Wealth, education, geography impact water conservation attitudes among farmers: Study
The study advocates targeted interventions for different farming communities with different knowledge levels and water…
Agriculture
How farm subsidies are draining India’s groundwater reserves
Due to the over production of water intensive crops, groundwater levels have plunged by more…
Seed money: Farming elite more keen on India’s palm oil push than smallholders
Part Two of CarbonCopy’s series on palm oil focuses on how big hitters in states…
How India’s palm oil push is changing land relations in the North East
In the first of a two-part series on India’s plans to increase palm oil production,…
Hidden costs of global agrifood systems worth at least $10 trillion: Report
Low-income countries are proportionately the hardest hit by hidden costs of agrifood systems, which represent…
Only 0.3% of climate finance went to family farmers producing a third of the world’s food
About $300-350 billion climate change finance per year is needed to create more sustainable and…
Food systems account for at least 15% of all fossil fuel burned globally: Report
Oil companies are manoeuvring to lock in food’s dependence on fossil fuel-based pesticides, fertilisers, and…
Farmers adapt to climate change even if they don’t believe in it: Study
A study shows that irrespective of farmers’ belief in anthropogenic climate change, they implement climate…
Dual dilemma: Agriculture in India suffering from and contributing to biodiversity loss
The commercial agricultural sector has been found to be responsible for the extinction of over…
The future of rice: Shrinking production area, yield and productivity
The cultivation of rice, a staple in the Indian diet, is increasingly being affected by…
