Intercropping, crop pairing, organic farming, permaculture design, Sambhav Baba’s ashram manifests most principles of sustainable farming. It is meticulous to note his methods of water conservation and agriculture as well. Tucked between ancient Gondwana yellowstone hills and verdant forests of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh lies the lonely hermitage...
"If we agree with the government, like on the PM Kisan Nidhi scheme, we welcome the move, or else oppose and protest.” There is trouble in paradise. After showing much patience, RSS’s farmers organisation Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) gathered over one lakh farmers today in its...
What happens next in the SC with GM mustard will not only define the future of Indian agriculture, but perhaps signal to Indians the limits of RSS’s influence on the Modi government. With the recent statement by Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupinder Yadav...
'We don’t need GM mustard to improve yields, we just have to rely on varieties that are already growing in India,' says Mahajan The cold winter breeze returns to Delhi, making it harder for yellow sun rays to penetrate the smog and warm young mustard saplings....
Milk and meat production suffer gravely in India due to the poor quality and chronic under-availability of fodder. There are solutions, but is anybody listening? India has a fodder problem and the fate of over thirty crore cattle hangs by a thread, as fodder prices sharply...
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LSD is far from abated in India, and everything being done to prevent the spread of this viral infection could prove too little too late. As Lumpy Skin disease (LSD) is ripping throughout India, thousands of cows are dead. It’s hard to tell the actual number....
Dr Krishan Bir Chaudhary is President of Bharatiya Krishak Samaj (Indian farmers organization), former Chairman of State Farms Corporation of India (Government of India undertaking), former Chairman of Indian Sugarcane Development Council (Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India), former Director of National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing...
The local belief is that Mawphalang sacred grove still serves as a portal between worlds The lush thick forest on a rainy day is one bad idea. But I kept walking on a brownish stony path. Instead of leopards and snakes, I spotted whitish baby mushrooms...
'The government is handing out Rs 5000 per farmer, irrespective of whether the farmer has one acre of land or 10.' Climate chaos has struck Indian farmers again. This time, it has come as untimely and excessive rainfalls in many parts of central and western India. Earlier...