Agriculture in India

Agriculture

DSC's new book, Silver Springs of Sustainability, chronicles three decades of sustainable natural resource management through farmer and staff perspectives (Image: DSC)

Development Support Centre at 30: A legacy of ground-up water management in India

03 Jul 2025

5 min read

Access to high-quality millet seed is an important factor contributing to productivity (Image: T A&M's, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. L)

Seeds of resilience: Inside India’s quiet revolution of community seed banks

26 Jun 2025

5 min read

The desert locust, a formidable adversary

Tracking the sky’s swarming threat: Can technology outsmart the desert locust?

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

05 Jun 2025

4 min read

Khamdhodgi's irrigation revolution (Image: Samarthan)

How Khamdhodgi village in Central India transformed through community-led irrigation program

Devidas Kisan Nimje

24 Apr 2025

5 min read

Punjab, part of India's breadbasket is losing water fast, as water-guzzling crops like wheat and paddy continue to suck water at rapid rates.

From India to the USA: The growing water crisis in the breadbaskets of the world

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

09 Apr 2025

8 min read

A field full of marigolds, where Mukesh carefully plucks each flower—blending the essence of the village with hard work.

Marigold farming in Bihar: A blooming alternative for farmers

Sharat Chandra prasad

24 Mar 2025

6 min read

Crop residue management: Boosting farm profits and soil health (Image: Case IH)

Unlocking the potential of crop residues: Profitable and eco-friendly solutions

21 Feb 2025

4 min read

Demo of E-PAVAS in Tadavale village along with app developer Microware

E Pavas: A customised digital app to help Water User Associations manage their irrigation better

Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM)

15 Feb 2025

6 min read

Sustainable finance flows to India's agriculture sector (Image: Pickpik)

Green finance for India’s farms

Climate Policy Initiative

02 Feb 2025

4 min read

Sardar Sarovar canal with flow

Participatory irrigation management in India: Progress and way forward

B Melba Respina

28 Jan 2025

6 min read

Child labour and forced labour in India's cotton fields (Image: François Zeller, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 2.0)

Enhancing ethical practices in cotton supply chains

15 Jan 2025

5 min read

Sustainable Basmati Rice: The role of direct seeding and efficient water management (Image: cmmacc, CC0, PxHere)

Optimising Direct-Seeded Basmati Rice for sustainable water use

30 Nov 2024

5 min read

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