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Topic: Agriculture

Farming to banking—at India’s 1st cooperative university, an MBA launchpad for young change-makers

Among applicants to Tribhuvan Sahkari University's new MBA programme is 25-yr-old Sakshi Dhole from Maharashtra. Her dream is to help farmers boost productivity & improve livelihoods.

Rice terraces to fisheries—traditional knowledge can build climate resilience

We need a framework that measures how agricultural heritage contributes to biodiversity, food security, sustainable development, and climate adaptation.

Global food industry should embrace regenerative agriculture. Here is why

The loss, fragmentation and degradation of natural habitats caused by agricultural expansion is the main driver of biodiversity loss, with agricultural expansion being the primary threat to nine out of 10 endangered species.

SubscriberWrites: Why India’s farmers remain protected, yet poor

Lavish subsidies shield India’s farmers from risk, yet stall reforms, fuel inefficiency, and keep rural incomes stagnant — turning protection into a poverty trap.

India’s problem isn’t Trump—underperforming economy made us easy to bully

Fighting Trump can't be India's goal; it is to win the economic war.

Feminist, Gandhian, quiet diplomat—new book looks at the many roles of MS Swaminathan

At the launch of the book Swaminathan: The Man Who Fed India, Shashi Tharoor, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, and Navtej Sarna, among others, reflected on MS Swaminathan’s many roles.

India signs FTA with UK today. A look at how domestic exporters will benefit from bilateral deal

Trade deal is set to cut average tariffs from 15% to 3%. Indian agricultural exporters are set to enjoy duty-free access in a number of sectors, similar to those from Germany.

1.5 crore women are ‘Lakhpati Didis’, target 2 crore till 15 August—Union minister Shivraj Chouhan

‘Lakhpati Didi’ is a woman member of a Self-Help Group who earns Rs 1 lakh or more per year. Chouhan added that PM Modi has resolved to make every Indian woman a 'Lakhpati Didi'.

Middle East and Asia are leading food-water innovation—a blueprint for the world

Emerging economies are turning resource scarcity into a catalyst for ingenuity. Asia Pacific and the Middle East are key growth markets for green food and water technology.

Forests and agriculture can thrive together. 5 Indian states show how

FAO’s Green-Ag project in India integrates forests and agriculture through agroecology across five diverse landscapes: Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Rajasthan.

On Camera

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.