Why are farmers back for the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march?
The core issue is the minimum support price which works as a shield to farmers’ crop production against fluctuating market rates, offering …
कृषि क्षेत्र में स्वैच्छिक कार्बन बाजार के लिए रूपरेखा तैयार, मुंडा ने दी जानकारी
किसानों को कार्बन बाजार से परिचित कराने से न केवल उन्हें लाभ होगा, बल्कि पर्यावरण के अनुकूल कृषि पद्धतियों को अपनाने में भी तेजी ...
Massive sinkhole appears in Mexico and keeps growing
The diameter of the sinkhole was five meters when it first appeared, then grew quickly in just a few hours
Centre hikes Kharif crops’ MSP; paddy at Rs 2,183 per quintal
The current MSP hike is significant as this will be the last hike for Kharif crops before the general elections in early 2024
With 10 acres of organic farm and traditional wisdom, this ‘family farmer’ can help you eat right
Sneh Yadav and Retd Col Tara Singh are very particular about what to grow and what not to grow on their land; they also maintain a very …
Deforestation, agriculture triggered soil erosion 4,000 years ago: Study
Increased sediment deposits and changes in land use showed the degradation of soil during the last four millenia
India's cow crisis: The full coverage
All that you need to know about what's wrong with India's cow laws and the problems they are leading to in a five-part series
Deforestation, change in crop pattern, direct fallout of China’s pork push
The globe’s largest pork market and industry is changing itself and others in its mission to produce huge amounts of the meat
At least 40% global crops lost to pests every year: FAO
Invasive pests cost countries at least $70 billion annually, among main drivers of biodiversity loss
देश में 34 हजार मंडियों की कमी, किसान कहां बेचें अपने उत्पाद?
राजनीतिक दलों को किसान की चिंता तो है, लेकिन उनके पास मंडी व्यवस्था को लेकर ठोस योजना नहीं है
A new programme aims at increasing Africa's soil productivity by 30%
Poor soil fertility is a major constraint to improving farm productivity and farmer livelihoods in Africa
'BRICS countries in a position to shape agricultural policies'
Most of the world’s 795 million undernourished people live in developing countries. These countries will need to increase their food …
South Sudan in the throes of food insecurity
The number of food-insecure people is expected to peak during the coming lean season, traditionally worst between April and July, when food …
Wheat worries: Standing guard over future pandemics
Down To Earth visited villages on the West Bengal-Bangladesh border that have been struck by wheat blast. Here is a report on what is happening there
Researchers develop pesticide alternative to protect plants form viral infection
New screening process can detect efficient molecules that can help kill virus
African swine fever killed over 9,000 pigs in Mizoram
The first ASF outbreak was reported 100 years ago in Kenya
Severe drought in Turkey: Istanbul can run of water in months
Several of the city's aquifers have recorded the lowest volumes recorded in 15 years
क्या छोटे किसानों को मिल रहा है भूमंडलीकरण का फायदा?
भूमंडलीकरण के बाद छोटे किसानों की स्थिति में बदलाव को लेकर एक व्यापक अध्ययन किया गया है
More than 10,000 farmers, farm hands committed suicide in 2017
NCRB points out decrease in toll since 2013
Why is Telangana asking the Centre to procure its excess stock of parboiled rice?
The Telangana government is asking the Centre to buy more than 90 per cent of its stock of parboiled rice at Minimum Support Price, some of which …
Is organic farming responsible for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis?
Analysis shows that it is not organic farming, but poor economic policies that are responsible for the economic crisis
Can India forecast drought in the long term?
The country has a long experience of managing drought but it is time it evolved its long-term forecasting mechanism
How this woman changed the lives of children by nurturing an organic farm in Faridabad
Veena Lal’s organic farm and mud house located next to her organisation and children’s home in Faridabad near Delhi …
Watch how MGNREGA help villages beat poverty in Bundelkhand
Meegni & Himmatpura were troubled by water scarcity like several other villages of the region
अब आएगा बौनी कतरनी चावल, किसान हर जगह करेंगे खेती
सरकार के प्रयास से अब जीआई टैग होने के कारण इसकी खेती की पहचान करने में आसानी हो रही है।