Agriculture & Rural Development

जल है तो कल है ये कहावत हम कई बार सुनते है, लेकिन बावजूद जल को बचाने के लिए हम कुछ नहीं करते, शायद हमारी सरकारें भी कुछ नहीं करती, जल संरक्षण को लेकर अगर "कल" हमने कुछ किया होता तो आज परिस्थितियां कुछ अलग होती, "कल" यानि बिता हुआ कल, महाराष्ट्र में सूखा...

Kangana Ranaut has always been a vocal and responsible star. The Bollywood diva has established herself as a symbol of resilience against the patriarchy ingrained in the industry. Last year, after the devastating floods that shook Kerala, Kangana had donated to those who had been affected. She had said, "I want to urge to people...

Policy makers, practitioners and researchers from 15 countries across the region wrapped up a four-day training in Cambodia underscoring the need for appropriate agricultural machinery to enable the adoption of conservation agriculture approaches in the Asia-Pacific region. Despite its growing significance as a means to address land degradation and declining yields in the agricultural sector,...

‘Development' in agriculture by the mechanization of agrarian systems did not only make agriculture dependent on machines but, with time and technological development, has gradually been successful in reigning over every agricultural input. As the first link to our agricultural and food system, the seed becomes one of the most inevitable inputs to do farming....

Sachin has won hearts with his sportsmanship and his charity work. He auctioned the bat he used to score his 100th century and donated the money to charity. The former cricketer put in 51 lakh rupees towards a relief fund to help Uttarakhand in its time of loss when it was ruined by enormous...

Volkswagen India signed an MoU with International Association for Human Values (IAHV) for a watershed management project in Latur district. Volkswagen India has committed INR 1.34 crore for this project that seeks to restore and sustain natural resources in selected village cluster of – Lasona, Indral, Wadmurambi and Ambanagar. The aim behind this initiative is...

India is predominantly an agrarian country. Agriculture employs almost half of the country’s workforce. It is also responsible for providing livelihood to the majority of the country’s population. However, with the growing demand for food, the agriculture sector of the country is caught between providing food at affordable prices and generating the necessary income...

Some of the most critical developmental goals that governments strive to achieve are providing employment, securing livelihoods and improving incomes of the people. Indian economy has an advantage in the form of its favourable demographic composition. With 877 million working-age people, India is the largest young nation in the world. According to the IMF,...

With an aim to promote sustainable agriculture in the catchment area of its dams in Maval, Tata Power implemented the ‘Sustainable Agriculture Programme’ amongst tribal farmers. It sensitised over 950 farmers across 369 acres in 42 villages. Under this programme, awareness sessions were conducted for landholding farmers during the Rabi season on best agriculture practices...

Art | Science | Innovation | Traditional Knowledge | Social Relations | Community Ties | Ecological sensitivity | Sustainable Living | Diversity | Economic Balance. These are not merely keywords but point towards a system that amalgamates all these and much more. The food and agricultural systems around the world have become technology centric, pushing...

Ten thousand smallholder farmers in Andhra Pradesh are set to benefit from the introduction of sustainable irrigation products and practices under a program offered by International Development Enterprises - India (IDEI) and supported with funding from the Walmart Foundation. Providing a grant of US $750,000, the Walmart Foundation will help IDEI take its Integrating Smallholder...

Swades Foundation signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the Government of Maharashtra on January 26, 2019, to scale up operations for 1000 “Swades Dream Villages” in Raigad and other districts in Maharashtra, over the next 5 years. Together, the Swades Foundation and the Government of Maharashtra will work towards the empowering rural communities at...