Reaping ripe: The story of why we celebrate harvest festivals

Understanding the diversities of harvest festivals and how they connect us with our environment

As told to Parliament (December 9, 2022): 25% Indians are multi-dimensionally poor, says minister

Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index captures multiple and simultaneous deprivations faced by households across the three macro dimensions of health, …

Rains fall short: Major losses ahead, fear Bengal paddy farmers

Heavy rain for rest of monsoon might complete the deficit, says IMD, but will that be enough?    

Jawad shatters hopes of paddy farmers in Odisha’s coastal districts

Many farmers in coastal Odisha were expecting a bumper harvest; however, rains due to Cyclone Jawad inundated fields, destroying crops

COVID-19: Delayed wheat harvest has Bihar worried over seeds

The delay due to lockdown can result in 25-30% fall in seed production, according to agricultural scientists

Misleading claim by Harvest Gold

The CSE went through the company’s website, which also had a similar notice denigrating the study findings on bread released in May 2016

Sorrows of a bumper yield

The government must assure farmers that they will not bear the cost of keeping inflation low

Telangana farmers in trouble after unseasonal rains destroy crops

Most districts of the state registered a huge rainfall excess in September, which affected paddy, maize and cotton crops

Tomato wholesale prices dipped by 54% this year

With 78 per cent dip, Maharashtra recorded the maximum drop in prices followed by Gujarat and Karnataka

Why 2023 may be an annus horribilis for India’s farmers

A dry winter, arrival of El Nino and two years without earnings make this year terrible for Indian farmers   

Model law on contract farming on the cards this year

According to experts, the law must address dependency that farmers can develop on the private parties for seeds and farm equipment

Poor post-harvest storage, transportation facilities to cost farmers dearly

If procurement of farm produce increases with the announcement of a new MSP, farmers’ post-harvest losses may increase manifold

China faces its longest, most severe drought ever recorded

Hydropower generation affected as rivers dry up; Country battles heatwave for over 64 days

Farm income can go up by Rs 1,939 crore on one condition

India can achieve this if it replaces 1 per cent of the area under food grains with horticulture

Run-up to COP27: India wants to assess loss and damage due to extreme weather better; can it succeed

There is a consensus among officials that a new tool to gauge climatic loss and damage should be embraced; but they say the transition will be …

As a heatwave spectre hangs again over India’s wheat harvest, its home-grown crop simulation model can help

InfoCrop, available for free on IARI’s website, can forecast climate impact on farm yield in real time

The Science and Impacts of Climate Change

Ramesh Sharma, campaign coordinator at Ekta Parisha, discusses the impacts of climate change on agriculture in the Baigachak community of …

Saffron production to drop over 90% as Kashmir sees lowest rainfall in 35 years

Scarcity of rain and the failures of the National Saffron Mission have left local farmers in a precarious position

Maybe it’s ALIVE

Keeping plucked vegetables and fruits in daylight helps them stay alert, produce nutrients

Commercial harvest of degraded forests on cards?

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar's statement that government is considering plan to harvest open forests goes against the policy of …

‘Current agricultural growth rate won’t meet world food demand in 2030’

Report by corporate-funded body calls for increased investment in innovation and production-boosting ‘proven’ strategies

Wheat crisis: High heat in February cause of worry for critical Rabi crop

Temperatures have started increasing even earlier than in 2022; may affect wheat approaching reproductive growth period and lower yield

Punjab and Haryana are unable to get out of paddy-wheat cycle; why is that?

Experts say low returns and post harvest losses and management inefficiences among major roadblocks for crop diversification 

Cold waves in northwest India could still mean a warm winter

Light precipation over Christmas, but dry spell in plains; 2022 expected to end on a dry note

Centre takes steps to monitor pulse stocks: Is India staring at another food crisis?

Heavy rain and hailstorm in mid-March and early April might affect yield of pulse crops; official says government focusing on nutrition and security