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A hardy desert fruit faces threats, putting women’s incomes at risk

Vishal Kumar Jain 10 Sep 2025

Scientists turn to speed breeding to develop resilient, high yield crops

Hirra Azmat 2 Sep 2025
A view of paddy fields during harvest in Srinagar. Image by Bilal Bahadur.

Erratic weather, overgrazing and land use change deepen fodder shortage

Hirra Azmat 18 Aug 2025

Teen from Odisha wins global Eco Hero award for preserving indigenous seeds

Simrin Sirur 15 Aug 2025
Tubers on display at the Nilgiris Earth Festival. Image by Anokha Venugopal/Keystone Foundation.

Tubers and tribals face the climate test

Jeyanthi R 13 Aug 2025
A farmer shows a sample of his Khapli harvest. Image by special arrangement.

An old grain for bold gain

Hiren Kumar Bose 24 Jul 2025

Global rift over plant treaty as key issues remain unresolved

Kundan Pandey 18 Jul 2025
A moringa tree. Image by Dinesh Valke via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The rise of India’s moringa economy

Aditya Ansh 7 Jul 2025

All gain, no pain with stingless bees in greenhouse farming

Arathi Menon 6 Jun 2025

India releases genome-edited rice, draws both applause and alarm

Arathi Menon 2 Jun 2025

Farmers demand separate minimum support price for natural farming products

Vishal Kumar Jain 21 May 2025
The Euryale ferox plant photographed in Samastipur, Bihar. It is a type of water lily that grows in stagnant ponds and wetlands, whose edible seeds are referred to as makhana. While it is primarily cultivated in Bihar, it is also found in parts of East Asia. Image by Ramanesh Thakur.

A billion-dollar market rooted in muddy ponds and manual labour

Aditya Ansh 22 Apr 2025

How shifting weather patterns threaten a sweet legacy

Rushikesh More and Apsara Aga 18 Mar 2025
adiya women paddy edible greens

Reviving forgotten wild edibles from paddy fields

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 7 Feb 2025

Climate change-induced pest outbreak in sugarcane fields impact quality of jaggery

Vishal Kumar Jain 28 Jan 2025

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

Kundan Pandey 10 Jan 2025

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

Searching for soppu

Ridah Zaman 12 Sep 2024

Multiple studies flag food insecurity as a threat in the Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 9 Sep 2024