India, Dec. 31 -- Maharashtra and Karnataka have recorded farmer suicide rates 2.5 times the national average since the mid-1990s, according to a 28-year analysis of NCRB data. More than 3.9 lakh far... Read More
India, Dec. 30 -- Heatwaves were the deadliest climate disasters of 2025, killing more people than floods, storms or wildfires, a new scientific report finds Poor and marginalised communities were hi... Read More
India, Dec. 25 -- Less than 25 per cent of India's marginal farmers are active members of agricultural cooperatives, despite making up nearly 60-70 per cent of the country's agricultural households, a... Read More
India, Dec. 22 -- Certification guidelines under India's Natural Farming Mission were issued only four months ago. Regional councils say they are under pressure to register thousands of farmers withi... Read More
India, Dec. 18 -- Agroforestry on small family farms can play a powerful role in climate mitigation while strengthening rural livelihoods, showed a nine-year study from eastern India by Indian Council... Read More
India, Dec. 11 -- Global standards now affect almost 90% of world trade, up from 15% in the late 1990s. The World Bank warns they are widening inequalities between advanced and developing economies. ... Read More
India, Dec. 3 -- San Francisco files a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against 10 major food companies. The city alleges that ultra-processed foods are deliberately designed to be addictive. Products link... Read More
India, Dec. 2 -- An FAO report warns that expanding farmland is no longer viable to meet future food demands. Agriculture already using 72% of global freshwater and accounts for over 60% of degraded ... Read More
India, Nov. 29 -- At COP30, 28 low-income nations urged high-income countries to adopt a GHG pricing mechanism targeting industrial meat production. They cited overconsumption and disproportionate em... Read More
India, Nov. 27 -- India is among five Asia-Pacific countries where agriculture faces consistently high heat stress, according to a new UN ESCAP report. Rising temperatures threaten crop yields, lives... Read More