Family farming crucial to sustainable development goals
As smallholders face a broad range of barriers, extending all possible help to them is imperative
Rajasthan government announces farm loan waivers, but doubts remain
A section of the protestors point loopholes in the state’s letter and claim their demands have not been accepted
Agricultural biotechnologies necessary to defeat hunger, poverty in Asia-Pacific
The United Nations food agency is urging Asia-Pacific countries to consider both low-tech and high-tech solutions present in the biotechnology toolbox
Indigenous appeal
Farmers in West Bengal are going back to indigenous rice varieties, with a little encouragement
Insurance companies have not paid 83% of farmers' claims
As farmers' protests demanding loan waiver pick up across the country, there are other people who owe them huge amount of money: the insurance …
Should farmers get steady income?
Farmers have rarely been considered eligible for payment for various ecological services. The old concept of Payment for Ecosystem Services can …
How agriculture can be intensified in Africa without causing harm
Sustainable agriculture in Africa has the ability to act as an example for other regions worldwide. But to do this the approaches and technology …
Horses, pigs and climate change
Amongst the Nakhi community in China's Yunan province where small farmers, who produced food from biodiverse crop cum livestock farms, have been …
Born at 44
Odisha village gets pattas after nearly half a century. Land reform programmes get jumpstart
Beetles high on coffee
Erratic weather is fuelling the growth of a pest which destroys Arabica coffee. In the absence of effective pest management, India's coffee …
Monsanto wins against Indiana farmer
US Supreme Court says that planting and harvesting Monsanto’s patented seeds amounts to making additional copies of the company's patented …
Farmers can only teach traditional knowledge
P S Ramakrishnan , former director of G B Pant University in Nainital, Uttar Pradesh and currently professor at the School of Environmental …
Deadly solutions
To die, Warangal farmers have to no longer consume pesticides. A mere exposure is enough to kill them
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 …
Rain Shocked
Rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall is making usable water scarce in India
Land grab fallout
Scramble to buy land in foreign countries to grow more food leaves more people hungry
Misled about water
VidarbhaÔÇÖs farmers protest the Maharashtra governmentÔÇÖs attempt to build yet another thermal power plant by depriving …
Why have Punjab & Haryana farmers started clearing fields so early in 2023?
Usually, stubble clearance in these two states starts around mid-October and peaks around Diwali; but this time, extreme rains in September …
Will Bihar farmers have to shift from paddy? Changing rainfall patterns hint at that
State agriculture department has advised farmers to opt for less water-intensive alternatives like maize
Hike in wheat MSP unlikely to help distressed farmers
The recent hike in Minimum Support Price on wheat will still not meet the Centre’s promise to ensure MSP 50 per cent higher than the cost …
Food as history: Cambridge studies cast new light on early Anglo-Saxon kings’ relations with peasants by studying their diets
The studies note that social status did not lead to kings and nobles eating more meat than peasants; but once a year, both did gorge on animals …
‘Africa needs support for climate forecasting infrastructure’
The current observation network is only one-eighth the required minimum density over the continent
Why India needs to bring back nature-positive farming
The pandemic showed that human interventions in natural processes can have disastrous consequences; we should now scale up natural-positive food …
Telangana farmers in trouble after unseasonal rains destroy crops
Most districts of the state registered a huge rainfall excess in September, which affected paddy, maize and cotton crops
Life or livelihood: COVID-19 second wave puts up tough choice for Himachal farmers
Farmers caught between life and livelihood as second wave coincides with the year’s only farming season