Budget 2008: missing the big picture

देवास में न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य पर खरीदा गया गेहूं किसानों को लौटाने का आदेश विरोध के बाद वापस

देवास प्रशासन ने 1,031 किसानों को 7,674 मीट्रिक टन गेहूं लौटाने का आदेश दिया था

Arsenic: Lurking in the shadows across Ganga, Brahmaputra basins

As the geography of arsenic contamination spreads, there is an urgent need for governments to reorient mitigation measures. That’s because …

That time of the year

Although health impacts are shouted about, there is still only “little” more appetite for action

Climate change impact on agriculture leads to 1.5 per cent loss in India’s GDP

By 2030, rice and wheat are likely to see about 6-10 per cent decrease in yields

Low rainfall may hurt wheat production in Australia

The chances of reduced rainfall between August and October is 60 per cent, says Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology

India bans export of non-basmati rice

India downplays scare over stem rust threat to wheat crops from Uganda

News 360° - Briefs

The laboratory of development

Pricing food in poor India

Agriculture Don't fix is the government's fix

Bumper kharif amid excess stock? Is India staring at hard agri decisions

Restrict procurement from Punjab and Haryana; stop procuring from states offering bonus on MSP; divert excessive stock for ethanol and cattle feed

A possible Indo-US trade agreement would be an imperialist attack on India’s farmers

Such a deal will have repercussions on our agricultural production and economy

जम्मू के सांबा में हुई देश की सबसे कम वर्षा, किसानों को बड़ा धक्का

जम्मू-कश्मीर के सांबा जिले में रिकॉर्ड 94 फीसदी कम वर्षा इस बार 24 जुलाई तक दर्ज की गई है। सांबा की मुख्य फसल बासमती ...

A home-grown drought

Monsoon this year has failed most of India, causing drought in even well-irrigated and rainfed areas. Ravleen Kaur reports how our food …

SOUTH ASIA

"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"

Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) speaks to Down To Earth.

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