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Food systems to feature in climate negotiations at COP28

Kundan Pandey 10 Nov 2023
A seller picking Rugra in a Mandi in Ranchi.

Production of rugra, a nutritious mushroom found in Jharkhand, impacted by weather changes

Vishal Kumar Jain 2 Nov 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

[Explainer] What is organic food? How do we identify organic products?

Irfan Shakeer, Priya Ranganathan 8 Jun 2023

Urban farms offer a fresh perspective on managing kitchen waste and nurturing a community

Saumitra Shinde 14 Nov 2022

[Commentary] Is agroecological farming a solution for rainfed degraded land?

Manjunatha G, Sandeep Hanchanale, Veena Srinivasan 4 Oct 2022

Climate resilient millets boost livelihood opportunities for Odisha’s tribal women

Aishwarya Mohanty 16 Aug 2022
A farmer and her water buffalo in a paddy field.

[Interview] Chukki Nanjundaswamy shares what it takes to train farmers in agroecology

Anna Lappé 8 Aug 2022
An all-women’s team led by Saraswathi Murthy makes chocolates at Mason & Co. in Auroville, Puducherry. Saraswathi who leads the women in the factory, was first spotted by founders Jane Mason and Fabien Bontems and trained by them in 2013. Photo courtesy Mason & Co.

The sweet taste of low-waste, sustainable chocolates

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 13 Apr 2021

Climate adaptive and saline water-resistant Pokkali rice could be the variety of the future

K.A. Shaji 15 Jan 2021

Revival and absence of Bengaluru’s traditional crop varieties

Apekshita Varshney 24 Aug 2020

Will the ease of doing business make life harder for farmers in Karnataka?

Prachi Pinglay-Plumber 30 Jul 2020

Agrobiodiversity initiatives open women’s horizons in Kerala

Mahima Jain 15 Apr 2020

[Commentary] Zero budget natural farming is not a one-size fits all solution

Vaishnavi Rathore 20 Nov 2019

Going back to the roots with natural farming

Vaishnavi Rathore 18 Nov 2019

How going organic brought hope to MP’s cotton farmers and the wildlife around them

Nitin Jugran Bahuguna 14 Aug 2019

Community farming in Goa emerges as a tool against land conversion

Pamela D'Mello 24 Jul 2019

What is preventing the widespread adoption of biopesticides in India?

T. V. Padma 9 Jul 2019