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Revival of desi (indigenous) a ‘sine qua non’ for sustainable agriculture in India
Breeders have achieved great success in improving the staple length of desi cotton
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Small scale decentralised processing of small millets
Small scale decentralised processing infrastructure is crucial for transforming nutritious small millets from an ‘elite food’ into a ‘mass food’.
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Some heritage for your halwa
Black carrots are grown for their health benefits, while the yellow ones are tasty and used to make pickles.
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Women conquer climate emergency in Marathwada
Sustainable and diversified agriculture is the only solution to stop deepening India’s agrarian crisis.
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Farmer in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor scripts success story by growing rain-fed tomato crop
As he cultivated the crop under rain-fed conditions, the produce can be stored for a longer period compared to others.
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Switching back to coarse cereals can offer multiple benefits: Study
Food supply can be enhanced by planting more nutritious and environment-friendly crops such as finger and pearl millets and sorghum
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Collectivisation of Water
Farmers in Chellapur of Kurnool district have shared their groundwater with their fellow villagers through a groundwater grid
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Kutch’s Wagad or Kala cotton: Back from the (almost) dead
Desi cotton could replace a majority of the area that is currently under American cotton, in light of climate change-related weather vagaries...
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Needed: A million Recharge Wells
Clean catchments such as rooftops, roads and storm drains could be used to harvest a substantial volume of the city's rainfall.