Excess nitrogen fertilisers hamper germination, root growth in rice: study

Indian scientists have now identified rice varieties that are efficient in nitrogen use

Speciality rice varieties of Kerala are storehouse of nutrition: study

Rice can be a vital source of nutrition if some of the nutritious varieties of rice traditionally grown can be popularised

Punjab, Haryana and west UP facing severe nitrogen pollution: Down To Earth expose

Nitrogen pollution can destroy soil health, contaminate water, lead to serious health problems, and trigger climate change

Climate change to affect rice productivity, finds a new study

Elevated temperature was found to have a negative impact on rice productivity, even nullifying the positive effects of higher level of CO2  …

Vale of Apatanis

Surrounded by wooded hills in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh lies the small Apatani valley. Vikas Choudhary captures the life of …

Dehydrated state of America

As California enters the fourth year of the worst drought it has seen in over 1,200 years, Venkat Srinivasan travels through America's most …

No pesticides

Farmers can save crops without pesticides. And they can earn more in the deal. sopan joshi records a great change sweeping through Andhra …

Kagga in peril

This rice can tolerate brackish water but is on the brink of extinction. Can government save it?

Crossroad

nitin sethi visits Arunachal Pradesh and finds the Apatani grappling with stereotypes and change

Rice intensification for increasing productivity

System of Rice Intensification is new mantra for reducing water usage and increasing productivity

India’s foodgrain production estimated at 330 million tonnes for 2022-23: Third Advance Estimate

Production of rice and wheat estimated to be higher by 6 and 5 million tonnes this time as compared to the last

First Advance Estimate 2022-23: Rice output to fall 6%, total foodgrain output 4%

Monsoon 2022 believed to be primarily responsible for decline in foodgrain production this kharif  

Black paddy, black lungs: How coal mining has wrought havoc in Odisha’s Sundergarh

Residents of Sundergarh grow black paddy,; their lungs are full of coal dust; their agriculture lands have been acquired for mining and the …

How millet production can empower women farmers, strengthen agriculture

Boosting initiatives around millet value chain is one of the most effective ways to address agricultural challenges

Here is a solution for crop residue burning problem

Happy Seeder — a tractor-mounted device — will eliminate air pollution and reduce green house gas emissions from on-farm activities …

Scientists unravel fungus responsible for Sheath Blight disease in rice

Researchers have identified several genes and gene families in the strain that might account for their disease aggressiveness

Four decades later, bamboo rice shows up in Odisha

The rare variety, which was last harvested in Chandaka-Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary in 1979, grows twice or thrice in a century

A lesser known rice bean that's healthier than most

Despite having immense nutritive and medicinal properties, the rice bean is a lesser-known pulse

Huge protest in Jharkhand against cash transfer scheme

People want Direct Benefit Transfer system to be replaced with old practice of getting rice at Re 1/kg at the ration shop

Sustainable rice production key to food security

Though a staple crop in many countries, rice production is facing the impact of extreme weather events such as droughts and floods

UN food agency predicts bumper wheat, rice harvests

The global rice production is also predicted to expand for the first time in three years, mainly due to abundant monsoon rains in Asia and …

Migrants pay more for native cuisine even at the cost of nutrition finds study

The study Caloric Costs of Culture: Evidence from Indian Migrants appears in the American Economic Review

Rice from dry river

Farmers in an arid Andhra Pradesh district revive traditional irrigation system to tide over drought

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