Agriculture

To mitigate the effects of climate change, we need to introduce sustainable agricultural practices incrementally and with due emphasis on profit.

SSP’s investment in rural women builds their confidence to assume public leadership roles and helps them promote climate resilience, food security, and more.

Crispino Lobo, co-founder of the Watershed Organisation Trust, and Mark Kahn, co-founder of private equity firm Omnivore, discuss how India's food and water policies are key to helping farmers become climate resilient.

Poor soil health and decreasing profits plague Indian farmers. Selling carbon credits might be the opportunity that addresses these problems

Organisations such as SSP and PRADAN are demonstrating that smallholder farming can be made viable through simple and consistent innovation.

Organic farming is growing in India. However, while a switch to 'natural' farming has its benefits, scientists argue that it may also result in lower crop productivity, thereby endangering food security in the country.

Shifting weather patterns and heatwaves in India threaten income and food security. Here’s how farmers, scientists, and others are adapting.

Rearing small livestock like poultry, goats, and sheep has the potential to deliver economic benefits to women, Adivasi communities, and other marginalised groups. Here’s how different stakeholders can build the ecosystem.

The journey of tomatoes from farms to our homes presents a glimpse into the food loss that occurs at each step of the value chain, and the need to measure food waste more accurately.

If we want to build climate resilience among rural communities, we need to ensure that women farmers own the land they work on.