CSE experts explain: Strategies to reduce crop residue burning for air pollution mitigation
Farm residue burning is a serious seasonal problem with severe public health consequences
Scanty rainfall, low-water levels to affect kuruvai paddy yields this year, warn Tamil Nadu farmers
Deficit rain in neighbouring Karnataka also hit Mettur dam water levels
Rabi crop acreage witnesses a decline, pulses fare the worst
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat among states affected; change in rainfall pattern likely reason
As told to Parliament (March 21, 2023): Maternal mortality went down to 97 per 100,000 live births in 2018-20
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Sustainable agriculture: Punjab needs policies to support crop diversification
Growing maize instead of paddy can reduce water use by 60-70%
Mid-monsoon update: Officially normal, but 185 districts are deficit in rainfall
Crop acreage has picked up as July rainfall dips by nearly 10 per cent
New Green Revolution programme has not benefited Jharkhand farmers, says report
The programme does not address challenges that farmers face in eastern states
Can President Mukherjee redress this farmer’s grievance?
World record holder for highest paddy yield awaits certification
NASA draws attention to fires in Punjab fields
Plant stubble burning shows up as red dots in satellite image
Government hikes minimum support price of paddy by 16 per cent
It’s a rough deal, say farmers
Centre steps in to monitor food availability
Floods destroy standing crops; in July, hailstorm had damaged farms and orchards
Procurement prices low in Maharashtra since 1996; farmers bear the brunt
Low minimum support price has led to severe agrarian crisis in Maharashtra
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