African presidents endorse ‘Nairobi Declaration on fertiliser and soil health’ at special summit in Kenya
The leaders acknowledged that the recent global fertiliser crisis has disproportionately affected Africa
Exploitation, brutality and misery: How the opium trade shaped the modern world
The opium trade that impoverished and crippled India also financed and helped forge the modern state
Organic experiments
Women of Maharashtra village experiment with organic farming to improve incomes
In Tamil Nadu, a model for participatory production & distribution of farm products
Non-hierarchical collectives, horizontal networks & local markets provide a path of self-reliance to farmers in Tiruvannamalai
How to end hunger in sub-Saharan Africa: Fight inequality, gender imbalances and climate change
Food sovereignty is very tightly interlinked with social justice and sustainable development.
Ghanaians love rice — how smallholder farmers could harvest more of it with the help of machines
Efforts to produce more rice often results in increased labour-intensive work for smallholder farmers
Criollo: This breed of cattle developed in the New World can withstand climate change, say Irish scientists
Descended from Iberian cattle brought by Spanish colonists to the Americas, the Criollo has a myriad of climate-adaptive traits
Back to farming roots: Odisha reinforced linkages among traditional grains, nutrition, resilience, food sovereignty
Thousand farmers have been supported by Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) to promote millets through a farm-to-fork approach
How Odisha is promoting climate-resilient agriculture through rice fallow initiative
Cultivation of short-duration pulse, oilseed crops in rice fallow is helping maximise land use efficiency, boost farmers’ income and …
WTO talks end with no consensus on agriculture support
Negotiations on fisheries “came close” to a deal but one or two or two matters could not be reached
Cocoa beans are in short supply: What this means for farmers, businesses and chocolate lovers
A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana
Agriculture in the cold desert of Spiti Valley is difficult, but there are ways to make it easier
Shallow soil, labour intensity, geographical remoteness from major markets and a lack of quality planting materials are some critical issues
Rantal: A settlement’s journey from invisibility to identity
Displaced from Bihar in 1980, a group of 42 Munda families have collectively established the organic village in Odisha
Over half of the 21st century irrigation expansion has been in water-stressed regions; India accounts for 36%
Over 90% of humanity’s consumptive water use is used for irrigated agricultural production
Future of Taste: In a climate-risked world, eating right is as much about nutrition as it is about the environment, people
Luxury emission-based model of food production should be discouraged, especially when the survival of farmers worldwide is jeopardised by climate …
FAO publishes first national report on AMR surveillance in India’s fisheries, livestock sectors
Data generated on AMR trends will be helpful to inform policy and decision making for AMR containment
Farm it like India
Novel, ground-breaking innovations to solve day-to-day problems faced by farmers
Organic and conservation farming boost multifunctionality of ecosystems: Study
Organic farming has a 46-51 per cent lower global warming potential
Reinventing climate action: Crucial to co-create with communities from India’s tropics
Smallholder agricultural landscapes of Global South offer extensive possibilities for nature-based solutions but need a paradigm shift to become …
India’s pulses problem: We need real reform
The government needs to revise its pricing policy to incentivise pulses production
3 ways AI can help farmers tackle the challenges of modern agriculture
AI can help reduce uncertainty by forecasting prices
Back to nature: Immense need for crop diversification and role of agroforestry
Input cost to increase productivity has increased over the last five decades
Funds, incentives, quality: How to unlock potential of India's organic, bio-fertilisers sector
Farmers need to be made aware of benefits to increase uptake, says new report
Towards sustainability: Arunachal’s Apatanis use a unique, integrated cultivation method; it needs encouragement
Integrated rice-fish cultivation is a low-input and eco-friendly practice
Survey pegs 1.5% of world's farmland under organic cultivation
India has most number of organic cultivators but only 1.1% of acreage