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Biogas fumes generated from waste water produced after treatment of sago. Photo by Laasya Shekhar/Mongabay.

High capital investment and poor access to subsidies, a drawback for biogas in sago industry

Laasya Shekhar 5 Jul 2023
Some farmers say that they burn the stubble to keep the fields ready for the next crop in a short period of time. Photo by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay.

Madhya Pradesh ranks second in India in stubble burning, farmers unaware of government schemes

Shailesh Shrivastava 28 Jun 2023

We didn’t start the fire? Speculations over cause of Goa forest fires continue; state plans recovery

Noopur Bhandiwad 16 Jun 2023
A busy day in Pune's APMC with boxes of mangoes arriving from Kaonkan and Karnataka. Photo by Hiren Kumar Bose.

Unseasonal rain, temperature variations affect Alphonso yield and increase prices in Maharashtra

Hiren Kumar Bose 15 Jun 2023

Nepal comes next in line to Sri Lanka to debate exporting ‘problematic’ monkeys

Abhaya Raj Joshi 16 May 2023

RBI report examines implications of climate change on economic growth and financial stability

Kundan Pandey 11 May 2023

This year’s severe heatwave, a threat to the people and food supply in Bangladesh

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 8 May 2023

Environmentalists denounce Sri Lanka’s talks of exporting 100,000 crop-raiding macaques

Malaka Rodrigo 4 May 2023

Urban and peri-urban farming can play a small role in reducing carbon footprint

Mohit M. Rao 21 Apr 2023
Malnourished cows in Chattisgarh.

Malnutrition affects the health and productivity of cattle in Chhattisgarh

Alok Prakash Putul 19 Apr 2023
Conducting fieldwork in Fakim Community Reserve with a local resident Alemba. Photo from Joli Rumi Borah.

[Interview] Conservation scientist Joli Rumi Borah on integrating traditional knowledge in research

Sahana Ghosh 13 Apr 2023
A view of damaged wheat field in Punjab's Moga district. Photo by special arrangement

After being hit by heat last year, wheat crop suffers from excessive, untimely rains this year

Vivek Gupta 11 Apr 2023
A paddy field in Kerala. Photo by Anne Roberts/Flickr.

With increasing climate-related threats, farmers gear up for adaptation

Kundan Pandey 4 Apr 2023
Bhuten Saikia in his vegetable garden in Rahmaria. Photo by Bondita Baruah.

Abrupt floods and drought-like situations in Assam disrupt farming practices

Bondita Baruah 30 Mar 2023
Image shows a display of seed crops against a white background

Thirunelly’s seed festival celebrates traditional climate-resilient seeds and farm produce

Max Martin 20 Mar 2023

Habitat preservation in the Western Ghats can help enhance biodiversity in the hotspot

Archita Bhatta 17 Mar 2023

[Explainer] Why is 2023 the International Year of Millets? What do we achieve by celebrating such years?

Mahima Jain 10 Mar 2023

Natural farming methods help the ‘climate-smart’ villages of MP brave climate impacts

Manish Chandra Mishra 3 Mar 2023
Crops raided by wild boars in Kaziranga. Photo by Nabarun Guha.

Farmers in Kaziranga demand timely, sufficient compensation for the crop raids by wildlife

Nabarun Guha 17 Feb 2023

India gains global prominence in agrochemical production; questions remain on polluting nature of industries

Supriya Vohra 8 Feb 2023