AGriculture
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If India really wants to help farmers, it must protect them from climate change. Here’s how
Manoj Dora, The Conversation
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Case of tur dal farmers shows that hiking minimum support price won’t help if implementation is poor
Ajit Kanitkar
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Behind the march on Delhi by farmers from seven states were several former RSS workers
Mridula Chari
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Draft Bill on regulating pesticides could punish farmers who use spurious products, experts fear
Mridula Chari
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Rajasthan Budget: State will spend Rs 8,000 crore on loan waivers for farmers, says Vasundhara Raje
Scroll Staff
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A seed library is preserving and promoting rare Assam rice varieties – one grain at a time
Sahana Ghosh
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Budget 2018 talks big on rural economy and agriculture. But where is the money?
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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Jaitley’s farm-inclined Budget promises new agricultural schemes – but not the funds for them
Mridula Chari
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Soaring soyabean prices in Madhya Pradesh show why a pet government scheme may be flawed
Mridula Chari
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Economic survey predicts farmers’ losses due to climate change – but offers no effective solution
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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It’s not so rosy anymore: Economic Survey paints a sobering picture
Nitin Sethi
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Economic Survey: Chidambaram says Centre has admitted failure to revive jobs and agriculture sectors
Scroll Staff
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Climate change can reduce farm incomes by 25%: Economic Survey has dismal outlook for agriculture
Scroll Staff
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Bloom in the desert: Affordable technology is now helping Ladakh’s farmers to grow food in winter
Sharada Balasubramanian
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India’s criteria for classifying drought-hit regions are causing many cases to go unreported
Nidhi Jamwal, IndiaSpend.com
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Farmers in Maharashtra’s Konkan area have struck green gold with bamboo farming
Hiren Kumar Bose
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By growing trees alongside crops, Indian farmers are boosting incomes while saving the environment
Moushumi Basu
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The Mushroom Lady of Nalanda: How this woman farmer changed the lives of hundreds of women in Bihar
Mohd Imran Khan
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As rains grow erratic, an ambitious irrigation project brings fresh hope to Pakistan’s Punjab region
Waqar Mustafa, Thomson Reuters Foundation News
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Tobacco hurts more than just your lungs – it damages the communities that grow it
Eleanor Jew, The Conversation