Smallholder farmers are filling climate adaptation gaps from their own income, finds survey

Farmers spend 20-40% of their annual income on adaptation; total contribution $368 billion every year surpasses $230 million pledged for …

Yes, India needs agrarian reform, but that which is pro-people, not pro-corporate

Here are the steps that central and state governments can take to adopt a pro-people and nature-friendly economic development model for Indian …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 3, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Climate change is real: Heatwave to hit Bihar litchi, mango farmers

Litchi and mango need special micro climates; but climate change has upset this in the last decade, say scientists

AgriStack: Linking land records with database will exclude labourers, farmers, warn experts

Making land records the basis for farmer database would mean excluding tenant farmers, sharecroppers and agricultural labourers from the …

Republic’s task cut out: Back India’s farmers, don’t go after them

The focus needs to be steadfast on India’s agrarian crisis and problems faced by farmers, not on what happened or didn’t on …

Farm laws 2020: Who are they meant to serve?

In rushing the farm bills through Parliament on strength of numbers, the Union government seems to have handed short end of the stick to states …

Vietnam is focusing on veterinary drug shops to tackle antimicrobial resistance

This is critical as the owners of such shops are often the first point of contact for Vietnamese farmers when their herds experience disease

Rent-a-farm: Watch how this firm is helping city dwellers grow food

Delhi-based start-up, Edible Routes, is helping people bring closer to their food and instilling a greater sense of well-being

New support scheme for water-stressed districts as crop insurance becomes voluntary

Changes to PM Fasal Bima Yojana leave famers without effective support for crop losses in time of climate emergency  

COVID-19: More than 40,000 turmeric farmers in Odisha's Kandhamal bear lockdown brunt

Turmeric, or haldi, holds an important place in Indian kitchens because of its strong aroma, healing properties

Simply Put: Suicides by daily wage workers

Erratic weather teams up with COVID-19 lockdown to be double whammy for North East farmers

Experts see climate change footprint as villagers lose livelihood, shelter

Small farmers, daily wagers take to vegetable retail selling in Himachal due to lockdown

The development is being seen as a positive outcome of the COVID-19 lockdown

Himachal Pradesh budget announces green development scholarship scheme, boost to natural farming

Provisions worth Rs 582 crore for farmers; MSP for wheat, maize, milk increased

The ABCDs of extreme profits by agri-corporations

UN Trade and Development Report reveals volatility in food commodities prices in last few years have coincided with global food traders …

Climate change: Crop yields in Punjab will fall by up to 13% in next 30 years

A study by Punjab Agricultural University used rainfall & temperature data from 35 years to project the impact of climate change on 5 major …

Farm laws repealed in Parliament without discussion

Passed in the Lok Sabha in under 5 minutes; passed in Rajya Sabha after a brief discussion

Farm Laws: Is MSP guarantee really the elixir that Indian agriculture needs?

Concept is unreasonable and will be detrimental for country’s agricultural system, feel experts

Panel ‘disappointed’ about no data on complaints resolved under PMFBY

The Standing Committee on Agriculture urged the government to maintain records of complaint resolution under the PMFBY, for its effective …

Bharat Bandh: Home Minister Amit Shah steps in for talk with farmer leaders

Will meet them Tuesday evening, a day before sixth round of talks between the Union government and farmers on three farm laws

India's withdrawal from RCEP a breather on many fronts

India's decision to pull out of RCEP means its policy on access to inexpensive drugs will not be under pressure

FAW attack: Centre orders seed treatment with ‘unapproved’ chemicals

The government has recommended use of controversial chemicals for treatment of seeds without prior permission from the Central Insecticide Board …

How to end hunger in sub-Saharan Africa: Fight inequality, gender imbalances and climate change

Food sovereignty is very tightly interlinked with social justice and sustainable development.

A possible Indo-US trade agreement would be an imperialist attack on India’s farmers

Such a deal will have repercussions on our agricultural production and economy