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    farming

    A flooded field with a house on the right corner_Sundarbans
    July 24, 2025
    Salt of the earth: Farmers in Sundarbans adapt to climate change
    by Rahul Singh | 2 min read
    A farmer in Kashmir watering a field full of vegetables-vegetable farming
    July 11, 2025
    Kashmir’s farmers are picking vegetables over apples
    by Ilhak Ahmad Tantray, Umer Farooq Zargar | 2 min read
    A farmer operating a tractor in a field in India_climate change in India
    July 11, 2025
    The impact of climate change on agriculture: What we know 
    Using insights from existing IDR articles, we answer four key questions on the impact of climate change on crops, food security, and smallholder livelihoods.
    by India Development Review | 4 min read
    The image features a maize field in Bommanahal village in Ananthapuramu district._Climate resilience
    April 23, 2025
    For farmers in Andhra Pradesh, maize is the way out of the climate crisis
    by Paul Babu | 2 min read
    The image shows a number of alder trees after the process of pollarding. The trees do not have any branches, with the stumps rising only a few feet above the ground._Jhum
    April 15, 2025
    Respecting the alders in Nagaland: Jhum as a sustainable farming practice
    by Meto Kevin Khate | 2 min read
    an overhead view of a woman in a crop field-gram swaraj
    January 24, 2025
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    Can gram swaraj solve India’s agricultural and water crises?
    Gram swaraj can give political autonomy to villages to work towards water conservation, agricultural development, and farmer welfare.
    by Jayesh Joshi | 6 min read
    January 15, 2025
    All is not well in Nagaland’s oil palm plantations
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    a family of black pigs-farming
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    From pastor to entrepreneur in rural Nagaland
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    a coffee plantation with a sign in the middle
    October 23, 2024
    A village of coffee growers in Nagaland seeks a better market
    by Keletsino Mejura | 2 min read
    A pig in a pigsty-pig farming
    October 17, 2024
    Selling a pig in Tripura is more difficult than selling one in Assam
    by Anupam Sharma | 2 min read
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