In Kerala, paddy farmers are becoming the worst victims of rainfall deficiency

There will be a minimum drop of 30 per cent in paddy cultivation during the present season, according to preliminary estimates

Can India forecast drought in the long term?

The country has a long experience of managing drought but it is time it evolved its long-term forecasting mechanism

Why is Telangana asking the Centre to procure its excess stock of parboiled rice?

The Telangana government is asking the Centre to buy more than 90 per cent of its stock of parboiled rice at Minimum Support Price, some of which …

Is organic farming responsible for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis?

Analysis shows that it is not organic farming, but poor economic policies that are responsible for the economic crisis

How this woman changed the lives of children by nurturing an organic farm in Faridabad

Veena Lal’s organic farm and mud house located next to her organisation and children’s home in Faridabad near Delhi …

Peepal Farm: An organic ‘No-till’ farm that sustains people and rescues animals

Robin Singh and Shivani Bhalla’s end goal is the welfare of their animals. But they have set up structures around their farm which …

Uttarakhand farmers fall back on traditional food processing methods to boost earnings

Marketing of local varieties of food products can also increase farmers’ income

Bihar farmers block roads over fertiliser shortage

Agitating farmers September 12 stole 60 bags of urea from a truck in Nawada district; allege local agencies creating an artificial crisis 

All that ails pulses in India

The past three decades have seen stagnation in acreage, production and productivity of pulses across the country due to a bevy of reasons that …

Watch how MGNREGA help villages beat poverty in Bundelkhand

Meegni & Himmatpura were troubled by water scarcity like several other villages of the region

Indian scientists find a cure for dreaded Panama Disease

They have manufactured a biopesticide using a fungus to prevent the disease in banana plants

Cheruvayal Raman’s paddy project: 20 years, 54 varieties, 1 national award

This 70-year old farmer's lifelong mission is to save Kerala's traditional rice varieties

Farmer and the new-age health market

India’s booming nutraceutical market provides a big opportunity to farmer producer organisations

Maize crops falling victim to fall armyworm in Bihar

Reports of the pest attacking crops have been reported from a number of districts in the state, India’s third-largest maize producer

India importing pulses despite self-reliance

Despite the Centre's claims of not importing pulses the previous year, foreign dal still entered the country

Trichomes the real heroes in natural farming

These small, smooth hair protect plants from insects and stop fungal spores from germinating

'The sugar sector is highly politicised'

Sandip Sukhtankar is associate professor, department of economics, University of Virginia, USA. He has authored a critically-acclaimed paper …

What’s the whole talk about doubling farmers’ income?

As the Bharatiya Janata Party promises this in its 2019 election manifesto, it’s imperative to know how doable is it and here’s all …

The invisibility of gender in Indian agriculture

Why policy paralysis in granting entitlements to women in agriculture and farm widows needs to be addressed 

PM-KISAN challenge: Centre may end up spending only a fifth before elections

Lack of land records, poor Aadhar-linkage can cap disbursement at Rs 3,500 cr this financial year

Before Feb 1, brush up your knowledge of all Budgets since Independence

An analysis of all budgets since 1947, their relevance, exclusion of children’s rights and what the last Budget lacked: all of which is here

Why is Dilli Chalo 2018 a unique protest march by farmers?

P Sainath, noted grassroot journalist and founder editor of People's Archive of Rural India, talks about why this farmer protest is unique? About …

Green and golden Srikakulam

Several efforts are being made to turn Andhra Pradesh’s remote, coastal district green and empower tribals in the process

This gel can protect farmers from toxic pesticides

Researchers at Institute for Stem Cell Science & Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru, developed poly-Oxime that deactivates toxic chemicals, …

FSSAI asks officials to check if pulses have glyphosate

The food safety authority has asked officials to, every 15 days, find out if the “cancer causing” herbicide is present in the pulses …