Agriculture

Despite strong policy signals, millet farmers lack the necessary infrastructure and support to address the challenges faced in harvesting, processing, and storing the grains.

India’s forest and wood certification scheme is expensive and won’t necessarily lead to sustainable extraction of forest produce or better forest management.

To counter India’s water crisis, nonprofits from across the country are helping farmers adopt innovative techniques to reduce water usage in agriculture.

Paddy and sugarcane are water-intensive crops, but farmers in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are practising water-efficient methods to cultivate these crops.

Market fluctuations and a lack of economically viable alternatives is forcing farmers in Punjab to continue cultivating paddy, despite the presence of high-yielding crops such as kinnow.

Workers from Adivasi communities in Rajasthan migrate to the villages in Gujarat to work as agricultural labourers. But the challenges of this migration are not spoken about enough.

For organisations working on promoting regenerative farming practices, reliable data is crucial. Here’s how open-source software can make the process of data collection easier and more cost-effective.

To boost farmer incomes significantly, we need to revamp the current FPO model by developing market-ready products and embracing decentralised manufacturing.

India’s public distribution system (PDS) can play a role in bringing millets to the masses, echoing its success with rice and wheat. Yet, navigating this shift reveals several challenges.

In just six minutes and five questions, get an introduction to farmer producer organisations in India—what they are, how they operate, their importance for India's farmers, and the major challenges they face.