Climate is changing, and the Sundarban residents can feel it

The Sundarban delta region in the Bay of Bengal, with 10,000 square kilometres of estuarine mangrove forest and 102 islands, is the world's …

The vanishing lakes

There is more water than land in north Bihar. The rivers that ramble down from the Himalaya feed numerous depressions scattered all over the …

Is the joyride over ?

There was fear in the 1960s. Would India continue to wait for food imports to feed itself? The scientific community came up with an answer that …

Manipulating Research

Private funding has given a new meaning to scientific research today. With rising corporate research budgets, academic institutions are leaning …

Desperate for gas

Gas is the cleanest of fossil fuels and also more efficient and cheaper to use. Yet, in India, there has been no policy focus on this fuel, …

Chemical-free abundance

After years of killing his fields with pesticides and fertilisers, a sapota grower rediscovered cultivation without chemicals

India's city compost policy needs overhauling

Promised financial incentives for sale of city compost did not prove to be a game-changer in promoting its marketing and production 

Rotterdam Convention: International trade of 2 hazardous pesticides recommended for ‘prior informed consent’

Iprodione & Terbufos dangerous for health of humans, aquatic animals; India among largest exporters of Terbufos

Arsenic down under

A Geological Survey of India study points to the possible role played by use of phosphatic fertilisers, among other factors, in the occurrence …

A revolution redefined

Troubled by the degradation of soil and water, French farmers are now switching to a more sustainable practise of agriculture

Looks like Basmati but

India is losing the pride of many a pulao -- the aroma and taste of basmati rice. What are scientists and legal experts fighting about?

Why we must fix toxic chemical pollution to safeguard our planet and health

Leaders gathering at Bonn next week must strengthen a global agreement that prioritises accountability for pollution from chemicals 

Excess nitrogen fertilisers hamper germination, root growth in rice: study

Indian scientists have now identified rice varieties that are efficient in nitrogen use

"Subsidies have to be withdrawn"

A study reveals how subsidies are encouraging farmers to waste water and use land and fertilisers unsustainably.

"We increasingly rely on inorganic fertilisers"

James Galloway, chairperson of the US-based International Nitrogen Initiative,tells T V Jayan that problems associated with nitrogen cycle …

Why India needs to bring back nature-positive farming

The pandemic showed that human interventions in natural processes can have disastrous consequences; we should now scale up natural-positive food …

Niligiris' journey to being ODF led to it embracing organic farming

The hill district witnesses a successful example of closing the nutrient loop in a sustainable way

Scientists assess how continuous use of fertilisers affects soil bacteria

Application of Nitrogen Phosporus Potassium with farmyard manure increases the minerals' availability in the soil as compared to other treatments

Bloom fades on Holland's famous flower trade

Dutch export of flowers has fallen in the face of increasing competition from other countries and a drop in the quality of plants at home.

Making science, technology serve the people

For R S Hegde, a primary school principal and rural technologist, science is useless if it remains confined to labs and libraries.

Food security policy formulation: What can India learn from other countries?

Food shortage, inflation, irrational polices: What not to do to avoid economic disasters 

Climate crisis in North East India: An outlier in Arunachal, Upper Siang now experiences increased rainfall

Increased rainfall leads to decline in rice productivity: New diseases have emerged, pest attacks on the rise 

Whre science and tradition join hands

The Gloria Land farm in Pondicherry and another run by a couple in Karnataka, show natural inputs can effectively replace factory produced …

Hazards of using fertilisers in Punjab

Studies have pegged consumption of phosphatic fertilizers in Punjab at ten times higher than the national average

Satellite study finds ammonia hotspots over agricultural areas

Ammonia concentration in the atmosphere over India is the highest in the world due to cattle population and excessive fertilizer use, says study