Important Editorials on Agriculture

Polity-Toxic farming: on insecticide regulation

Reports of farmers dying from pesticide exposure in Maharashtra’s cotton belt in Yavatmal make it evident that the government’s efforts to [...]

In an effort to boost the agriculture sector, the Indian government has set an ambitious goal to double farmers’ [...]

Agro & social forestry have been traditionally practiced in India. Policy inclusion of agro & social forestry have not [...]

It took the tragic death of six farmers in Madhya Pradesh for the national media to report on the deep-rooted [...]

Once upon a time everybody ate local food. No one called it that back then, of course. People just [...]

Definition- Contract farming is the contractual arrangement between farmer and the firm, whether oral or written, specifying one or [...]

Disclaimer-This is a compilation of agriculture news from the HINDU newspaper. We will keep updating this post as and [...]

It saved many nations like India from famine. […]

Agriculture is now about 10,000 years old, but has been constantly improved to make it more productive and easier [...]

Note- In our last years Mains test series, we gave a question related to taxing agricultural income, although the [...]

This drastic change in one sector – agriculture – is propelling the entire economy of the state.Here are some [...]

The concept of rooftop farming is not new, existing from perhaps as far back as 500 BC —the hanging [...]

As of now, the introduction of GM Mustard has been put on hold. The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) [...]

Biofertiliser is a preparation of agriculturally useful microorganisms like nitrogen fixers, phosphorus solubilisers etc; and is one of the [...]

Our food basket is increasingly being confined to a few select crops and cereals. Yet, our nation is endowed [...]

Ardent promoters of organic farming consider that present day organic agriculture, which is a mix of traditional wisdom and [...]

The leaves of the honey herb are sessile, oppositely arranged lanceolate and serrated above the middle. The trichome structures [...]