MGNREGA to help India fight climate change? Here’s what New Delhi is doing
As part of its efforts to tackle climate change, India has to meet three key targets: building capacity for 40 per cent electric power from […]
Agriculture
Indian farmer ‘remarkably adaptable’ to innovation: President Ram Nath Kovind
Speaking after inaugurating the 13th edition of CII Agro Tech India-2018 in Chandigarh, Ram Nath Kovind said the Indian farmer has been courageous in converting […]
India’s poor are on frontlines of pollution war, says experts
The poor population of the country is constantly facing the brunt of hazardous air quality in the national capital said experts. New Delhi: The air […]
Marching to Parliament is no solution to farmers’ woes
By Markandey Katju New Delhi: It has been reported that a march by farmers coming from all over India is being planned by the All […]
Four Agri-Tech Innovations in Asia Pacific that Are Changing the Game for Agriculture
By Gracy Fernandez With food shortage threatening the region, agri-tech may be one of the few fields where entrepreneurs can create social impact and make […]
Why farms of every type and size have to be climate smart
This climate impact on agriculture is a cause for worry: the sector accounts for a large share in gross domestic product (16%) and employment (49%). […]
India claims to be self-sufficient in food production but facts say otherwise
By Jitendra If the government decides to feed all its hungry people, India’s tag of a net exporting country will be easliy lost India is riding high on the agricultural […]
Israeli tech can assuage India’s worst water crisis
By Sandipan Dasgupta In June 2018, NITI Aayog, the policy think-tank arm of Government of India, published a report titled, “Composite Water Management Index” on […]
Start-ups projected to increase to 11,500, with 2.5-3 lakh jobs by ’20
New Delhi: By 2020, the number of start-ups in India is projected to increase to over 11,500, with job creation reaching 2.5-3 lakh. This was […]
Farming in 20% of districts in India threatened by climate change
By Zia Haq The effects of climate change on India’s agriculture, which employs half the population and accounts for 17% of the country’s economic output, are […]