Tackling farm distress through technology
By Sanjay Kaul The full visual of a field through drones gives crop insights that aren’t always noticeable on foot or with traditional land-based methods Indian […]
Agriculture
India & Lebanon to cooperate in agriculture & allied sectors
By Abha Toppo India is set to improve trade ties with Lebanon. The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 10 October approved […]
Agriculture R&D spend: A reality check
By BHUWAN BHASKAR To fulfil its objective of doubling farm incomes by 2022, the govt must hike R&D spend and facilitate private investments The Indian economy […]
A better understanding of the political economy can resolve farm crisis
By Himanshu Govt’s response to the agrarian crisis is geared towards short-term electoral dividends The massive protest by farmers on 2 October in Delhi was not […]
IPCC Special Report: Climate risks require India to rethink its approach
By Padmini Gopal The report warns of increased risk of coastal flooding, heatwaves, food scarcity and vector-borne diseases A landmark study released by the Intergovernmental Panel […]
Technology and digitisation – the new drivers of growth in India
By Shruti Kedia A helpless farmer sitting on parched land is the image that comes to most of us when we talk about farmers and rural India. […]
Indian agriculture’s problem of scale
Loan waivers and electricity subsidies are band-aids at best; a deeper transformation is needed The past few days have neatly summed up the scale and […]
PMO Gives Go-ahead to Anti-Farmer Agriculture Export Policy
By Sumedha Pal The new policy entails globalising India’s agriculture even as issues of farmers’ incomes, debts and suicide remain unresolved. Amidst deepening agricultural distress, the […]
India, Russia sign $5.43 billion missile deal, agreements on cooperation in space, agriculture, nuclear sectors
“Our relations go beyond military hardware and military exchanges. We paid attention to humanitarian response mechanisms,” says Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived […]
Successful cultivation of Horticulture Crops
By Balwinder Singh Dhillon India occupies more than 17% of the population of World with only 2.4% land share. India is famous for agricultural farming. At the global level, it appears that we […]