Tag: agriculture
Where Are The Farmers In Our Conversations On Sustainable Consumption?
This is the second article of a three-part series on sustainable consumption and food security in India, supported by Pristine Organics. Click here to...
The Potential of Artificial Intelligence to Revolutionise Indian Agriculture
Each one of us is increasingly surrounded by applications that make use of artificial intelligence (AI)—whether that’s predictive typing on phones and laptops or...
A New Digital Reality
Growing up, one of my favourite movies was Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Besides Arnold’s catchy one-liners, something that really caught my attention was ‘terminator...
The Genius of Market Fundamentalism
The genius of modern neo-liberal economics is that its ideas have been sold to us by those in power over the last few decades...
How ‘Development’ in Jharkhand Contributed to a Water Crisis
As the Prime Minister declared a 21-day nationwide lockdown on the eve of 24th March, following WHO’s guidelines, the Ministry of Health and Family...
Cannabis for a Crisis? How Hemp Can Help India
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed a struggling economy into a full-blown recession. Acute agrarian distress may have been tempered by good monsoons, but the...
Creating Resilient Livelihoods in the Sundarbans, Sans Embankments
It was the 1790s. Tillman Henkel, a magistrate appointed by the newly-arrived British, was a busy man. He had the task of developing an...
In Her Opinion: Dr. Veena Srinivasan on the Rural and Urban...
Today, the water crisis is one of the leading causes of worry in the environment sector. Funds are diverted towards the issue, research on...
Combating COVID: Villages in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan Show the Way
Between March and April, rabi crops-- or crops sown in the winter months--are ready to be harvested in India. This year, the harvest period...
ZBNF: Will One Size Fit All?
By Vaishnavi Rathore
Zero Budget Natural Farming is a fairly self-explanatory term. An alternative to conventional farming, ZBNF claims to have almost negligible investment in...
