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CSR’s Contributions to Agriculture Sustainability

For Prelims: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Small and Marginal Farmers, Fertilisers, Irrigation Systems, Cyclones, Livestock Farming,...

18 Nov 2024 Agriculture

Assessing the Potential of Natural Farming

For Prelims: Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati (BPKP)/ZBNF, National Mission on Natural Farming...

16 Nov 2024 Agriculture

Sustainability Concerns in India’s Agricultural Export Growth

For Prelims: Tea, Sugar,  Cropping patterns, National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture, Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), Sub-mission...

15 Nov 2024 Agriculture

Nano Coated Fertilisers

For Prelims: Nano Fertilisers, Nutrient Use Efficiency, Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), Fullerenes, Fullerols, Precision Agriculture, Nitrogen Metabolism,...

12 Nov 2024 Agriculture

State of Food and Agriculture 2024

For Prelims: Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Non-communicable diseases, Greenhouse gas emissions, Sustainable Development Goals,...

12 Nov 2024 Agriculture

Chapter - 16 Agriculture

Agriculture plays a vital role in India's economy. About 54.6% of the population is engaged in agriculture and allied activities (Census 2011) and it...

08 Nov 2024 Agriculture

First Advance Estimates for Kharif Crop Production

For Prelims: Kharif crop, Digital Crop Survey, Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM), Girdawari method, Gross Domestic Product, Digital Public...

07 Nov 2024 Agriculture

MSP and its Legalisation

For Prelims: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), Rabi crops, Agricultural Prices Commission (APC), National food security,  Food...

21 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Haber-Bosch Process and Production of Fertilizers

For Prelims: Haber-Bosch process, Nitrogen, Ammonia, Lightning, Azotobacter and Rhizobia, Volcanic eruptions, Acid rain, organic farming,...

17 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Looking Beyond Yield in Agriculture

For Prelims: High Yielding, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) 2019-2021, Green Revolution, Monoculture Farming, Intercropping, Crop Rotation,...

17 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Empowering Agriculture Through Carbon Credits

This editorial is based on “Ways for India to realise carbon credits potential” which was published in The Hindu Business line on...

12 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture to Recover Groundwater

For Prelims: Groundwater, Rice cultivation, Cropping patterns, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Global Warming, sustainable...

12 Oct 2024 Agriculture

National Agriculture Code

For Prelims: Bureau of Indian Standards, National Building Code, National Electrical Code, Internet-of-Things, International Organization for...

11 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Middlemen Gain as Farmers Earn Less in Agri Produce: RBI

For Prelims: Reserve Bank of India (RBI), high inflation, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Wholesale Price Index (WPI), National Agriculture Market...

11 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Weed-Induced Crop Losses

For Prelims: kharif crops, rabi crops, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, herbicides, mechanization, weed management, organic and sustainable farming...

11 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Floriculture in India

For Prelims: Floriculture, Paddy, National Botanical Research Institute, APEDA, National Horticulture Board, Per Drop More Crop  For Mains:...

10 Oct 2024 Agriculture

Agriculture 4.0: The Next Farming Revolution

This editorial is based on “Agriculture 4.0: How urban farming is shaping the future of food security in smart cities” which was...

25 Sep 2024 Agriculture

White Revolution 2.0

For Prelims: White Revolution 2.0, Malnutrition, Operation Flood, NABARD, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Programme for Dairy...

23 Sep 2024 Agriculture

Pathways & Strategy for Accelerating Growth in Edible Oil Towards Goal of Atmanirbharta

For Prelims: Oilseeds Sector, NITI Aayog, Edible oil, Crops, MSP, Seed quality, Trade policy, National Mission on Edible Oils  For Mains:...

20 Sep 2024 Agriculture

Need for Reforms in the Jute Industry

For Prelims: Natural Fibre, Alluvial Soil, Water Hyacinth, Marginal and Small Farmers, Carbon Sequestration, Geotextiles, Jute Packaging Materials...

16 Sep 2024 Agriculture