Azolla As The Indian Farmers’ All-Weather Friend

Azolla feed leads to a 15-20% increase in milk production in dairy cows. Its production does not require huge investment...

Agrivoltaics: A Pathway to Sustainable Livelihoods and Renewable Energy

A people-centered approach to agrivoltaics should focus on stakeholder perceptions, skill development, and equitable benefit-sharing mechanisms. This will be crucial...

In An Era Of Language Wars, Who Will Speak For My Mother Tongue — Bishnupriya Manipuri?

The Bishnupriya Manipuris aren’t a vote bank in either Tripura or Assam, where there is no single assembly constituency with...

India’s voter must ask politicians: is health infrastructure a part of your manifesto?

The Government of India devotes only 1.35% of its GDP to health care as of now. The Government’s investment in...

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...

Paddy Jewellery: A Farm-to-Finger Story With A Difference

Not gold or silver, it is the humble rice that is finding its way to the hearts of fashionable people....

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,...

Tribal farmers in Mayurbhanj earn an annual profit of Rs 1 lakh an acre by cultivating rubber

Rubber cultivation was introduced on 200 acres of land in Mayurbhanj district in Odisha in 1995. Since then, it has...

Stubble and Sustainability 

Wheat stubble left in the wake of harvesting in May, for instance, is being transformed into consumer goods and artefacts...

A Kerala Village Is Sowing Millets, Harvesting Dreams, Aided By Lenovo India

This unique initiative has incorporated the WFH [work-from-home] model for Lenovo volunteers monitoring the project. These volunteers can work from...