Insects Are Vanishing Globally, Making It Harder To Grow Food
Over the past 20 years, a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there…
agriculture
Compensation For Crop Loss: Landless, Tenant Farmers Miss Out
Ram Sagar, 64, a farmer who lives in Turkauli village of Sitapur district in Uttar…
Salinity In Sundarbans: People Buying Drinking Water, Leaving Farming
(Source: PTI) Bibhas Mondal, a farmer of West Bengal’s Hasnabad gram panchayat, stopped agricultural work…
Managing Kitchen Waste Through Urban Farms
As Indian cities expand, concerns about their rising food demand and the accompanying pressure on…
Farmers Say Global Food Security Is At Risk
Organisations representing over 350 million farmers and producers wrote an open letter to world leaders…
Future Food Depends On The Cutting Edge
This week, Australians across three states are mopping up after widespread flooding inundated vast areas….
Malnourished, Obese: The Food Future We Face
Families are feeling the pinch of rising food prices. Fresh fruit and vegetables are often…
Farmers Continue Protests Against Proposed IIT Campus In Goa
Tribal tenant farmers from Goa’s interior Sanguem and Quepem sub districts have been protesting against…
Stubble Burning Is Back, Smothering The North
Even as authorities claim that they are all set to deal with what is now…
Non-Food Crops Are Eating Up Our Food
It’s sometimes bandied about that enough food is grown globally to feed everyone now and…
Climate Change Drives Down Yields & Nutrition Of Indian Crops
Rashpinder Singh, 36, is a farmer who owns 17 acres (almost seven hectares) of land…
‘Why Different Treatment For Farmers & Large Businesses?’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the BJP-led union government’s policies for farmers of…
Farmers Turn To Millets To Fight Water Stress, Climate Change
India is facing a water and food crisis, exacerbated by extreme climate cycles such as…
Oil Palm Pioneers Doubt Crop Will Take Off In Himalayan Foothills
As he talks about his 200-hectare oil palm plantation, Dature Miuli becomes visibly emotional. A…
Now, Farming Costlier Due To High Fuel Prices, Labour Rates
The hike in fuel prices and labour costs have made farming a costly affair, farmers…
Fears For Farming As Groundwater Plummets In Northern India
At the recent polls in Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh, free electricity for groundwater irrigation…
Interview: What Next For India’s Farmers?
For more than a year, India’s farmers came together in the largest protests in world…
Parliament Passes Bill To Repeal Controversial Farm Laws
India’s parliament on Monday passed a bill to repeal three laws aiming at deregulating agricultural…
‘Repeal Farm Laws By Nov 26 Or Farmers Will Intensify Protest’
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on November 1 said the Centre has time…
Combatting Soil Erosion Enriches Farmers In Meghalaya
The state of Meghalaya, in northeast India, has an acute soil erosion problem. One of…
On Malik’s Offer To Mediate, Farmer Leaders Say This
With Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik offering to mediate between the agitating farmers and the…
Plea In SC To Permit Farmers’ Body To Stage ‘Satyagrah’
A farmers’ body, which is protesting against the three farm laws passed last year, has…
Farmers’ Protest Is ‘Sponsored’: Karnataka CM
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s remarks, terming the farmers’ protests around Delhi as ”sponsored,” during…
Scrap Farm Laws, Talk To Farmers: Amarinder To Centre
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday demanded immediate scrapping of the Centre’s new farm…
Farm Laws Must Be Withdrawn: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sought to reach out to the sizeable…