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Konkan Railways impacted agricultural lands more than forest cover, finds study

Simrin Sirur 5 Jan 2024

Reviving anyat millet to reconnect a community with its culinary roots

Sanskrita Bharadwaj 18 Dec 2023

Resurrecting khadeen, the ancient water harvesting structure of Rajasthan

Amir Malik, Novita Singh 8 Dec 2023
Workers drying and husking rice at a mill outside Kanchipuram.

Dubai climate summit puts food on high table for first time, India stays away

Soumya Sarkar 4 Dec 2023

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

Food systems to feature in climate negotiations at COP28

Kundan Pandey 10 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

[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
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

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
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
People collecting wood in Uttarakhand. Representative image. Photo by Ashutosh Rawat/ Wikimedia Commons.

[Commentary] A decade after relocation, the lives of Van Gujjars still lack stability and security

Akshay Chettri, Neema P. Broome 29 Jun 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
Bajra harvested at Madgyal, Jath taluka. Photo from Samata Farmers Group.

How a drought-prone village in Maharashtra attained agricultural success with millets

Hiren Kumar Bose 26 May 2023

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

Mohit M. Rao 21 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