AGriculture
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Madhya Pradesh’s new scheme to protect farmers against fall of crop prices stumbles at the start
Mridula Chari
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Video: The ‘miracle rice’ that saved millions of Indians from going hungry in the 1960s
Ramakrishnan M
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Drought and now pest attacks: Double danger stalks Odisha’s rice fields, its farming mainstay
Priya Ranjan Sahu
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Credit crunch: Bank lending to Maharashtra’s farmers has dipped (and loan waivers are the reason)
Mridula Chari
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Indian farmers are planting coconuts in deserts to create an oasis of livelihood opportunities
Hiren Kumar Bose
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How to support farmers without buying their crops – Madhya Pradesh launches bold new experiment
Mridula Chari
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Fertiliser reforms were linked to digitised land records – but the database is far from complete
Mridula Chari Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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How the government quietly scaled back its ambitious plans to reform fertiliser subsidies
Mridula Chari Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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At a meet in Indore, a heated debate: Could GM soyabean help stem falling yields in India?
Mridula Chari
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Sri Lanka’s worst drought in 40 years leaves villagers hungry and struggling for work
Amantha Perera
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Why eating grass-fed beef isn’t going to help fight climate change
Tara Garnett, The Conversation
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Interview: We are witnessing the beginning of a peasant rebellion in India, says Yogendra Yadav
Manas Roshan
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After Vedanta victory, Niyamgiri hills Adivasis turn to another challenge – reviving native crops
Abhijit Mohanty
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In Pakistan’s cotton fields, lack of protective gear and lax laws are making women pickers sick
Saleem Shaikh, Thomson Reuters Foundation Sughra Tunio, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Meet Maharashtra’s ‘Seed Mother’, who pioneered a movement to conserve indigenous seeds
Ashlesha Deo
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Farmers’ markets in cities are useful for consumers, but do they really help cultivators?
Ajit Kanitkar
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In charts: Farmers across India are sowing more cotton, less oilseeds and pulses
Mridula Chari
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Met department says monsoon is going well, but reservoirs across India tell a different story
Mridula Chari
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One year and 57 rallies later, ‘silent’ Maratha mega rally in Mumbai finds its voice
Mridula Chari
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Food Corporation lost Rs 35,701 crore during 2011-2016 because government delayed payments, says CAG
Mridula Chari