India, Feb. 2 -- The Chilika red rice grows in the wetlands around the Chilika Lake in Odisha. Locally known as bankia or bankei, the rice is flood-tolerant and helps marginalised local farmers eke a ... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- A walk along an unnamed wetland (longitude 75.142860, latitude 15.082130) along Tadas Road in Adavisomapur village of Karnataka's Haveri district revealed more than 20 edible and medi... Read More
India, Jan. 22 -- In October 2025, I met Natabar Sarangi, a retired schoolteacher in Niali village in Cuttak district of Odisha. He was over 90 years of age and extremely frail but had big plans about... Read More
India, Dec. 19 -- The first time I met Palpu Pushpangadan was when he was the director of the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) in Lucknow. It was in the early 2000s, and he was full of ene... Read More
India, Nov. 30 -- Talks on the enhancement of the Multilateral Mechanism for the functioning of access and benefit sharing failed at the 11th meeting of the Governing Body (GB11) of the International ... Read More
India, Nov. 6 -- There is good news for Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus) farmers in India. On November 5, 2025, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued a notification to increase th... Read More
India, Nov. 5 -- An increasing number of women are now involved in agriculture in India. However, the farm equipment they are expected to use have been designed keeping men's bodies in mind - their bo... Read More