Here’s why bumper harvests lead to crashing prices. Allahabad/Bulandshahr/Nashik: As the Rabi harvests start, Abhay Singh’s heart begins to sink. He has four acres of rocky land in Baasghat village in the trans-Yamuna area of Allahabad. He toiled all season to grow mustard, wheat and chickpea, hoping...
Women from nearly 70 villages in and around Zaheerabad have been using traditional methods to save seeds and practice climate-smart techniques to have good returns on their crops in this dry region. Zaheerabad (Telangana): Hidden in the red rocky dry land, a revolution is growing. In and...
The symptoms are extreme weather events reported throughout the country. But the question is, what is our agrarian policy doing to counter it? It isn’t just the national capital undergoing heatwaves ― it is now clear that India is experiencing a shift of seasons. The symptoms are extreme...
The heart of water security in Telangana is Project Bhagiratha for drinking water, and the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project, which is the world’s largest multi-stage lift irrigation project, watering most of the state. Even with enough attention and public funds received by the Jal Jeevan Mission,...
Some suggestions to change the world at Davos were rather intriguing and potentially dangerous As the world elite once again congregated at Davos to plan our world’s future, some of their agendas stuck out. WEF founder Klaus Schwab's inaugural address calling for co-operations between governments, corporations,...
The green growth policy outlook is definitely progressive as it doesn’t see agriculture in isolation but as a holistic system. When it comes to agriculture, the union budget 2023-24 was quite unexpected. Moving away from convention, the Finance Minister unveiled a new policy outlook- Green growth...
“We believe that at least 650,000 lives were lost because of suppression of effective treatments, such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, among others. By all appearances, the government had a plan and wanted to ram it through at any cost, and it did,” says Kennedy It’s not...
Winter afternoon was getting warmer with conversation. Day one, Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) had Shashi Tharoor in a battle of wits with Caroline Elkins, historian and author of Legacy of Violence. The topic was the British Empire versus the Nazis. Naturally, Tharoor exposed the terrible torture...
A trip to Balaji definitely bolstered my scepticism, and one knew from realisation that the supernatural still resides in our world, waiting to be uncovered The winter sun was roasting Jaipur, when anxiety started brewing in my belly. My mind had been apprehensive of my latest...
As a woman who has helped America develop a taste for vegetables, Madison shares her thoughts about complex issues like food politics, rural America, vegetarianism, etc. Snowy winds had besieged Santa Fe, New Mexico, while the winter sun shone brightly over the clear blue skies. It...