Environment

Climate change is impacting the world. It is the poorest who suffer the most. Yet often rural Indians are leading the way in sustainable advances and trialling schemes that – if rolled out on a macro scale – can create real change in the environment.

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Tuskers trample Bengal village’s jackfruits of labour

As north Bengal struggles to coexist with elephants, the fate of Nepali Basti’s once-thriving jackfruit trade hangs in the balance as farmers incur losses due to the onslaught from the tuskers and abandon cultivation.

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Vermicompost: How earthworms helped this Kashmiri farmer succeed

This 70-year-old farmer in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir runs a successful vermicompost organic fertiliser unit from a mud house in his village.

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Earth Overshoot Day: A call for sustained conservation efforts

The World Overshoot Day today once again serves as a reminder that human demands on nature surpass the planet's biocapacity. The effects are for everyone to see, especially in rural areas.

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Panchkroshi – Maharashtra farmers harness the power of five

Maharashtra farmers are reviving the traditional concept of Panchkroshi, wherein five neighbouring villages come together, to boost sustainability in their drought-hit region.

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Is rural India on the brink of a renaissance?

Will Indian villages be part of the country's galloping growth? A leading development conference holds over 100 conversations to find out.

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This Bengal shopkeeper is turning his village green

Haraprasad Pal, who runs a small grocery shop in his village, has been planting flowering shrubs and trees to make his village green and help others enjoy the benefits.

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Curtains down for Odisha dolls made of cow dung? 

Though no way as fancy as the dolls that adorn upscale stores, Karadagadia village has carved out a niche for its toys made of cow dung, paper and flowers.

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Young innovator revolutionises farming in Kashmir

Engineering graduate Naik Qayoom builds an automatic seed-sowing machine and other agri tools that have found significant attention and demand.

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Impact of climate change on Kashmir’s mushroom pickers

Unpredictable weather patterns, early springs, and above-average temperatures have left gucchi mushroom hunters in distress, facing another season of low yield for the second consecutive year.