A research paper states that cattle slaughter ban may turn today’s girls into anaemic women in their prime reproductive age

In Bangladesh, following the announcement regarding cultivating golden rice within 3 months, farmers and environment groups take to country-wide...

Supreme Court’s decision to resend Monsanto’s cotton case to the trial court will ensure judicial scrutiny of all aspects of the patent

Instead of encouraging them on paper, the government must create a few model FPOs and provide institutional support to them

Farmers in Gujarat prepare for a bleak future and protests as Narmada water disappears from canals.

With an evident dip in agricultural growth, can the 2018-’19 budget alleviate farmers’ distress?

After an erratic monsoon, farmers in nine states are struggling with pest outbreaks

Will NITI Aayog’s vision be any different from the top-down approach of its predecessor?

The Jharkhand government has achieved what even the British rule could not—the complete alienation of the tribal population from their land....

India’s most ambitious crop insurance scheme till date is likely to be derailed in its very first phase, as states are hesitant to implement it...

Faced with shortage of pulses and increasing prices, India plans to encourage private companies to acquire land for exclusively growing pulses in...

India has not been able to see a net increase in land under pulses cultivation since the 1960s. Though land under pulses cultivation has seen an...