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Bananas are India’s horticulture success story. Time to up the game in international markets

Better farm practices, and improved storage, ripening and transportation by reefer vans can reduce losses and enhance the quality of Indian bananas in the international market.

Maharashtra farmers making money with carbon credits. They’re climate champions, not victims

A farmer can earn upto Rs 65,000 per acre per year from forest harvest & carbon revenue. They now earn just Rs 10,000 through paddy cultivation.

Reimagining the role of bonds and loans in financing a nature-positive future

In 'The Case for Nature', Siddarth Shrikanth says embracing regrowth might seem like the only option. But the 'market' is a social construct.

Punjab youth are unemployable. The state doesn’t have a Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune or Noida

Young people of Punjab are perennially trapped in disenchantment with their state and in an irrational yearning to migrate. 'There is no scope in Punjab. So why spend time studying?'

Ukraine’s famously fertile soil bears scars of Russian shelling and unexploded ordnance

Scientists found high concentrations of toxins such as mercury and arsenic from ammunition polluting the ground in soil samples taken from Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine.

In Iowa’s fields, tech is an ally: What Indian soybean farmers can learn from US counterparts

Average US yield is more than three times that of India, where low productivity means that the country relies excessively on imports.

Good news from the farm as India’s FY22 foodgrain production estimated at record 316 mn tonnes

Wheat production estimate sees marginal upward revision to 106.8 million tons, though current rate lowest in 3 years.

‘Good money’ but a ‘big risk’: Why Punjab farmers are taking a gamble on moong this season

Moong cultivation in Punjab has nearly doubled from last season, mostly due to early wheat harvest. CM Mann’s promise to procure yield at MSP is a boost, but 'a bit late' for some farmers.

Punjab family beats paddy-wheat trend, earns Rs 50L profit growing mushrooms in 1.5 acre ‘AC farm’

An air-conditioned building near Amritsar contains the Randhawa family’s ‘progressive’ farm, where different varieties of mushrooms — button, shiitake, oyster, paddy straw — are grown.

Let farmers lease land like people rent houses – Land laws are holding India back

All states place restrictions on who can buy farmland. India’s low score on the protection of property rights harms farmers.

On Camera

Lying politicians and their mounting challenges in competitive ‘revdi’ politics

PM Modi started in right earnest, attacking the ‘revdi’ politics. That could have been his legacy. However, he opted for survival and started outmatching his Opposition.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.