Farming And Agriculture

Creating Awareness about Soil Celebrating ‘World Soil Day’ on December 5, CARE India organized a community event in Khandera Village of Dadri Block in Gautam...

Stepping up Food Security When humans started to domesticate plants for agriculture, millets were the first. They are high in nutritional content and are considered...

Resorting to Burning the Stubble There are multiple factors responsible for the capital city’s grey air every winter, but one particular factor that stands out...

Agroforestry Is the New Mantra Changing monsoon patterns across Madhya Pradesh have adversely affected farmers in the regions, including Dhansukh. Practisingmonocropping and being unable to...

Trapped in a Vicious Cycle? Have you ever thought that agriculture is one of the major contributors to Green House Gas emissions? There is nothing...

What is Land Degradation & Desertification? Going by the textbook definition, land degradation is the phenomenon of deteriorating productivity of soil in terms of biodiversity...

    Coffee Plantation helping biodiversity Starting in the 17th century, Coffee plantations have helped in maintaining the biodiversity of the Western Ghats. More than...

    Mushroom Development Foundation’s innovative experiments Mushroom Development Foundation (MDF) is an NGO located in Assam. They promote mushroom cultivation to combat malnutrition by...

    Mushrooming income – An Alternative In Assam, organic and carbon waste coming from farms helps in mushroom farming and farms with such waste...

    Mushroom farming as an agricultural solution Mushroom farming is gaining relevance as an alternative to stubble burning and has multiple benefits. A study...

    Electricity from stubble: a TERI Innovation Agricultural scientists from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi have an exemplary technological solution for...

    ‘Pusa Spray’ – Modern problems require modern solutions To counter an issue as grave as air pollution, we need to turn towards scientific...

    ‘Happy Seeders’ The Ministry of Agriculture has recommended and initiated the use of ‘Happy Seeders’. Happy Seeder is a device that can be...

    Pollution and modern agricultural solutions It’s an established traditional practice for farmers to burn stubble after harvesting Kharif crops. In recent times, these...

    Why do farmers indulge in stubble burning? According to traditional farming, stubble burning is practised to make the land fertile and ready for...