Amid protests over agri laws let's look at how some countries support farmers
Every day, 54, mostly developed countries give nearly $2 billion in support to their farmers
Counting north India’s stubble fires: Stronger data science needed to study winter smog
Severe smog in north India is a result of an evil alignment of many factors. Whether those factors co-conspire this year, remains to be seen
Counting north India’s stubble fires: How do NASA satellites capture them
Overall, it is safe to assume that even if satellite images do not show a fire, it does not necessarily mean that nothing is burning on the ground
Enhanced food security and soil biodiversity: A climate-positive approach
Conservation of soil biodiversity, soil organic carbon through sustainable farming practices should be deemed essential to improve agricultural …
Can biomass pellets reduce emissions in coal plants?
NTPC’s move to use biomass pellets can prove to be a shot in the arm to thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR
Rajasthan Locust Attack: Pests plus lockdown leave farmers in a soup
Destruction of the cotton crop, unsold rabi crops like wheat and barley and lack of help from the government making things worse for farmers
Government push to coarse cereals as climate change affects wheat, paddy cultivation
Procurement target for coarse cereals doubled from Kharif crop market; more coarse grains likely in rations
Punjab and Haryana are unable to get out of paddy-wheat cycle; why is that?
Experts say low returns and post harvest losses and management inefficiences among major roadblocks for crop diversification
How Odisha is revalorising minor millets
Despite their glorious past, millets have been sidelined in farms and on food plates over the years
Women farmers emerging as decision-makers, innovators in wheat-based systems: Study
Women adopted specific strategies to further their interests in the context of wheat-based livelihoods, challenging men as sole decision-makers, …
Save and Grow: a guide to sustainable cereal production
The technique focuses on conservation agriculture, maintaining soil health, selecting crops with higher yield potential and greater resistance to …
COVID-19: 60% farmers suffered yield loss on their harvest, shows survey
Survey aimed to evaluate the impact of the nationwide lockdown against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on agricultural production …
Lateral Thoughts: A recipe best avoided
Dependence on food import is not the solution for preventing biodiversity loss or decreasing greenhouse gas emissions
Stray cattle menace: UP farmers refuse to diversify crops over depredation
Abandoned cows prefer new, different crops but losses equally distributed if everyone plants sugarcane, say farmers
Paddy fields burning: Smog shrouds national capital
The smoke resulting from burning crop residues combined with vehicular emissions make the air we breathe deadly
Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine — and what that means for the global food system
Ukrainian grain is important for feeding the world and the the Black Sea is a vital route to getting it to people who need it.
Unseasonal rains damage crops estimated to be worth Rs 10,000 crore
Crop loss could be to the extent of up to 20 per cent of total production in northern and central states
Beyond the hoopla: Millets must be promoted. But health and economic concerns need priority
Nutritional advantages of millets are offset by presence of phytic acid; cultivation yield also poor compared to wheat and rice
A fiscal crisis: Why FCI needs provisioning in food subsidy budget
Mounting expenses, under-provisioning of food subsidy budget leading to a huge debt is highly worrisome
Maharashtra women missed meals during COVID-19 lockdown, finds survey
10% of the 946 women surveyed skipped one meal a day; 7% skipped two meals a day
COVID-19 migrants: West Bengal has mostly failed to keep promises
The state government must go beyond the mere promises of the Centre and render actual help to the state’s people
GEAC revalidates field trials of GM maize, rice and wheat
Decision on others to be considered on April 25, says regulatory body for genetically modified organisms
Rs 1,400 MSP for wheat disappoints Maharashtra farmers
Demand minimum support price of above Rs 2,000 per 100 kg; say present MSP does not meet even cost of cultivation
Re-imagining food systems crucial for climate, economic resilience: Nutrition report
Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic pushes government to act on reforms of food systems with urgency
Ways to weed parthenium out
Parthenium, a notorious weed, first sneaked into the country along with wheat grains imported from the us in the early 1950s. It has become a …