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a man walks along the coast with the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in the background--union budget 2024-25
July 30, 2024
How does Budget 2024 address climate change?
From prioritising energy security to allocations for flood management, the 2024 Union Budget takes steps to address climate concerns. But does it do enough?
by Aathira Perinchery | 8 min read
A woman standing beside a poultry farm with asbestos roof and jute curtain_heat stress
May 30, 2024
Rising heat puts broilers on the boil in Jharkhand
by Akhilesh Kumar Verma, Sarita Devi | 3 min read
ground-up-series-img
May 16, 2024
The lost water managers of Karnataka
by Abhiram Nandakumar, Caitlin Blood | 2 min read
cut timber in a forest-sustainability
May 8, 2024
Does certification lead to sustainable forests?
India’s forest and wood certification scheme is expensive and won’t necessarily lead to sustainable extraction of forest produce or better forest management.
by Dhanapal Govindarajulu | 7 min read
A farmer in a field_kinnow cultivation
February 2, 2024
The unabated paddy monoculture of Punjab
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.
by Gurpreet Singh, Nivedita Sharma | 4 min read
a hand holding millets-millet mission
November 23, 2023
Farmers in Assam don’t eat millet; will they grow it?
by Polash Patangia | 2 min read
a woman walking through a field with a pot on her head--irrigation in Kalahandi
October 27, 2023
Pipe dream: Kalahandi’s struggle for equitable irrigation
Uneven access to water continues to stall Kalahandi district's complete transformation from drought-born despair to hopeful development.
by Anand Datla | 6 min read
Man in a river_Bihar floods
August 4, 2023
Troubled waters in Bihar’s floodplains
by Siddharth Agarwal | 3 min read
two women on a farm land in the mountains_climate change
July 12, 2023
Caste, gender, climate change: Farmers in Uttarakhand struggle for survival
Unable to adapt to effects of climate change such as forest fires and scarce rainfalls, smallholder farmers in the Himalayan state risk losing their livelihoods.
by Swati Thapa | 6 min read
A water tank and solar panel in the field_solar pumps
June 30, 2023
Marrying the solar pump with drip irrigation
During Cyclone Biparjoy, farmers in Gujarat learned they need sturdier stems for the panels that power their drip irrigation system.
by Purshottam A Sonagra | 2 min read
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