Perspectives

Policy Edits.

Policy Editorials.

Can Andhra Pradesh’s ambitious plan to stop the use of chemicals in farms succeed?

Natural farming has improved yields in some areas but scaling it up to cover the entire state requires Rs 17,000 crore.

A River Runs through It

The river, a matrix of abundance, its alluvial deposits and its water, rendered the land fertile and made agriculture possible.

Water conservation fee: improving or increasing the crisis?

Merely imposing a cost to curb the growing extraction is not enough.

Is India ready for a cycling revolution?

The only thing that is needed is for different sections of the governments to work together and develop a comprehensive national policy.

As millets turn food of choice in cities, traders reap a rich harvest

Some perceive a need for a linkage of traders with farmer-producer organisations to overcome issues of millet supply and pricing

This is not the future we want

Any decent ecological assessment of a project needs a year of study (over all seasons), so the 180 days limit means short-cuts.

It’s time to tax groundwater use

For the country’s food security and for alleviating poverty, Water Conservation Fee is definitely the much-awaited reform.

United by spirituality, divided by religion

What constitutes right conduct – to understand the pain of another, to help those in distress and to serve with humility

Swimming camels, mangrove islands of Kachchh face mounting challenges

“We don’t want grains or a house; just give us our grazing land.”