Hi-tech harvests

Rural agricultural practices in the UK maybe in for an automation invasion. Robots, instead of humans, will pick and sort through vegetables …

Talking green

BIOTECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE - A DIALOGUE -Edited by M S Swaminathan . Macmillian . Madras . 1992 Price: Rs 320

Lessons of a drought

Water will become the most prized and precious commodity in the coming years. Internecine conflicts over the resource are already the order of …

All in one

India becomes thefourth country in the world to have a controlled environment research facility

Not a sweet deal

RAVLEEN KAUR attends a meeting where farmers rail at government’s sugar pricing policy

Participatory Guarantee System brings credibility to small 'Organic' farmers

Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) is a new initiative for 'Organic' product certification in India. It helps small scale and marginal farmers, …

Pollinator Week: How climate change disrupts flower growth, puts bees at risk

Habitat loss, nutritional deficiencies and lack of varied diet of pollinators is impacting plant and flower growth

Analysing climate-induced productivity growth in Indian agriculture

State-specific policy initiatives that allow each state’s agricultural production to reach its full potential are more likely to succeed …

New drought monitoring tool gives hope of better preparation, mitigation at farmer level

State-level workshops will be conducted to help users interpret data from the system

In the name of the farmer

From living in a mud house to a fixed roof, this Malawian farmer knows the value of climate-smart agriculture

Grace Manda from Malawi never thought a climate-resilient method of farming could help her build a fixed roof, send her kids to school, that too …

New global standard adopted for making trade in plants and seeds safer

There is an increasing risk that pests carried by seeds could establish themselves and spread after planting

Report promotes win-win situations in food habits

Dietary habits across the world having low environmental impacts can also ensure good health, experts say

Smita Narula on Farmer Suicides

Did you know that every 30 minutes a farmer commits suicide in India? Listen to Smita Narula, faculty director at the Center for Human Rights and …

El Nino fallout: food prices to shoot northward

The weather phenomenon will bring down production, increase food prices worldwide

Journey across the Global South: Sharing and exchanging sustainable development solutions

Despite progress, developing countries face a wide range of challenges and experiences that span areas such as economic growth, environmental and …

COP28: Agrifood most climate-affected sector but finance flows to it fell by 12% in 2021, reveals FAO

FAO reveals global roadmap for food systems; experts say it fails to target fossil fuels

Can agriculture fuel mass extinction?

We must make gradual changes and develop agriculture according to the principles of life on the planet

Handful of agrifood giants control global food markets, warns report

Food barons report finds China, India & Brazil are reordering global food chain; but retaining global North's extractive models

Urban agriculture: Towards an inclusive approach to make Delhi an ‘edible city’

Much of urban farming in Delhi either a livelihood strategy or means of self-supply of organic vegetables 

Food Systems Summit: ‘Supports to farmers keeping the world away from SDGs and the Paris Agreement’

United Nations calls for repurposing and reforming price-distorting and environmentally harmful supports to farmers

NSO survey: Most farmers selling in local markets, government agencies procure the least

Farmers in general satisfied with return from local sale, but a significant percentage of them get lower than market price

World Food Day: FAO is as relevant today as in 1945

The UN’s food agency was born in the wake of catastrophe. Three quarters of a century later, its mission has been made more relevant to the …

Every day, 28 people dependent on farming die by suicide in India

People in the farm sector accounted for 7.4 per cent of the total suicides in India, according to the latest NCRB report 

'Permaculture can feed the world'

A permaculturist who believes that hunger is more about distribution and quality of food than quantity and production, Malvikaa Solanki says …