Agriculture in India

Agriculture

At the heart of India’s agrarian system, Haryana is where state support meets the long, uneven histories of land, water, and farming.

Is solar always sustainable? Inside Haryana’s irrigation experiment

29 Jan 2026

7 min read

60-year-old Ramsurat Sahni gathers and harvests makhana. Age has made wading into the water difficult, but his skill remains unmatched.

Inside Bihar’s Makhana Economy: How Mithila’s Ponds Sustain Rural Lives

Sharat Chandra prasad

16 Jan 2026

9 min read

Woman working in a rice field near Junagadh, Gujarat

Odisha pushes for gender smart farm equipment

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

19 Nov 2025

4 min read

Machines rewriting India's rice farming story (Image: Manoj K)

How machines are rewriting the story of India’s rice production

18 Nov 2025

7 min read

Fields left behind, waterlogged and wild, claimed by keekar (Prosopis juliflora)

When the ground refuses to drink: How waterlogging and soil salinity are impacting Haryana’s agriculture

18 Nov 2025

13 min read

Cover image of the book that takes you down the memory lane of rice farming (Image: Spitting Image)

Book review - Our rice tastes of spring: A celebration of rice, memory, and resistance

13 Nov 2025

4 min read

Decarbonizing India's urea industry: Green roadmap and economic resilience (Image: Rawpixel)

Greening urea: Can India’s urea industry go green and save water too?

12 Nov 2025

6 min read

Modern infrastructure, like this power pylon, now stands over the rice fields, a sign of the pressures facing traditional farming.

Kashmir’s rice fields are disappearing, and so are its farming traditions

08 Nov 2025

9 min read

The terraced fields of Kashmir hold drying bundles of rice. The sun casts shadows on the mountains, while the valley glows with the season’s work.

Harud: When Autumn turns Kashmir’s fields to gold

28 Oct 2025

5 min read

The land that remained unsubmerged after the dam was built has now transformed into an island, becoming a key tourist attraction of Dumboor Lake.

Dumboor lake: When fields sank and farmers became fishers in Tripura

10 Oct 2025

8 min read

Transforming barren earth into a forest in Pitchandikulam at Auroville. (Image: auroville.org)

The forest that came back: How Pitchandikulam revived land, water, and community

25 Sep 2025

8 min read

Amit Godse, a Pune based bee conservationist

Buzzing Back To Life: An interview with Amit Godse, India’s bee rescuer

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

19 Sep 2025

10 min read

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