Simply put: What’s essential for farmers

Locust attack: How swarms pose a threat to Indian farmers

जग बीती: प्याज नहीं खाना चाहिए?

खेती-किसानी का यह नायाब तरीका आपको निहाल कर देगा

Simply Put: Potato FC-5 variety

'The Satnami rebellion was a rare anti-caste movement in South Asian history'

Author Amita Kanekar speaks to Down To Earth about her latest book 'Fear of Lions'

Simply put: Farmer suicides continue unabated

Fall Armyworm attack: 'Eastern India more vulnerable to infestation'

Warmer temperatures increase the metabolism and reproductive rates of the pest

Debt in half: Left or right

Not just loan waivers, farmers need a new deal

Government approves proposal to scale production and sale of compost

Will provide financial assistance of Rs 1,500 for every tonne of compost sold

Rebranding: an exercise in futility

Security begins in the stomach

Super cassava

Farmer-friendly

Rethink the way we grow food

The world has enough food to feed people; the problem is that much of this food is going into feeding livestock or just to waste. This is what …

‘FAO acknowledges that it neglected costs of food systems in its accounting’

Alexander Muller, former FAO assistant director-general talks about how the impacts and cost of natural capital as well as social …

Will Paul Ehrlich's prediction finally come true?

The Green Revolution may have prevented the fate that was forecasted for a world bursting at the seams and unable to feed itself. But unlimited …

Green Revolution lab Jaunti shows agriculture in crisis now

Five decades after the green revolution, Down To Earth visited the village from where it all started, to assess the agrarian crisis …

High resolution rice maps can help boost production

The maps for Northeast India and Bangladesh will help study cloud-prone rice paddy cultivation regions in South Asia.

State of Agriculture: Increasing output

While India’s overall economic output shrank in 2020-21, agriculture and allied sector recorded an almost 10% annual growth rate. As a …

Wheat crisis: Will the February heat cause a steep decline in output this year?

This season, early seeding of wheat in October was promoted among farmers to escape the heat in March. However, the high temperatures began even …

Fungal toxins are widespread in European wheat – threatening human health and the economy

It is likely that changes in farming practices, climate change, and the dwindling effectiveness of fungicides are all contributing factors

Why are lemon prices so high in India, the largest producer of lemons in the world?

Heavy rains last September and October and a hot March have caused two successive lemon seasons to fail

India’s facade of agricultural insurance

Since its launch in 2016, India’s flagship crop insurance scheme has seen a consistent fall in acreage and number of farmers covered