NEWS ETC How Technology Is Rescuing Resilient Zanskar Horse From Extinction ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar recognises the need to conserve this breed. Their efforts have now borne fruit in...
OUR LIFE Heat Wave In Rural India Was Once Waved Off By Handmade Fans—Where Are They Now? Once the event concluded, the stockpile of the ‘good’ bena was carefully put away for future use. Like other articles,...
Livelihood Cave Didis: Transforming poultry farming support in Odisha’s villages In collaboration with partners, Hatching Hope facilitates the connection of poultry farmers with essential resources for the success and sustainability...
Reportage Indian scientists identify a new pest that attacks arecanut fruit Agricultural scientists from Central Plantation Crops Research Institute in Karnataka discover the presence of a new pest that threatens arecanut...
Reportage|Positive Stories Growing a variety of produce has earned this UP farmer not just profits, but also the Padma Shri His willingness to experiment and try out new techniques of farming have led to farmer Sethpal Singh of Saharanpur, Uttar...
OUR ENVIRONMENT An army of insects to rescue a pond from invasive plants Some aquatic plants are so invasive that once they begin to grow in the water bodies, no other species can...
What We Grow Indian scientists are developing heat resistant varieties of wheat to cope up with global warming With rising temperatures due to global warming increasing the incidence of crop failure and damage, scientists from the Indian Institute...
What We Grow Jawahar Model of farming with bags of merit Scientists at the Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh have developed the Jawahar Model of farming in which...
What We Grow High yielding maize varieties developed by agricultural scientists in Rajasthan offer hope to farmers Scientists at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research develop two new varieties of maize for the kharif and rabi seasons....
OUR ENVIRONMENT A new bioformulation, mixed with jaggery and cow dung, promises to tackle crop residue A new formulation developed by agricultural scientists at the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Lucknow, could be the answer to...