Nanoscale nutrients can protect plants from fungal diseases
Chances are, most if not all of the produce in your kitchen is threatened by fungal diseases. The threat looms…
Assam Manohari Gold tea auctioned for ‘record’ Rs 99,999 per kg
An official said a premium tea from Assam’s Dibrugarh district was auctioned for Rs 99,999 per kg on Tuesday, the…
Agroforestry : An Integrated System of Land Use
What is Agroforestry? According to International Council for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) “Agroforestry is a system of land use where…
More support needed for pollination services in agriculture
Current estimates put the value of pollination services at around 200 to 400 billion US dollars per year. Smallholder farmers,…
Wasteland Development in India
What is Wasteland? Wasteland is the land that is not used either for agriculture, forestry or pasture or the land…
Family Farming
What is Family Farming? Family farming is defined as a means of organizing agricultural, forestry, fisheries, pastoral and aquaculture production…
Coffee and the effects of climate change
Coffee is grown on more than 27 million acres across 12.5 million largely smallholder farms in more than 50 countries.…
Climate change to stir up global agriculture within next decade
We see that new climate conditions push crop yields outside of their normal range in more and more regions. Human-made…
Insects: How farmers can be better engaged in species conservation
Almost 40 % of all land around the world is used for agriculture. “This gives farmers a great deal of…
How plants respond to heat stress
The past few decades have seen an increased incidence of heat waves with record highs around the globe, and this…