Funds for more forests
The Centre plans to set up a banking institution for afforestation programmes
Smart farming
Two IITians explore ways to make farming profitable for Bihar farmers
Rural roads connectivity in India to get a fillip
Should NABARD regulate micro-finance?
India has a failed salvation policy on the not-so-holy buffalo
India’s only scheme to leverage the expanding buffalo meat exports has been in doldrums. To make it work, the government must first get rid …
Wavering
Rice intensification for increasing productivity
System of Rice Intensification is new mantra for reducing water usage and increasing productivity
Digging shallow
Some nets and sunshine
Fishers in a Tamil Nadu village save cost and improve catch with solar panel-fitted boats
Khap panchayat bans paddy
Rice cultivation has led to waterlogging and soil salinity in Haryana’s Jhajjar district
It is not about farmers
Budget 2013 pushed up allocations for agriculture, but it will not help farmers
Microcredit scheme for solar lighting system
Rural families pay less than what they spent on kerosene lamps for off-grid lighting
COVID-19: Augmenting farmer access to long-term credit
Failing to protect farmers amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic can worsen India’s agrarian distress.