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With 2023 being celebrated as the UN International Year of Millets, the focus is once again back on rediscovering the magic of these wonder grains. By the time the year comes to a close, I am hoping it will at least manage to remove the mental block we have against coarse cereals, as the millet crop

With the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting comparatively low rainfall in Northwest this winter, the yield of rabi crops, especially wheat grown mainly in Punjab and Haryana, is likely to be affected.

In a fair world, Aruna Rodrigues would be heralded as an incredible individual for her ongoing struggle to protect the socio-economic and environmental integrity of India. So says respected environmentalist, author and campaigner Leo Saldanha. He adds: Since 2005, she has tirelessly pursued a public interest litigation before the Supreme Court of India, in which

“I have calculated all my inputs and my overall costs. At the end of the day, I am not getting the returns. If I started making a balance sheet, I would be in the negative every year,” rues Ammar Zaidi from Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh. A former banker, he is now into sugarcane culti

Each agricultural household in the state has an outstanding loan of over Rs 2 lakh, against the average amount of Rs 74,121 in the country. This information was revealed by the Union Agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar, in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.

MY science teacher taught me that science begins by asking questions and then seeking answers. In other words, science has always remained open to questioning. This open-ended exploration in science offers a critical space to interpret available evidence and rectify glaring misconceptions that can l

Extreme weather conditions, especially in wheat growing states: Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, have negatively impacted the production of wheat crops in the country as the production has declined by 2.75 million tonnes this year.

The Indian agricultural industry has started to bear the brunt of climate change.

In India, climate change is intensifying droughts and floods hitting sugarcane crops, plunging millions of farmers into debt.

When Jesús Cabanillas left his job as a photographer to take up farming, he was clear about one thing: he did not want his farm to be exposed to the vicissitudes of the international markets. And (...)