Remedies

Government has to revise its policies. But it will have to learn from the civil society

Has lifting subsidies depressed fertiliser use?

A survey reveals that while using fertilisers, farmers are seldom guided by their price alone.

Disparate growth

Remodel food systems

The climate change crisis is human-made; it is we humans who must rework our lives; we cannot go ahead with the current model of agriculture …

What price subsidies?

Toxic aid

FARMERS' REVOLT

QUALITY CONTROL

Low highs

Juice no more

Fertilisers are leading to lower production of apples in Himachal Pradesh

Return of the storks

Home made potash

New Technology will help save foreign exchange

Marvel unearthed

Newly found plant gene could help increase the natural phosphorus uptake of crops

Sikkim is 100% organic! Take a second look

The state's transition to organic farming is yet to become a true success

PESTICIDES STUDY

Organic states

Mizoram passes legislation to go fully organic, Sikkim already on the path

The next disruption

K Meerabi’s husband was disabled due to pesticides in 2008; this month, she earned acclaim for natural farming at Oxford

The Guntur farmer’s impact on the global stage signifies growing recognition of natural farming practices as a viable and transformative …

Business as usual

Beauty of being natural

Organic farming has many advantages over other farming methods, proves a 21-year long study

Budget woes

Will a right environment be created by the budget this year?

Tax prop

In short

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 …

Pollution in news on June 7

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution