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FAO estimates $12.7 trillion worth hidden costs in the journey of food from farm to table

Kundan Pandey 29 Nov 2023

[Commentary] Erratic weather, altered social dynamics disrupt mahua economy in eastern India

Abhijit Dey, Joydeep Chakraborty 29 Nov 2023
Farmer Ghulam Hassan examines the feathery shell of the damaged saffron corms and a quill that is left behind by the porcupines following a nocturnal attack on his field.

Loss of forest cover in Kashmir is pitting a protected animal against the world’s costliest spice

Abrar Mattoo 23 Nov 2023

Food systems to feature in climate negotiations at COP28

Kundan Pandey 10 Nov 2023
Noorsarai in Bihar's Nalanda district has emerged as a thriving hub for engineering works. In this town, a mini-grid operated by Husk Power ensures a consistent and uninterrupted energy supply to numerous workshops and businesses. Photo by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay

[Video] Rooftop solar, an emerging solution to Bihar’s land shortage that’s stalling renewable progress

Manish Chandra Mishra 8 Nov 2023
Concrete structures occupy cropland. Rapid urbanisation, development projects, and population growth have also played significant roles in soil degradation.

[Commentary] Soil degradation in India spells doom for millions

Ramesh Menon 25 Oct 2023

Assam study shows bats are crucial for natural pest control in paddy fields

Sneha Mahale 10 Oct 2023

[Obituary] Remembering M. S. Swaminathan

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 2 Oct 2023

Architect of India’s Green Revolution, agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan passes away

Kundan Pandey 2 Oct 2023

Off-grid, standalone solar pumps under government scheme remain underutilised

Parul Kulshrestha and Kundan Pandey 29 Sep 2023

Excavating farmlands for highways

Sat Singh 21 Sep 2023

[Explainer] Why mitigating methane emissions matters

Mahima Jain 31 Aug 2023
Vegetable market; Kuchaman, Rajasthan, India

Tackling food loss and waste for climate and food security

Arathi Menon 31 Aug 2023
Image shows a man standing in a straw field behind a fire

Behind Punjab’s smoke screen, Madhya Pradesh’s stubble burning problem goes unnoticed

Shailesh Shrivastava 21 Aug 2023

Madhya Pradesh farmers burn the stubble from rabi harvest, to grow a third crop before kharif

Rakesh Kumar Malviya 16 Aug 2023

Increasing carbon dioxide is making our food less nutritious

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 15 Aug 2023

Ruza, a traditional water harvesting system for the water-scarce mountains

Barasha Das 11 Aug 2023

Ecosystem-based adaptation takes nature-based, people-centric approach to agriculture

Arathi Menon 9 Aug 2023

[Commentary] How grassroots-led natural farming at the landscape scale can support communities and heal the planet

Minhaj Ameen 8 Aug 2023
In the Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu, India, rural villagers are planting a new crop of rice paddy.

Community-based natural farming outshines other farming practices in Andhra Pradesh

Kundan Pandey 31 Jul 2023