Looking at the farm laws from an economic perspective

The purpose of the new farm laws is to end the historic exploitation of farmers at the APMC markets and free them from the clutches of the …

Kenyan farmers suffer as COVID-19, locust invasion threatens harvest

COVID-19 pandemic has slowed the importation process leading to an inadequate supply of pesticides and equipment  

One year after Mandsaur, farmers remain a disenfranchised lot; demands not heard

Besides loan waiver and MSP+50 per cent as remuneration, the farmers are now demanding fixed income

Delay sowing of seeds, IMD tells Maharashtra farmers

The advisory was issued to help drought-hit farmers avoid further agricultural losses due to a delay in the onset of monsoon

Organic experiments

Women of Maharashtra village experiment with organic farming to improve incomes

Interest in indigenous cattle breeds like the Pulikulam is reviving: Karthikeya Sivasenapathy

Down To Earth speaks to the head of the environment wing of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam about the Pulikulam cattle breed of Tamil Nadu

Poor monsoon to hit food stock hard

Karnataka was the first state to declare drought

Monsoon enters deficit phase

India receives its highest share of rainfall in July, making it critical for farmers

Bug eat bug

Simply Put: Tomato Halloween

Unseasonal rains, hailstorms damage over 18,000 hectares of agricultural land in Maharashtra

IMD predicts conditions to continue through March 19

Simply Put: Time to double farmer incomes

Simply Put: Farm Bills & U-turn

Simply put: Bihar’s blue kharif

Simply Put: UFO farmers

Simply Put: Crosses and nought

Simply Put: ‘Lazy’ farmers

Simply Put: Farmers ask yes / no? Centre plays for time

Farm suicides: Women farmers demand a secure life

There is a wide variation in the R&R package given by different states, they say

Nearly 85% rural women are engaged in agriculture but only 13% own land

India’s Cow Crisis Part 5: Penalty for abandoning cattle final nail in coffin

The increasing trend of legal penalty for abandonment will backfire

Distressed but intelligent farmers

China’s progress in sustainable farming: 20.9 million farmers, 37.7 million hectares covered

The success of the current project in China can mean significant learning for India

Shooting genes

More you sow, more you weep