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An Adivasi woman collects and ties kuda (Holarrhena pubescens) leaves from her friend's private forest in Jambhulwadi. Image by Nayantara Siruguri.

Adivasi women protect private forests as land conversions threaten livelihoods and culture [Commentary]

Nayantara Siruguri, Yamini Khedkar 5 Mar 2026
A farmer at work. India needs a hybrid approach that combines top-down policy direction with bottom-up feedback mechanisms. Image via Public Domain.

Reimagining agricultural governance in the climate change era [Commentary]

Pradyot Ranjan Jena, Nikitha Ashok 26 Jan 2026
P.V. Shivaprasad. Image by Sharmila Vaidyanathan.

P.V. Shivaprasad talks about rice, food security and his fascination with plants [Interview]

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 1 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
Edible insects being caught for consumption in Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

Insect decline signals a deep ecological imbalance [Commentary]

Irina Das Sarkar, Madhu Verma 10 Nov 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

The potential toxic fallout of herbicide use in solar parks

Gowthami Subramaniam 6 Mar 2025
Workers offload harvested rice. Beyond emissions, agriculture faces challenges like employing a large workforce and ensuring food security. Image by G41rn8 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

High stakes but low investment in sustainable agriculture in India

Kundan Pandey 31 Jan 2025
Namdeo Sahebrao Kakode, secretary of Borgaon Math’s village development committee, says applying silt has transformed their crops from short to healthy. Image by Nidhi Jamwal.

Desilting tanks for improving water security and soil health

Nidhi Jamwal 25 Sep 2024

Looking for nutritional gold in wild greens

Arathi Menon 27 Aug 2024
Banner image: Common morel. Image by Joost J Bakker via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Wild edible plants enhance food security and climate resilience in Kashmir, finds study

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 8 Aug 2024

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

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 9 Jan 2024

Food systems to feature in climate negotiations at COP28

Kundan Pandey 10 Nov 2023

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

Kundan Pandey 2 Oct 2023
Vegetable market; Kuchaman, Rajasthan, India

Tackling food loss and waste for climate and food security

Arathi Menon 31 Aug 2023
Tenant farmers washing their produce in Chilla khadar area of Delhi

The unrecognised urban farmers of Delhi are caught in conflict over land

Aakiz Farooq 5 Jan 2023

[Commentary] Covid-19 and food security: Lessons for Indian Agriculture

M.S. Swaminathan (as told to Nitya Rao) 22 Apr 2020