Mentha farmers in Uttar Pradesh learn how to double their income

In India, nearly 75% of menthol crop is cultivated in Uttar Pradesh. Farmers in Bahraich district adopt the SRI method...

Trouble in the Rice Bowl of Bengal

West Bengal is India’s top paddy growing state. Bardhaman region in the state, which is known as the rice bowl...

After a drop in wheat production due to early heatwaves, now paddy crop likely to be hit by deficient rainfall

Uttar Pradesh, one of the leading rice producing states in India, is reeling, as more than half the monsoon season...

Cold storage facilities could cut immense losses for apple farmers in Chamoli, Uttarakhand

In 2020-21, over 64,879.26 metric tonnes of apples and 3,67,309.04 metric tonnes of potatoes were produced in Uttarakhand, a large...

Rural women add spice to their livelihoods

A year ago, a group of rural women in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, got together as a self-help group and started...

This summer, ice apple growers in Odisha make hay while the sun shines

To beat the heat and overcome discomfort caused due to the heatwave, people in villages and towns have increased the...

Flower farmers watch their profits wither as a scorching summer arrives early

The blistering summer and heatwave have arrived early causing headaches to flower cultivators in India who say there are no...

Beat the summer heat with Auriya – a traditional dish from Jammu’s Dogra community

There is a heatwave alert in large tracts of India. In Dogra households of Jammu, fermented curd-potatoes and brown mustard...

Bael Sharbat: The coolest drink to beat the summer heat

The forests of Panna have a bounty of bael trees, the fruit of which are just perfect to beat the...

Chandra Prakash Shukla, who ran a small stationery shop, is now a successful amla businessman

A chance encounter with a professor changed Chandra Prakash Shukla’s life. The businessman from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, now manufactures food...