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Sorghum crops being grown in Chinawal village, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra. Image by Abhijeet via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

The hidden side of millet farming

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 26 Mar 2025

How shifting weather patterns threaten a sweet legacy

Rushikesh More and Apsara Aga 18 Mar 2025
A nilgai spotted in a forest in Gaidahawa, Nepal. Image by Mukesh Pokhrel.

Farmers see red as blue bulls raid their fields

Mukesh Pokhrel 12 Mar 2025
A finger millet farm in Telangana. Image by Kavali Chandrakanth KCK via Wikimedia Commons.

More climate literacy and diversification could help tribal millet farmers adapt to impacts

Simrin Sirur 26 Feb 2025
Saplings of Semialta

The Semialata plant is a game changer for lac farming in Jharkhand amid climate and migration challenges

Vineeta Parmar 24 Feb 2025
adiya women paddy edible greens

Reviving forgotten wild edibles from paddy fields

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 7 Feb 2025
Solar panels and internet dish on a guest house roof at Phuktal Gompa, Zanskar, Ladakh. Decentralised renewable energy received a boost with an 80% rise in PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana’s allocation. Image: Timothy A. Gonsalves via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Budget prioritises resilience and energy security, skips major green announcements

Kundan Pandey 4 Feb 2025
Workers offload harvested rice. Beyond emissions, agriculture faces challenges like employing a large workforce and ensuring food security. Image by G41rn8 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

High stakes but low investment in sustainable agriculture in India

Kundan Pandey 31 Jan 2025
rice farmer paddy fields

Carbon farming projects not always inclusive and equitable, says new study

Simrin Sirur 23 Jan 2025

[Book review] A reality check on efforts to decentralise natural resource governance

Kundan Pandey 10 Jan 2025

Back to the future: Emerging technologies in 2024

Priyanka Shankar 27 Dec 2024

Traditional foods return with demand for local, seasonal produce

Azera Parveen Rahman 24 Dec 2024

Growing food and greening cities

Hanan Zaffar, Jyoti Thakur 28 Nov 2024
A herd of wild elephants roaming and grazing in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Image by P. K. Verma

Fungus, not kodo millet, responsible for Bandhavgarh elephant deaths

Manish Chandra Mishra 27 Nov 2024

Balancing conservation and agroforestry to tackle climate change

Kundan Pandey 24 Oct 2024

[Commentary] Climate considerations drive innovation in India’s agriculture and MSME sectors

Kundan Pandey 18 Oct 2024

Changing rainfall patterns impact agriculture in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

Sneha Mahale 16 Oct 2024

Can organic farmers’ markets encourage chemical-free farming?

Arathi Menon 15 Oct 2024
Cacao beans drying at Grandpa's Farm, Karnataka Image by Naveenakrishna Shastry.

Indian farmers choose cocoa amid global shortage

Rashi Goel 1 Oct 2024
School kids are playing in the playground. India introduced its new National Education Policy in 2020, but the climate vulnerability of the education sector is missing from this policy as well. Image by Shailesh Shrivastava

Your Environment This Week: Schools feel the heat, Forest loss in hotspots, Polluted Dal lake

Team Mongabay India 27 Sep 2024