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Revival of desi (indigenous) a ‘sine qua non’ for sustainable agriculture in India

Breeders have achieved great success in improving the staple length of desi cotton

Small scale decentralised processing of small millets

Small scale decentralised processing infrastructure is crucial for transforming nutritious small millets from an ‘elite food’ into a ‘mass food’.

Some heritage for your halwa

Black carrots are grown for their health benefits, while the yellow ones are tasty and used to make pickles.

Women conquer climate emergency in Marathwada

Sustainable and diversified agriculture is the only solution to stop deepening India’s agrarian crisis.

Farmer in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor scripts success story by growing rain-fed tomato crop

As he cultivated the crop under rain-fed conditions, the produce can be stored for a longer period compared to others.

Switching back to coarse cereals can offer multiple benefits: Study

Food supply can be enhanced by planting more nutritious and environment-friendly crops such as finger and pearl millets and sorghum

Collectivisation of Water

Farmers in Chellapur of Kurnool district have shared their groundwater with their fellow villagers through a groundwater grid

Kutch’s Wagad or Kala cotton: Back from the (almost) dead

Desi cotton could replace a majority of the area that is currently under American cotton, in light of climate change-related weather vagaries...

Needed: A million Recharge Wells

Clean catchments such as rooftops, roads and storm drains could be used to harvest a substantial volume of the city's rainfall.