Partnerships and investments in marginal farming will be crucial in determining the sustainability of the future of Indian agriculture ...

Eminent Indian documentarian Nishtha Jain’s latest effort is an account of the epic, year-long farmers’ protest that took place in India in 2020-21. “Farming the Revolution,” which world premieres at ...

Decades of chemical-heavy agriculture in India have exacted an enormous price: declining soil fertility, erosion, and increasingly fragile ecosystems.

Global experience shows that AI delivers results not when it replaces human systems, but when it strengthens them ...

Direct seeded rice shows encouraging results and may cover 60% of India’s rice area. Experts say DSR reduces water use, labour demand and greenhouse emissions significantly. Officials urge faster ...

The cultivation of genetically modified mustard remains just out of reach for India. Our government has indicated that although it wants to push ahead with GM mustard, it seeks the formal approval of ...

A new CSR project aims to improve the livelihoods of dairy farmers in one of the most water-scarce areas of India by using innovative products and services that leverage digital technologies. Rockwell ...

Jagdish Chander Raina rainajagdishchander@gmail.com As the world advances towards the 2030 deadline for achieving the ...

In 2007, 22-year-old P. Ramesh’s groundnut farm was losing money. As was the norm in most of India (and still is), Ramesh was using a cocktail of pesticides and fertilizers across his 2.4 hectares in ...

India plans to revamp the PM KUSUM Yojana, integrating renewable energy with farming. This initiative, originally launched in 2019, encourages solar energy use in agriculture to reduce irrigation ...

India's agricultural exports are projected to hit $55 billion by 2025-26, fueled by PM Modi's vision for export-oriented agriculture and strategic trade deals.

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