Rainfed Agriculture
The invisible face of agriculture
posted 1 day 6 hours ago“Female labour participation has been declining across India from 1990 to 2019. It has declined from 31% to 25% from 2005 to 2010 and further to 20% in 2019. This has contributed to employment loss for women.

Not in the interest of women farmers!
posted 1 month 1 week agoThree farm-related Bills were recently passed in the Parliament by the BJP led government at the Center, which have subsequently received presidential assent.

Madhya Pradesh’s recurring droughts: Measuring, responding and reducing the vulnerabilities
posted 1 month 2 weeks agoClimate change has been a popular buzzword for the last two decades in the international policy arena, stimulating multitude of ideas and a few action commitments at different levels of governments.

Who is the thirstiest of them all?
posted 3 months 3 weeks agoAgriculture uses as high as 85 percent of the available water in India of which the irrigated area accounts for nearly 48.8 percent of the 140 million hectare (mha) of agricultural land, while the remaining 51.2 percent is rainfed.

Agriculture and food security challenges amid Covid-19
posted 4 months 1 week agoIndia has seen large scale rural-urban migration of people trying to escape rural distress in the last few decades.

Nashik civic body frees Godavari using riverfront development funds
posted 4 months 1 week agoA civic body frees a river instead of concretising it, for the first time

Amphan’s impact on farming and livelihood in Sunderbans
posted 5 months agoThe Amphan cyclone has disfigured the lives of people living in the Sundarbans. Houses have been torn apart, farms have been filled with brackish water making the land unsuitable for farming and betel leaves have been destroyed. People in the Sundarbans are in a life-threatening situation with makeshift shacks to live in and no means to earn a living.

Bihar and northeast India reel under floods, Assam worst hit
posted 5 months 3 weeks agoFlood batters three northeast states, Assam worst affected

Tank desiltation scheme in Maharashtra: Policy concerns and way forward
posted 6 months 1 week agoTank systems of India
