Agriculture

Farming for Development: Agriculture in China

Why Rice Growers in China Are More Sexually Liberal Than Wheat Growers

Yang Hu 14/05/2016

The long-standing distinction between rice and wheat agriculture persists...

A field of sugarcane plants. Credit: scotnelson/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

An Agro-Ecological Way Through the Sugarcane Problem – Before We Quickly Resort to GM Crops

Radha Gopalan 12/05/2016

Given the challenges of climate change, deep agrarian distress...

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Can Water Trains Be a Long-lasting Solution to Drought-hit Marathwada?

The Wire Staff 20/04/2016

While drought is a manmade disaster, the consecutive scanty...

An aerial view of Brazil's soybean cultivation. Credit: Nasa Goddard Beauties/Flickr CC BY 2.0

Brazil’s Thriving Soy Industry Threatens its Forests and Global Climate Targets

Peter Richards & Jeffrey Hoelle 20/04/2016

With Brazil’s soybean sector thriving and its political establishment...

Satellite image on March 22. Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC

What’s That Fire? Burning Crop Land Helps Farmers in Short-Run but at Heavy Long-term Cost

Jahnavi Sen 25/03/2016

A NASA image shows how burning crop land after...

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Badal is the New Saviour of Punjab’s Waters But Eventually There May Not be Much to save

Jagtar Singh 23/03/2016

The Sutlej-Yamuna Link Land Bill 2016 will help chief...