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Sambar deer in Maharashtra. The recent paper highlights an increase in herbivore populations, better nutrition from crop foraging, and a waning fear of humans as pull factors of crop damage by herbivores in the state. Image by Revati Sarnaik via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Fear may deter wild animals from damaging crops, study suggests

Arathi Menon 27 Mar 2026
Farmers collect foliage from a betta land. Image by Sharmila Vaidyanathan.

Betta lands await revival as areca nut cultivation undergoes change

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 20 Mar 2026
Tung seeds collected from growers being segregated at the Saitual District Tung Growers Association. Image by Robert Lalnuntluanga.

Farmers revive tung plantations amid market hopes and ecological concerns

Barasha Das 5 Mar 2026
Bee colonies are being installed alongside buckwheat fields in Ladakh, where scientists are testing how the crop can support beekeeping and provide farmers with an additional income. Image by Faizan Ahmed.

Buckwheat draws renewed interest for its health benefits and resilience

Hirra Azmat 29 Jan 2026
India’s pesticide sector has expanded steadily since production began in 1952. Image by Pradnyaalimakar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Modernising pesticide regulation misses protecting people

Kundan Pandey 20 Jan 2026

India’s coconut belt battles whitefly crisis

Prasanth Shanmugasundaram 19 Jan 2026
Farmers display their pearl millet crop. Representative image by ICRISAT via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Diversifying beyond rice to cut losses and improve alternative cereal yields

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 1 Dec 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

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

Arathi Menon 2 Jun 2025
Sunil Mahadeorao Bhadke, who uses both rainfed and flood irrigation on his 12-acre cotton farm in Akhatwada village in Amravati district, Maharashtra, has noticed the well water reducing. Image by Vandana K.

India’s cotton exports could threaten Maharashtra’s groundwater

Vandana K. 22 May 2025
Devsi Parmar (right) in a castor field with another farmer in Adesar, Kachchh. Image courtesy of Devsi Parmar.

As castor fields expand, a traditional mixed farming system shrinks

Azera Parveen Rahman 7 Apr 2025

Rising air pollution impacts India’s crop yields and food security

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 9 Jan 2024

Assam’s perfume tree comes to the tea industry’s rescue

Azera Parveen Rahman 24 Nov 2021