Americans discard significant food waste annually. Composting offers a simple, science-based solution to convert these scraps into valuable...

Gardeners can transform everyday kitchen waste into valuable plant food. Items like banana peels, eggshells, and coffee grounds offer essen...

Lawn care often goes wrong with cutting grass too short, stressing the plant by reducing its energy absorption. Experts recommend adhering ...

Gram Unnati and Coca-Cola India’s Project Mango Unnati in Karnataka targets improving yields and farmers' income for Alphonso and Totapuri ...

Heatwaves in north India are impacting agriculture, causing heat stress in crops and reducing yields.

With the Budget and the Lok Sabha elections drawing closer, startups working in various sectors, especially in smaller towns and villages, ...

A new method of cultivation, called direct seeded rice (DSR), reduces the overall cost of cultivation by using 12-35% less irrigation water...

Tomatoes are a popular choice for home cultivation. Here is a complete guide that explains how to grow tomatoes successfully, starting from...

Efforts are underway to promote and support initiatives leading to sustainability of the system, cost reduction, market access and better v...

One way is to redesign the combine harvesters to cut the paddy straw from the plant’s base to remove the stem. The straw can either be sold...

Rajah Banerjee is chairman of the Selim Hill Collective and former owner of the Makaibari tea garden in Darjeeling. Writingin ET Evoke, he ...

Sanjeev Nagpal, who had developed machinery for bio-CNG projects, said a village-scale project could cost around Rs 35 lakh to set up.

This year, the challenge is stiffer for other reasons too: paddy was sown in a wider area and late in the kharif season, which means farmer...

Many in the city, passionate about living responsibly, are turning to training themselves at farms in and around the city.

Instead of exotic species, plant native trees as they give nectar and fruits, attracting bees, birds, and keeping the ecosystem alive.

Many Bengalureans may have just discovered the joy of composting at home and growing their own food.

The Maharashtra govt has joined hands with PepsiCo, Unilever and Jain Irrigation to enhance the efficiency of fund utilisation under variou...