Showering love on farmers

A moving target

From the Andes to the stars

Tuber trouble

Not making the grade

Friends for rice

Third generation of a benign fungus could boost yield

A high support price for pulses

How good is it for farmers, consumers?

Undercover agents

What makes nematodes so good at killing crop pests

Farms in cities

A case for urban agriculture in India

Same indifference

Advance warnings

The agriculture sector is estimated to grow at 1.8 per cent in 2023-24—a steep decline from the 4 per cent growth in financial year 2022-…

Reinventing climate action: Crucial to co-create with communities from India’s tropics

Smallholder agricultural landscapes of Global South offer extensive possibilities for nature-based solutions but need a paradigm shift to become …

DTE Coverage: Pink bollworm’s cotton curse in India's North Zone

Down To Earth travels to the cotton fields of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan and hears stories of misery and death

ATM agriculture: There are reasons as to why there is so much resistance to the idea of natural farming

It is different. In this case, science promotes competition in the plants so that they can build soil reservoirs of fungi and bacteria and …

Tropical crops at risk from pollinator loss due to climate change, shift in land use, finds study

Number of insects that pollinate tropical plants declined by 61%

Cashew farmers in Odisha to suffer losses as tea mosquito bug destroys crops

Around 40% cashew plants in the state infected by bugs, estimate experts

Nano urea in field trials: Spraying liquid fertiliser spiking input costs for farmers

Farmers say input costs went up, but no benefits like increased crop production

Subsidies not enough: Heavy rains destroy pearl onion crop in Tamil Nadu, prices reach Rs 100/kg

Heavy rains since November; farmers ask for MSP, production-based benefits

Only allocated rice in rations, people sell it to buy expensive wheat

Wheat prices have shot up in the market following a reduced production this year 

Madhya Pradesh farmers were craving rain; now they fear too much of it

Rainfall status yo-yos from 23% deficit to 20% excess in a month

Paddy sowing takes a hit as Jharkand reports 47% less rain

Over 1.7 million hectares of farmlands left unsown

Sowing report: Lowest area under paddy in a decade

Till July 8, rainfall had been deficient in at least eight states

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: How poor regulation threatens aquaculture

There are no regulations or institutional setup for freshwater aquaculture

Levelled out: MGNREGA helps bring in more land under cultivation in Ranga Reddy

Having levelled the terrain, farmers for the first time take up agriculture

Climate Migration primarily in middle income, agri-dependent countries: Study

Study can go long way in pinpointing future hot spots for climate-induced migration