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24 November 2020

Karnataka: Digital outreach programme for organic farmers launched

Rainwater harvesting is feasible during north-east monsoon too, says expert

Union Minister directs Haryana, Himachal to ensure better coordination on Saraswati revival project

Need to step up efforts to meet nutrition targets, says NITI Aayog report

Tamil Nadu CM issues directions ahead of Cyclone Nivar

Kasaragod engineers emulate design of Dakshina Kannada farmer’s check dam

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January 25, 2021

Budget 2021: Policy measures in the nutrition sector

Nutrition interventions need to be strengthened to protect people already at the margin of subsistence.

Children eating their mid-day meal at a worksite school in Andhra Pradesh (Image: ILO Asia Pacific, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

January 21, 2021

Natural resource management through a gender lens

Need to recognise women, the cogs in the feminisation of Indian agriculture

In incorporating female participation, some programmes only added (futile) burden on these women without challenging the current division of labour. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

January 20, 2021

Cereals drain India dry

A study on virtual water flows in interstate trade of cereals in India shows that cereals are rapidly draining the states that have the most critical levels of groundwater.

Cereals and millets at a bazaar in Nizampet, Hyderabad (Image Source: Aditya Madhav, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)

January 18, 2021

Ecosystem-based approach: The case of Meghalaya

Multilateral action needed for a green post-COVID-19 recovery.

A living root bridge, a type of simple suspension bridge formed of living plant roots by tree shaping in village Nongriat, Meghalaya (Image: Wikimedia Commons)