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Centre’s claims about gene-edited rice varieties don’t match up, analysis of ICAR data shows

Centre’s claims about gene-edited rice varieties don’t match up, analysis of ICAR data shows

30 Oct 2025

4 min read

Seven countries secure $5.8million from Kunming Biodiversity Fund to make agriculture more nature friendly

Seven countries secure $5.8million from Kunming Biodiversity Fund to make agriculture more nature-friendly

Shimali Chauhan

30 Oct 2025

3 min read

Agricultural drones are taking off globally, saving farmers time and money

Agricultural drones are taking off globally, saving farmers time and money

30 Oct 2025

4 min read

News

Centre’s claims about gene-edited rice varieties don’t match up, analysis of ICAR data shows

Centre’s claims about gene-edited rice varieties don’t match up, analysis of ICAR data shows

30 Oct 2025

4 min read

Seven countries secure $5.8million from Kunming Biodiversity Fund to make agriculture more nature friendly

Seven countries secure $5.8million from Kunming Biodiversity Fund to make agriculture more nature-friendly

Shimali Chauhan

30 Oct 2025

3 min read

Major 45 meat & dairy companies emit more methane than EU & UK combined: Report

Major 45 meat & dairy companies emit more methane than EU & UK combined: Report

23 Oct 2025

2 min read

Small farmers need $443 bn a year to adapt — less than what’s spent on harmful farm subsidies

Small farmers need $443 bn a year to adapt — less than what’s spent on harmful farm subsidies

23 Oct 2025

4 min read

World moving towards widespread consolidation toward larger farms, driven by declining rural populations: Study

World moving towards larger farms, driven by declining rural populations: Study

22 Oct 2025

3 min read

Monoculture monotony

Monoculture monotony

Lakshmi Unnithan

18 Oct 2025

2 min read

Trade deals weaponised to enforce strict seed patents, warns new report

Trade deals weaponised to enforce strict seed patents, warns new report

16 Oct 2025

2 min read

2025 floods have altered the very ‘foundation’ of Punjab’s agriculture: its soil structure

2025 floods have altered the very ‘foundation’ of Punjab’s agriculture: its soil structure

14 Oct 2025

2 min read

Farmer Ganesh Gund lost three hectares of his cotton farm after floods from the Bindusada River washed away the topsoil of his fields.

Climate mayhem in Marathwada: Maharashtra’s Rs 31,628 crore relief promise masks deeper policy failures, say farmers

Himanshu Nitnaware

10 Oct 2025

4 min read

How to prevent pest attacks? Trick them by plant scents, say a group of Argentine scientists

How to prevent pest attacks? Trick them by plant scents

09 Oct 2025

4 min read

Global farmers alliance warns against seed treaty reforms that threaten farmers’ rights

Global farmers’ alliance warns against seed treaty reforms that threaten farmers’ rights

Shimali Chauhan

23 Sep 2025

3 min read

Odisha’s ‘Dongar’ cultivation in danger

Odisha’s ‘Dongar’ cultivation in danger

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi

01 Sep 2025

4 min read

Blogs

Agricultural drones are taking off globally, saving farmers time and money

Agricultural drones are taking off globally, saving farmers time and money

30 Oct 2025

4 min read

India needs a Green Fodder Revolution

India needs a Green Fodder Revolution

21 Oct 2025

3 min read

Let soil live

Let soil live

Richard Mahapatra

17 Oct 2025

3 min read

National Women Farmers’ Day: India’s natural farming policies risk perpetuating gender bias, burdening women in agriculture

National Women Farmers’ Day: India’s natural farming policies risk perpetuating gender bias, burdening women in agriculture

15 Oct 2025

5 min read

West Africa’s trade monitoring system has collapsed — why this is dangerous for food security

West Africa’s trade monitoring system has collapsed — why this is dangerous for food security

Olivier Walther

15 Oct 2025

5 min read

How one Chamba farmer’s leap of faith led to an oyster mushroom revolution in the Himachal district

How one Chamba farmer’s leap of faith led to an oyster mushroom revolution in Himachal Pradesh

14 Oct 2025

3 min read

Rural women farmers in South Africa: How global promises aren’t translating into support on the ground

Rural women farmers in South Africa: How global promises aren’t translating into support on the ground

Sive Zintle Mbangiswano

13 Oct 2025

5 min read

Another farmer quits

Another farmer quits

Richard Mahapatra

09 Oct 2025

3 min read

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