India’s cotton yield may be lowest in 15 years, to drop by 20%

Cotton Association of India attributes yield loss to pink bollworm infestation, El Nino climate pattern

DTE Reportage: How nano urea fared in field trials

A 4-part series by Down To Earth on what farmers think of nano urea

Budget 2023-24: Agriculture ignored, schemes for ensuring MSP-based procurement nearly ‘closed down’

Share of agriculture in the overall budget also fell sharply

GM mustard: SC adjourns hearing; sowing trials may not take place this season

Biotech regulator GEAC, ICAR can sow latest by Nov 15; SC to hear case Nov 17

Simply Put: Farm suicides in light

Simply put: Centre's talk circle for farmers

Simply Put: MSP the vaccine for Indian agriculture

Field Report: Farmers protest against unjust agri Bills passed by Parliament

Protests took place in various states in north and south India

Simply Put: Onions

Simply put: The wealth of onions

Simply put: Farm suicides continue

Farmers ageing, new generation disinterested: Who will grow our food?

Reviving India’s agriculture is the country’s most important agenda

The sugarcane story: Not at all short and sweet

Here’s all about the political economy of the sugarcane crisis

Good agricultural practices during global warming and drought: Prof H M Desarda

Prof H M Desarda is a former member of Maharashtra State Planning Commission

Farmers lost $3.8 trillion to disasters over 30 years: FAO’s first-ever global estimation

Proactive and timely interventions in response to predicted hazards are crucial to build resilience, the report notes

How to do aquaponics farming in India?

Aquaponics is an efficient way to do farming, especially for a country like India where farmers and farm-related problems make news every day. …

'Farmer companies have triggered changes globally'

Roberto Logo, a specialist on farmer organisations and markets with a UN agency, on the development of corporate partnerships with Farmer …

Broken rice export ban: DTE’s in-depth coverage on what led to it

Uneven rainfall, high temperatures led to decline in paddy production in various regions of India

Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa: Food Security in a Changing Environment

The purpose of this book is to document the effects of climate change on agriculture in Africa and to discuss strategies for adaptation to hotter …

पनीर ने बदली गांव की तस्वीर

उत्तराखंड के पहाड़ी इलाकों से पलायन की बढ़ती समस्या के बी�…

Gandhi at 150: He believed in natural self-rule

Gandhi spoke of Sarvodaya, which refers not to “the greatest good of the greatest number”, but to the awakening and well-being of one …

Dantewada’s organic farming model promising for sustainable livelihood

The district also plans to support forest-based livelihood through DMF in the coming months

India’s non-agrarian rural economy struggles for sustenance

Farmers and farm labourers, who want to quit agriculture, are stuck in the non-remunerative work since other sectors are not generating jobs at …

Bt Brinjal: Activists slam regulatory body for inaction against illegal cultivation

India banned the cultivation of Bt brinjal in 2010, but GM crops still finds its way in to the fields through illegal supply of seeds  

The sweet dealers

Some of India’s top politicians have a deep interest in the sugar industry. Here’s why