farming

Amid shifting cultivation and migration, Kuki-Zo families in Manipur are finding ways to secure access to the land they have inhabited for generations.

Group farming enables farmers to cultivate contiguous smallholding plots, increase yield, and transition out of subsistence farming.

Bats have lived in Tamil Nadu’s old temple chambers and banana fields for decades, helping farmers predict rainfall. But their numbers are now falling.

As climate change disrupts agriculture in West Bengal, farmers adopt bheri farming and saline-resistant crops to survive.

Erratic rainfall and unpredictable weather have driven farmers to switch from apple orchards to vegetables.

Using insights from existing IDR articles, we answer four key questions on the impact of climate change on crops, food security, and smallholder livelihoods.

As rainfall patterns shift and water sources deplete, paddy farmers in Andhra Pradesh are turning to maize for its climate resilience.

In Kohima district's Khonoma village, an alder-based jhum system improves soil quality while providing locals with daily-use resources.

Gram swaraj can give political autonomy to villages to work towards water conservation, agricultural development, and farmer welfare.

Nagaland’s water-guzzling oil palm plantations are neither profitable nor good for the soil. But farmers are holding on with the hope that their fate will change.