Slow, sustainable and sweet

The honey bee is not just a source of income to honey maker Nimit Singh, but he says the enterprise...

Beekeeping gives the Santhal tribal women in Banka, Bihar, a sweet taste of success

Tribal women in south Bihar are transforming their own lives, educating their children as they efficiently run their honey business....

The no-show of cauliflowers in their fields leaves the farmers in Satna flummoxed

Satna district in Madhya Pradesh is famous for ‘cauliflower villages’ where farmers grow the vegetable at large scale and earn...

Tracking adulterants in milk

How would you know if the milk that is supplied to you is adulterated? Scientists of Indian Institute of Science,...

To fortify or not to fortify rice is the question nutrition and health experts on either side explain

The Indian government has decided to provide fortified rice to the underprivileged beneficiaries in order to address nutritional deficiencies. While...

Indian scientists discover a new disease in millet crop, earn global recognition

Incessant complaints by millet farmers in Haryana about their crops getting infected by a black rot motivated the agriculture scientists...

The journey from a cycle rickshaw driver to an organic farmer

Rickshaw driver Govind Mandal from Panna in Madhya Pradesh, changed paths and became a model farmer who has mastered integrated...

Chocolate treat for cattle to increase milk yield

Nutritious chocolate treats for cattle, developed by the Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University in Jabalpur, promise to improve milk yield,...

There are lessons to be learnt from a spider web, says Padma Shri poet-farmer Babulal Dahiya to Gaon Connection

Spiders spinning webs inside homes and out on the fields was an indication of the end of the monsoon season....

Brimato, a two-in-one grafted plant that grows both tomato and brinjal

The agricultural scientists at the Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi successfully develop the Brimato – a grafted plant that...