Growing fences
Burgeoning population and agricultural encroachment in the last half century have erected artificial walls within the Gond tribes. These ethnic …
Not a waste until wasted
Punjab farmers burn straw after harvest. It is time to exploit the potential of this agro-waste
Climate change hits food production
Global warming has resulted in 20 per cent increase in price of wheat, maize, rice and soybean
Independent India @ 75: It has taken a lot to be food-secure
From begging other countries for food to overflowing grain stocks, it has been a long journey; however, the government must adopt environment-…
Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Ignoring the groundwater depletion problem
Blaming farmers alone won’t work; prices for crops other than paddy must be remunerative
Nature-based solutions: Convenient ignorance of the inconvenient truth
Solutions based on going back to nature do exist, but to make a tangible impact on climate change, they need to be executed at scale and with …
Scientists identify genes to improve fertiliser nitrogen use efficiency in rice
Every year, urea worth Rs 50,000 crore is lost from Indian farms, with rice and wheat accounting for about two-thirds of it
COVID-19: How ‘Confarm’ is leading the way in Telangana
A unique initiative titled Consumer-Farmer Compact in the state is ensuring food availability and access in COVID-19 times
'Thinking Glocal to solve India's paddy-straw burning crisis'
Since we live in an increasingly globalised world, we must make an attempt to seek global solutions to our local problem of paddy straw burning
'The Sarus appears to be altering its nesting behaviour due to climate change'
K S Gopi Sundar, a well-known expert on cranes, recently conducted a study on how climate change and cropping patterns affect the nesting cycles …
Faced with climate change, Nagaland to revive traditional rice varieties
The state government has initiated a Rs 24-crore project, which will be supported by the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change
The age of discovery
Research in rice genomics could be the key to eradicating hunger through environmentally sustainable methods, says Latha Rangan
Rice fields as carbon sinks
A study by Indian scientists finds lowland flooded rice ecosystems can store vast amounts of carbon but the jury is still out on whether these …
What will an El Nino bring next to India?
India’s vital monsoon rains can be disrupted by an El Nino which is a major concern for crop production
Quelea: Environmentalists protest Kenyan government’s move to poison millions of ‘feathered locusts’
Experts champion mechanical control of the birds & other alternative methods like monitoring their breeding & migratory patterns, …
India reports 22% less sowing till second week of 2022 kharif season, compared to last year
The southwest monsoon has entered the country, but the initial rainfall figures have become a source of trouble for farmers
Study identifies India among global flash drought hotspots from 1980-2015
The study identified rapid drought intensification across the United States, Brazil, southern Africa, Spain, western Russia and Australia as …
Climate crisis in North East India: An outlier in Arunachal, Upper Siang now experiences increased rainfall
Increased rainfall leads to decline in rice productivity: New diseases have emerged, pest attacks on the rise
China's loss to US in WTO is not good news for India
India calculates subsidy the same way as China, which lost the case for giving too much subsidy to its wheat, rice farmers
India claims to be self-sufficient in food production but facts say otherwise
If the government decides to feed all its hungry people, India's tag of a net exporting country will be easliy lost
Improved heat tolerance and drought resistance help pearl millet fight climate change
The reference genome and analysis of 1,000 lines of the pearl millet genome has provided the clue as to how this dryland cereal survives in …
Persistent in folly
Rice and wheat fetch a secure price and subsidies on farm inputs. Coarse grains have no place in the public distribution system, although their …
Rice: the real cost
It is said the future wars would be fought over the issue of water, not land. Yet Indian government promotes rice, which consumes water, over …
Cereal killer
By promotong rice over coarse grains, the government is promoting food scarcity and defeciency of micronutrients among India's most malnourished …
MS Swaminathan, a legend who will live on
Swaminathan will go down in history as the person who pulled India out of the ‘hunger trap’. This was the biggest achievement of the …