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Saturday, August 30, 2025
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Topic: farming

How Agra turned kinnows into orange gold in 10 yrs. It started with one man’s trip to Punjab

Agra isn’t just about potatoes and petha anymore. It’s rising as a kinnow hub and slowly challenging the dominance of Punjab and Rajasthan. Until 2006, no one thought it could even grow here.

Indian women’s agricultural work goes unnoticed. They aren’t even recognised as farmers

A Delhi talk titled ‘Is Women-Centric Agricultural Policy the Next Big Idea' focused on women’s contribution to farming, and the hurdles they face in their quest for recognition.

ASEAN, ECO to enhance cooperation in agriculture sector

The regional blocs aim to boost sustainable farming and food security.

Government subsidizes natural farming for increased yield

Farmers to receive 1.5x subsidy for three years.

A Hyderabad company putting Indian cacao beans on world map. With scientists-farmers combo

Manam Chocolate’s farms are located in the West Godavari region. Farmers here wake up and look at NASDAQ on their phones to check the price of cocoa.

‘Yams over grenades’ in Assam. Samir Bordoloi & his green commandos make farming cool again

Samir Bordoloi’s Assam food forest has brought the elephants back to the jungle by planting bamboo trees. They no longer trample the village rice fields.

India, Bangladesh and UAE are transforming modern agriculture – with data innovation

The government of India is currently working on Agri Stack, an agriculture ecosystem to facilitate digital services for farmers.

India could have sailed August rain deficit but MGNREGS failing in water conservation

Govt must conduct an independent technical evaluation of actual success of the water conservation works in providing irrigation, especially in rain-fed areas.

Meghalaya’s turmeric now landing in UK, Netherlands. Mission Lakadong transformed farming

Many other Indian states produce more turmeric than Meghalaya but when it comes to quality, the numbers flip. Lakadong is the finest variety of the golden spice.

SubscriberWrites: Revitalising agriculture with power of regenerative practices

Regenerative agriculture represents an approach to farming practices & land management that prioritizes soil health & supports the overall ecosystem, including water, land, & air environments.

On Camera

From Vedanta, India turned to Nehruvian socialism and buried its liberal roots: Sharad Joshi

An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.