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One can only hope that the necessary policy changes can come in time so that India can make good and steady progress on the path of getting closer to achieve SDGs in the context of food, nutrition, farming and rural livelihoods.

To achieve its SDGs, India's food and farm sector face tough...

In the absence of adequate increase in resource allocation it may be difficult to achieve the nutrition targets.

16 April 2018 12:57 AM IST

But the farmers say life is tough on the fields where they toil during the annual harvesting season from January to June. (Photo:AP)

Painful misery: Vietnam salt farmers battered by climate change,...

The work is punishing and the incomes unstable, subject to seesawing demand swayed by foreign imports, and unpredictable...

19 May 2019 12:21 PM IST

A decision will be taken by the police commissioner after verification, Haryana Jail Minister Krishan Lal Panwar said.

Ram Rahim's plea to be decided after police chief's report: Haryana...

Ram Rahim has sought parole, saying he wants to farm his land in Sirsa, which is lying barren.

24 Jun 2019 8:11 PM IST

In 2015, the CBI had registered a case against Ram Rahim and others in connection with the castration case on a directive, issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2014. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Ram Rahim appeals for parole, says he wants to farm

Ram Rahim, who is also serving a 20-year prison term in a rape case, is working as a gardener in the jail.

21 Jun 2019 5:25 PM IST

India has signed contracts to export 200,000 bales of cotton to China in the past one week.

Organic cotton T-shirts made in Andhra gains popularity in Belgium

The regenerative cotton was produced using climate resilient techniques and carbon farming.

24 July 2019 1:59 PM IST

The organic hub plan for the Northeast seeks to encourage natural farming of crops, vegetables and fruits in the eight states without the use of fertilisers and pesticides. (Representational image)

Kharif sowing hit by deficit rains; acreage down 27 pc so far

Rice, the main kharif crop, was sown in 52.47 lakh hectare till last week, down from 68.60 lakh hectare in the year-ago...

7 July 2019 12:18 PM IST

The rare variety of fruit harvested at Anils farm

Homeland beckons

Anil K. quit his job as an energy consultant and moved back to India to pursue farming.

10 May 2018 6:30 AM IST

Had it not been for early agriculture, Earths climate would be significantly cooler today (Photo: AFP)

Course of climate change may have been affected by ancient farmers

By flooding fields to grow rice and raising livestock, they may have been fundamentally altering the climate of the...

9 Sept 2018 4:03 PM IST

24 per cent higher allocation for agriculture, Rs 1 lakh crore hike in credit target.

Food and farming: Two futures

The slogan was that there would never again be scarcity of food because we can now make bread from air .

12 July 2017 2:37 AM IST

In 2008, Buldhana district, which had witnessed a huge number of farmers suicides, received only Rs 3 crore.

Govt not considering farm loan waiver: Santosh Kumar Gangwar

On June 12, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said Centre would not fund any of the loan waivers by states.

21 July 2017 5:02 PM IST