Simply Put: Minimum Support Price

Simply Put: WTO Abu Dhabi

Work capacity of farm labourers in key food-producing areas to reduce with rising temperatures, shows study

Physical work capacity begins to decline around 20°C ambient temperature & further diminishes as temperature, humidity & exposure to …

Silent famine: What exactly changed in India’s wheat and rice?

The crops gained quantity but lost quality in the quest to feed India’s millions

Climate change: alarming Africa-wide report predicts 30% drop in crop revenue, 50 million without water

African leaders need to be very proactive in their climate change and mitigation efforts

Less farms and farmers

The agricultural world is undergoing a historic change: the number of farms coming down sharply while size is increasing. Does it imply …

Simply Put: Farmers Protest 2024

DTE Exclusive: Did focus on yield cost India nutrition?

Down To Earth special report on how the wheat and rice that the country eats have lost their nutritional value

Neolithic Catalhoyuk in Turkiye’s Anatolia home to 8,600 year-old bread loaf

Bread loaf was fermented and made by mixing flour with water; wheat, barley & peas used in preparation  

Is legal assurance of MSP for farmers viable? What are its implications?

A legal guarantee means that there will be legal provisions for farmers to get the MSP for all 23 crops when they sell them

Simply Put: No farmer, No food

Potassium in our soil is running low, threatening global food security – new study proposes a way out

A proposal for a resolution on potassium at a future United Nations environment assembly holds the key to intergovernmental action

Simply Put: Feeding the world

Farmers’ Protests 2.0: DTE reports from ground zero Shambhu border

DTE video journalists, Prabhat Kumar & Dhruval Parekh, at Shambhu border as Haryana Police fired tear gas on farmers crossing from Punjab

Simply Put: In a foreign land?

Runup to Interim Budget 2024: It should show a road map for the next 5 to 10 years

The budget needs to recognise the long-term threat to food security from climate change even if it is not an election issue in short term  

India’s onion production expected to fall by over 15%; potato production by 2%

Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare releases First Advance Estimates of horticultural crops for 2023-24

Simply Put: A bridge too far

How accurate long-range forecasts of monsoon onset can be climate adaptation tool for farmers

Study looks into farmers’ behaviour based on forecast information, insurance in 250 Telangana villages

Indians consuming rice and wheat low in food value, high in toxins: ICAR study

DTE and CSE hold webinar on magazine’s coverage of ICAR research

New protocol can reduce breeding cycle of pigeonpea by 3-5 years, important for nutritional security in drylands

Technique will help scientists develop climate-resilient, nutritionally superior and higher-yielding pigeonpea varieties faster

From restoring forests to river basins, seven conservation initiatives across continents recognised by UN

Award makes the projects eligible for technical and financial support from United Nations

Income opportunity gap, gender-based violence, domestic work burden: What's holding back women in Zimbabwe?

Around 79% of the burden of water fetching responsibilities in Zimbabwe falls on women

Delhi Chalo: Farmers to start for national capital at 10 am after talks fail

Gridlock expected in Delhi-NCR even as Punjab-Haryana border sealed to prevent entry of farmers

Union Budget 2024-25 encourages vaccination against cervical cancer, provides insurance to frontline health workers

We hope the regular budget after the elections increases the health budget while paying attention to greater utilisation, expert tells Down To Earth