle of all lifeforms, should not be transformed into a graveyard for want of serious monitoring of soil degradation all over India …

Field day

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

When the Sharda flows wild

Villages on its path prepare for the recurrent misery of inundation as an apathetic government looks on

Fertile rocky land

With help from a non-profit, graziers reinvent a soil conservation practice, turn into thriving farmers

Oases of fertility

The Sarvodaya Ashram in Uttar Pradesh has helped regenerate of hectares of saline land.

Die hard

Saving the earth

Techniques developed by villagers in Himachal Pradesh can be integrated into plans to reclaim rocky wasteland in the hills

The cold rush

What has India got to show after 20 years on the Antarctica research bandwagon? Lack of focus

Seeds of starvation

Intensive agriculture is destroying China's soil

Engulfed by the ravines

Once a throbbing rural business centre, Birahrua, in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, is now haunted by devilish gullies

Carving oases in drought-prone Kutch

The Shree Vivekananda Research and Training Institute has made a name for itself, helping villagers in Kutch district. Among its innumerable …

In search of an alternative

Drastic reduction in the cycle of shifting cultivation and soil erosion are forcing the Karbi tribe of Assam to explore sustainable agricultural …

Fruitful passion

One man has helped transform a barren valley in Jammu into a veritiligle orchard

Organic chemistry

Hollagaru farmers reap rich dividends by going organic

God's own country

This is a true story of the beautiful state of Kerala, of its famed backwaters and wetlands, of its rain-swept Western Ghats. It also speaks of …

How Karnataka manages its faeces

Thirty years after banning manual scavenging under the Night Soil Carrying System Abolition Act, Karnataka is still a fair way away from flushing …

Regaining a paradise

Involvement of locals in the management of natural resources has earned remarkable dividends for the Doon valley

On shifting sands

Thousands in Bihar prepare to migrate, again, as the Kosi changes course

Jhajjar's bitter harvest

'Ours is a model of natural farming'

A couple in Kerala demonstrate that barren land can be brought back to life without using any external inputs.

Don't let the carbon go

Be careful how land-use and land-cover changes

Fruits of doing nothing

Two young farmers of Karnataka prosper by overcoming tiller instinct  

Askew

As Parliament mulls the Seeds Bill 2004, there is intense opposition to it. It's likely the government will redraft it. sopan joshi and sourav …

Forest fires - a trailblazer

Controlled burning of woodlands can be an effective tool for enriching the land and ecology. Dipanjan Ghosh looks at the possibilities